107+ ChatGPT Statistics and User Numbers (Mar 2025)

ChatGPT reached 100 million users within just 60 days of launch—a 9,900% explosion in its user base. And the momentum continues to build.

I’ve compiled the most current ChatGPT statistics from authoritative sources including OpenAI, Reuters, and industry analysts. Let’s dive in.

Key ChatGPT Statistics

• Users: ChatGPT has 400 million weekly active users, including 15.5 million Plus subscribers and 1.5 million Enterprise customers. It sees 122.58 million daily users, processing over 1 billion queries every day.
• Growth: Fastest growing app of all-time, reaching 1M users in just 5 days, 100M in first 2 months. ChatGPT is now world’s 5th most visited website.
• Top Counties: US has the most ChatGPT users (19%), followed by India (7%), Brazil (5%), Canada (3.57%), and UK (3.48%).
• Adoption: Used by 92% of Fortune 100 companies, 23% of US adults, and 60% of college students; top adopters include software developers (79%) and millennials (34%).
• Revenue: OpenAI earned $3.7 billion from ChatGPT in 2024 and projected to earn $11 billion in 2025.
• Top Competitors: Claude, Google Gemini, Grok, Deepseek, Qwen

How Many People Use ChatGPT?

User Growth Over Time

The platform’s growth trajectory has been impressive:

This represents a four-fold increase in weekly active users since November 2023, when ChatGPT reported 100 million weekly users.

Sources: Reuters, TechCrunch

Countries with Highest ChatGPT Users

The United States leads in ChatGPT adoption with approximately 70 million monthly active users, representing about 19.01% of ChatGPT’s global user base.

According to Reuters Institute data, usage patterns vary significantly by region:

Global Reach: ChatGPT is available in 161 countries.

Bans: ChatGPT is banned in 15 countries including Italy (first to ban), China, Iran, and Russia. Other countries that have restricted access to ChatGPT include Cuba, North Korea, and Syria.

ChatGPT Users by Age and Gender

ChatGPT users tend to be younger, with the 25-34 age group comprising the largest share, followed by the 18-24 age group, while usage decreases with age.

• 18-34 years: 56.61%
• 35-54 years: ~31%
• 55+ years: ~12%

In the United States, adoption rates vary dramatically by age:

Source: Pew Research Center

54.66% of ChatGPT users are male and 45%.34 are female.

ChatGPT Users by Plan

Majority of ChatGPT users are on free plan.

ChatGPT Plus

ChatGPT Plus has over 12 million paying subscribers at $20 per month, generating a significant portion of OpenAI’s revenue. This represents an increase from the 10 million subscribers reported earlier.

Subscriber retention is remarkably strong, with 89% of users continuing their subscription after one quarter and 74% remaining subscribed after three quarters.

Source: Earnest Analytics

ChatGPT Pro

Launched in December 2024, the premium ChatGPT Pro tier ($200/month) quickly captured 5.8% of OpenAI’s consumer sales by January 2025, with ChatGPT Plus accounting for the remaining 94.2%.

Despite the high price point, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has stated that Pro subscriptions remain unprofitable due to the intensive usage patterns of these power users.

Sources: OpenAI, Earnest Analytics

Enterprise and Team

ChatGPT has 1.5 million enterprise customers across its Enterprise, Team, and Edu offerings. The platform is being used in 92% of Fortune 500 companies.

The enterprise user base has grown rapidly:

Industry distribution of enterprise users:

Sources: Bloomberg, Reuters

How Much Traffic Does ChatGPT Get?

ChatGPT generated 3.8 billion visits in January 2025 alone. The fourth quarter of 2024 saw over 11 billion total visits to the platform.

The average user spends 13 minutes and 58 seconds per ChatGPT session. This represents a slight decrease from the peak average session time of 14 minutes and 55 seconds recorded in October 2023.

What is ChatGPT’s Market Share?

ChatGPT accounts for 62.5% of the AI assistant market, establishing itself as the dominant player with its 400 million weekly active users.

Source: Earnest Analytics

ChatGPT Competitors

OpenAI faces stiff competition from multiple fronts:

They have tried to maintain a lead through vertical integration and offerings like o3-mini. GPT-4.5 is their latest model, which reduces hallucinations by 63% and is claimed to have better emotional intelligence than leading LLMs. However, tests and user experiences have found Claude Sonnet Thinking to be on par with, if not better than, o3-mini at coding and GPT-4.5 at emotional intelligence.

It remains to be seem if OpenAI can maintain its moat against open source offerings.

OpenAI Valuation and Funding

OpenAI is currently valued at $157 billion, up significantly from $86 billion in February 2024.

The company has raised a total of $17.9 billion across 9 funding rounds and employs approximately 2,000 people worldwide, with offices in San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, London, Dublin, and Tokyo.

Sources: Bloomberg, OpenAI, Tracxn, Fortune

Open AI Revenue

Open AI earned $300 million from ChatGPT and related offerings in August 2024 and is forecast to approach $967 million monthly by the end of 2025.

OpenAI’s annual revenue growth:

Sources: The New York Times, The Information

OpenAI’s revenue sources break down as: