ChatGPT / OpenAI Statistics: How Many People Use ChatGPT?

OpenAI is an AI research organization behind the popular ChatGPT.

Launched in November 2022, ChatGPT gained 1 million users within the first 5 days since launch.

In 3 months since its launch, the chatbot from OpenAI already had 100 million monthly active users.

From the number of ChatGPT users to OpenAI revenue, we’ll cover up-to-date stats about the leading AI product on this page.

To begin with, here’s a quick overview of the statistics you’re about to read:

Key ChatGPT / OpenAI Stats

ChatGPT Monthly Active Users Worldwide

According to recent data, ChatGPT has an estimated 200 million monthly active users worldwide as of June 2023.

ChatGPT’s monthly active user base doubled from 100 million active users in January 2023.

Source: Andreessen Horowitz, Reuters

ChatGPT Weekly Active Users Worldwide

According to the company announcement in November 2023, ChatGPT has 100 million weekly active users worldwide.

Source: TechCrunch

Number of ChatGPT Users in the US

According to the latest data, ChatGPT has an estimated 77.2 million monthly active users in the US.

Source: eMarketer

ChatGPT Adoption Rate in the US

As of February 2024, 23% of US adults claim to have ever used ChatGPT. That’s an increase from 18% in July 2023.

Nearly half (43%) of adults ages 18-29 in the US have ever used ChatGPT, more than any other group. Only 6% of American adults 65 years old and over have ever tried ChatGPT.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of ChatGPT adoption rate in the US by age group:

Source: Pew Research Center

ChatGPT Plus Subscribers

ChatGPT offers a paid subscription plan for $20 per month, which includes various benefits.

As of March 2024, ChatGPT has an estimated 3.9 million active ChatGPT Plus subscribers in the US. That’s up from 2 million ChatGPT Plus subscribers in July 2023.

In February 2023, OpenAI expanded the geographic availability of ChatGPT Plus to customers outside of the US which suggests a higher active subscriber base worldwide than 3.9 million in the US alone.

More than 89% and 74% of ChatGPT subscribers continued to pay for the access after 1 and 3 quarters since the first purchase, respectively.

Source: YipitData, Earnest Analytics

Average Time Spent with ChatGPT

In January 2024, the average time spent per ChatGPT web session per user worldwide hit 13 minutes 35 seconds.

Source: Statista

As of June 2023, ChatGPT accounts for 60% of monthly web traffic to the top 50 most used Generative AI web products.

In January 2024, ChatGPT accounted for 69.9% of the market share of subscription sales of AI tools. No other paid AI tool had more than 5.2% market share.

Sources: Andreessen Horowitz, Earnest Analytics

OpenAI Revenue

OpenAI’s annual recurring revenue reached $2 billion in December 2023. That’s up from $1.3 billion in October 2023.

Source: Financial Times

OpenAI Funding

OpenAI has raised a total of $11.3 billion over 7 funding rounds.

Source: Tracxn

OpenAI Valuation

OpenAI is currently valued at $86 billion. That’s up from $29 billion in April 2023.

Sources: Bloomberg, Crunchbase

OpenAI Employees

OpenAI currently has around 1,200 employees worldwide.

OpenAI has open roles at 4 office locations: San Francisco, California, Dublin, Ireland, London, UK and Tokyo, Japan.

Sources: Bloomberg, OpenAI