ChatGPT, a leading product of OpenAI, has now exceeded 200 million weekly users, a more than double increase from the previous year.
OpenAI claims that the chatbot has increased its user base by twofold in the past year, reaching over 200 million weekly users. This is according to a report from Axios, which cites OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Altman said in a statement, as per the article:
“People are using our tools now as a part of their daily lives, making a real difference in areas like healthcare and education—whether it’s helping with routine tasks, solving hard problems, or unlocking creativity.”
ChatGPT Users weekly
The 200 million weekly user milestone is undoubtedly significant; however, it complicates direct comparisons to user bases in the technology market. The majority of organizations provide periodic user counts.
For instance, Netflix is estimated to have 278 million paid subscribers. Those are monthly figures, so it is technically feasible that ChatGPT will experience greater monthly utilization than the streaming giant.
In another comparison, Elon Musk‘s X has nearly 600 million monthly users, placing it significantly below ChatGPT if the weekly figure is extrapolated to an extreme-end optimistic projection of 800 million monthly users.
Considering the ChatGPT data
Nevertheless, it is an apples-and-oranges endeavor to compare weekly users to monthly paid subscribers or unpaid users. It is uncertain whether the 200 million weekly users of ChatGPT visit the site once a month or every day, as indicated by the available data.
The actual monthly figure maybe 200 million users, each of whom visits approximately once per week. It is also possible that the number of unique users per week over 30 days could be significantly higher.
Nevertheless, the service asserts that it has acquired 100 million users in the past year, which would likely qualify it as one of the most successful technology platforms in user growth over the past year.
