OpenAI is the AI research group behind ChatGPT.
Launched in 2022, the generative AI chatbot took the tech world by storm and grew to 1 million users in just five days.
It was less than a year later when the app eclipsed 100 million active users.
Today, ChatGPT is the most well-known name in the consumer AI space. It runs on various OpenAI models, including the latest GPT-4o and GPT-4.5.
In this guide, we uncover the latest statistics on ChatGPT’s user base, revenue, model history, and more.
Top ChatGPT Stats
- ChatGPT currently has 800 million weekly active users, with expectations of reaching 1 billion by the end of 2025.
- There are more than 20 million paid ChatGPT users.
- ChatGPT owns 60.60% of the generative AI chatbot market.
- ChatGPT processes 1 billion prompt messages per day.
- 5,642 people work at OpenAI in 2025.
How many people use ChatGPT?
According to the latest data, ChatGPT has approximately 800 million weekly active users.
In fact, 10% of the world uses ChatGPT and OpenAI products.
Just a few months ago, in February 2025, the company reported 400 million weekly active users.
OpenAI expects to hit 1 billion users by the end of 2025.
Here’s a look at ChatGPT’s weekly active users since launch in 2022.
| Date | Active Users |
|---|---|
| November 2022 | 1 million |
| December 2022 | 10 million |
| January 2023 | 50 million |
| August 2023 | 100 million |
| August 2024 | 200 million |
| December 2024 | 300 million |
| February 2025 | 400 million |
| April 2025 | 800 million |
Despite ChatGPT’s massive user base, they are still finding viral moments to add tons of users in a short span.
In March 2025, Sam Altman reported that ChatGPT added 1 million users in just one hour after OpenAI released Images for ChatGPT.
Sources: Forbes, TechCrunch, The Verge
Number of ChatGPT Paid Users
ChatGPT currently supports over 20 million paid users, including those with Plus and Pro plans.
The majority of these users are paying for ChatGPT Plus, which costs $20 per month. A small share of paid users are subscribed to ChatGPT Pro plans.
In fact, OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, has openly claimed that Pro subscriptions are unprofitable because these accounts drive much higher usage compared to the monthly price tag.
Sources: The Information, TechCrunch
Number of ChatGPT Enterprise Users
ChatGPT currently has over 3 million paying enterprise users. That represents a 2x increase in total enterprise users since September 2024.
OpenAI’s developer APIs are seeing a surge in usage, too.
Company executives have stated that their developer traffic has doubled in the past six months.
Sources: TechCrunch
ChatGPT Market Share
As of June 2025, ChatGPT holds a commanding 60.60% market share of the generative AI chatbot market, significantly outpacing competitors.
The next closest, Microsoft Copilot, holds a 14.3% market share, while no other chatbot has a share higher than 13.5%.
Below is a list of the top ten AI chatbots ranked by market share.
| Rank | Chatbot | Market Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ChatGPT | 60.60% |
| 2 | Microsoft Copilot | 14.30% |
| 3 | Google Gemini | 13.40% |
| 4 | Perplexity | 6.20% |
| 5 | Claude AI | 3.20% |
| 6 | Grok | 0.80% |
| 7 | Deepseek | 0.50% |
| 8 | Brave Leo AI | 0.40% |
| 9 | Komo | 0.20% |
| 10 | Andi | 0.20% |
Sources: FirstPageSage
How many queries does ChatGPT process per day?
As of December 2024, ChatGPT was receiving 1 billion user queries per day.
In comparison, the first week after ChatGPT was launched, they were processing more than 10 million queries per day.
Despite the high usage estimates, ChatGPT is still far behind Google.
In 2024, Google processed over 5 trillion searches, or 14 billion searches per day.
Sources: X (Twitter), Search Engine Land
OpenAI Revenue
In 2025, OpenAI reported $10 billion in annual revenue, or approximately $833 million per month.
The company expects to generate $12.7 billion in revenue in 2025. This represents a 243.24% YoY increase in revenue.
Primary drivers behind the huge jump in revenue year-over-year include an expanded user base and new product offerings like GPT-4 and Deep Research.
Revenue sources for OpenAI and ChatGPT include subscriptions and API licensing.
OpenAI Funding & Valuation
OpenAI has raised a total of $57.9 billion over 11 funding rounds.
OpenAI is currently valued at $300 billion as of June 2025, nearly doubling its $157 billion valuation from October 2024.
Sources: Tracxn, New York Times
How many people work at OpenAI?
According to OpenAI’s LinkedIn data, 5,642 people work at the company.
The company’s workforce has grown significantly since its founding in 2015.
Here’s a look at the number of employees over time:
| Year | Number of Employees |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 24 |
| 2019 | 107 |
| 2020 | 141 |
| 2022 | 335 |
| 2023 | 775 |
| 2024 | 3,531 |
| 2025 | 5,642 |
Sources: LinkedIn, Fortune, OpenAI
OpenAI/ChatGPT Model History
OpenAI has been a primary player in generative AI well before the launch of ChatGPT.
The company’s first AI model was Generative Pre-trained Transformer 1 (GPT-1), which was founded in June 2018.
It wasn’t until November 2022 that ChatGPT was released.
Here’s a quick breakdown of all available ChatGPT and OpenAI models:
| Model | Release Date | Context Window | Max Output Tokens | Knowledge Cutoff | Input | Output | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-4.5 | February 27, 2025 | 128,000 | 16,384 | October 2024 | Text, Image | Text | No |
| GPT-4.1 | April 14, 2025 | 1,000,000 | 32,768 | June 2024 | Text, Image, Audio | Text, Image | Yes |
| GPT-4.1-mini | April 14, 2025 | 1,000,000 | 32,768 | June 2024 | Text, Image, Audio | Text, Image | Yes |
| o3-mini | December 17, 2024 | 200,000 | 100,000 | October 2024 | Text | Text | Yes |
| o1 | September 12, 2024 | 200,000 | 100,000 | October 2024 | Text, Image | Text | Yes |
| o1-mini | September 12, 2024 | 128,000 | 16,384 | October 2024 | Text | Text | Yes |
| GPT-4o-audio | December 17, 2024 | 128,000 | 16,384 | October 2024 | Text, Audio | Text, Audio | No |
| GPT-4o-mini | July 18, 2024 | 128,000 | 16,384 | October 2024 | Text, Image | Text | No |
| GPT-4o | May 13, 2024 | 128,000 | 16,384 | October 2024 | Text, Image, Audio | Text, Audio | No |
| GPT-4 Turbo | November 6, 2023 | 128,000 | 8,192 | December 2023 | Text, Image | Text | No |
| GPT-4 | March 14, 2023 | 8,192 | 8,192 | December 2023 | Text, Image | Text | No |
| ChatGPT (GPT-3.5) | November 30, 2022 | 4,096 | 4,096 | N/A | Text | Text | No |
| GPT-3 | June 11, 2020 | 2,048 | 2,048 | N/A | Text | Text | No |
| GPT-2 | February 14, 2019 | 1,024 | 1,024 | N/A | Text | Text | No |
| GPT-1 | June 11, 2018 | 512 | 512 | N/A | Text | Text | No |
Source: OpenAI
Wrap Up
ChatGPT’s explosive growth, reaching 800 million weekly active users and $12.7 billion in revenue, has created a highly competitive AI arms race.
Looking ahead, ChatGPT’s future is bright, and there’s a lot to be excited about.
They’re developing GPT-5 with a rumored release date in late 2025. This would certainly accelerate their timeline of an expected 1 billion total users.
It will be interesting to see how ChatGPT evolves with new AI models and more advanced image and video generation capabilities.