ChatGPT Nears 700M Weekly Users, OpenAI Reports
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– ChatGPT is on track to reach 700 million weekly active users this week, up from 500 million in March, showing rapid growth.
– The app has grown 4x since last year, with OpenAI VP Nick Turley highlighting its increasing usefulness and mission impact.
– A key driver of ChatGPT’s popularity was the March launch of an upgraded GPT-4-powered image-generation feature, which saw 130 million users create over 700 million images in days.
– ChatGPT now has 5 million paying business users, up from 3 million in June, indicating strong subscription growth.
– Users spend an average of 12 days per month on ChatGPT, with daily usage at 16 minutes, ranking it behind only Google and X in engagement.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT is rapidly approaching a staggering 700 million weekly active users, marking another milestone in the chatbot’s meteoric rise. The platform’s growth shows no signs of slowing, having quadrupled its user base since last year according to company executives.
Nick Turley, OpenAI’s VP and head of the ChatGPT app, recently shared on social media that the service hit 500 million weekly users by March’s end, with adoption accelerating steadily. He credited the team’s efforts in refining the tool, emphasizing how users increasingly rely on it for learning, creativity, and solving complex challenges.
A key driver behind this surge was the March rollout of advanced image-generation capabilities powered by GPT-4. The feature proved instantly popular, with over 130 million users creating more than 700 million images within days of its release. OpenAI’s COO Brad Lightcap also revealed that business subscriptions climbed to 5 million, up sharply from 3 million just months earlier.
Independent analysis from Sensor Tower highlights ChatGPT’s stickiness, with users engaging for an average of 12 days per month, trailing only giants like Google and X in retention. Time spent on the app has grown as well, reaching 16 minutes daily in early 2025. These metrics underscore how AI tools are becoming deeply integrated into everyday workflows and personal productivity.
With continuous upgrades and expanding use cases, ChatGPT solidifies its position as a dominant force in the AI space, reshaping how individuals and businesses interact with technology.
(Source: TechCrunch)
