The ChatGPT chatbot from OpenAI has nearly reached the milestone of 700 million active users per week. This achievement solidifies the service’s status as one of the fastest-growing digital products in the world.
This is reported by Business • Media
Audience Growth and Key Drivers of Popularity
Since the beginning of 2025, the number of ChatGPT users has increased by nearly one and a half times, and compared to the same period last year, it has quadrupled. OpenAI’s Vice President and head of the ChatGPT division, Nick Terly, noted that since March 2025, the audience has grown from 500 to 700 million people. According to him, the product is becoming increasingly useful for learning, creativity, and solving complex tasks.
“I am grateful to the team for making ChatGPT even more useful and fulfilling our mission to ensure that everyone can benefit from AI,” Terly stated.
The significant increase in the chatbot’s popularity is supported by the introduction of new features, including the ability to generate images based on GPT-4, which was presented in March 2025. According to OpenAI’s Chief Operating Officer, Brad Lightcap, during the first week after the launch of this feature, users created over 700 million images.
Paid Subscriptions and Usage Analytics
In addition to the rapid growth of the audience, OpenAI has noted an increase in the number of paid business subscribers: in June there were 3 million, and just last week this figure reached 5 million.
The analytics company Sensor Tower reported that users open the ChatGPT app an average of 12 times a month, which exceeds the metrics of most mobile services and is second only to the Google search engine and the social network X (formerly Twitter). In the first half of 2025, the average usage time of the service was 16 minutes per day, indicating a deep integration of ChatGPT into the daily lives of millions of people.
In July, OpenAI introduced a universal agent for ChatGPT capable of performing complex digital tasks at the user’s request. The new tool allows users to create presentations, analyze competitors, plan purchases, and interact with connected applications such as Gmail and GitHub.
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