OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken off in record-breaking fashion.
The artificial intelligence chatbot has picked up millions of users in a very short space of time.
In this up-to-date article, we’ll explore just how many users ChatGPT currently has, along with other relevant data about the fast-growing AI platform.
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Top 5 ChatGPT User Statistics
- ChatGPT currently has over 180 million users
- In just 5 days, ChatGPT surpassed 1 million users
- ChatGPT gets approximately 600 million visits per month
- Around 65% of ChatGPT’s social media traffic comes via YouTube
- Around 12% of ChatGPT’s users are American
How Many ChatGPT Users Are There?
According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, 100 million weekly users flock to ChatGPT.
And based on June 2024 data from Similarweb, ChatGPT attracts 627 million visitors each month.
Sources: Reuters, Similarweb
ChatGPT’s Initial Growth
According to OpenAI, ChatGPT acquired 1 million users just 5 days after launching in November 2022.
By comparison, it took Instagram approximately 2.5 months to reach 1 million downloads. And Netflix had to wait around 3.5 years to reach 1 million users.
Here’s a breakdown of the approximate time taken to reach 1 million users for various online services:
|
Online Service |
Launch Year |
Time Taken to Reach 1 Million Users |
|
Threads |
2023 |
1 hour |
|
ChatGPT |
2022 |
5 days |
|
Instagram*** |
2010 |
2.5 months |
|
Spotify |
2008 |
5 months |
|
Dropbox |
2008 |
7 months |
|
|
2004 |
10 months |
|
Foursquare*** |
2009 |
13 months |
|
|
2006 |
2 years |
|
Airbnb** |
2008 |
2.5 years |
|
Kickstarter* |
2009 |
2.5 years |
|
Netflix |
1999 |
3.5 years |
* 1 million backers ** 1 million nights booked *** 1 million downloads
Incredibly, it’s estimated that ChatGPT hit 100 million monthly active users in January 2023. This made it the fastest-growing application in history until Threads took that crown in July 2023.
To put that into perspective, TikTok took 9 months to reach 100 million users. And Instagram took 2.5 years.
Sources: Statista, Reuters, Similarweb
ChatGPT User Growth
ChatGPT’s traffic and usage has skyrocketed since launch.
The platform received approximately 152 million visitors in it’s first month.
At it’s peak in April 2024, the site was receiving nearly 2 billion visits each month (putting it on the short list of most visited websites in the world).
However, according to the latest available data, ChatGPT only gets a little over 600 million monthly visits. A fairly sharp drop off compared to the peak.
Here’s how ChatGPT monthly visits progressed over time:
| Month | Number of Visits | Change Over Previous Month | Change Over Previous Month (%) |
| November 2022 | 152.7 million | – | – |
| December 2022 | 266 million | ↑ 113.3 million | ↑ 74.2% |
| January 2023 | 616 million | ↑ 350 million | ↑ 131.58% |
| February 2023 | 1 billion | ↑ 384 million | ↑ 62.34% |
| March 2023 | 1.6 billion | ↑ 600 million | ↑ 60% |
| April 2023 | 1.8 billion | ↑ 200 million | ↑ 12.5% |
| May 2023 | 1.8 billion | – | – |
| June 2023 | 1.6 billion | ↓ 200 million | ↓ 12.5% |
| July 2023 | 1.5 billion | ↓ 100 million | ↓ 6.25% |
| August 2023 | 1.4 billion | ↓ 100 million | ↓ 6.67% |
| September 2023 | 1.5 billion | ↑ 100 million | ↑ 7.14% |
| October 2023 | 1.7 billion | ↑ 200 million | ↑ 13.33% |
| November 2023 | 1.7 billion | – | – |
| December 2023 | 1.6 billion | ↓ 100 million | ↓ 5.88% |
| January 2024 | 1.6 billion | – | – |
| February 2024 | 1.6 billion | – | – |
| March 2024 | 1.8 billion | ↑ 200 million | ↑ 12.5% |
| April 2024 | 1.8 billion | – | – |
| May 2024 | 637 million | ↓ 1.2 billion | ↓ 64.6 % |
Source: Similarweb
ChatGPT User Stats
According to Similarweb, chat.openai.com has been visited approximately 600 million times over the last 30 days.
ChatGPT has a bounce rate of 32.36%.
Each ChatGPT visitor views an average of 3.89 pages per visit. And each user spends an average of 7 minutes and 32 seconds on the website.
Here’s how ChatGPT compares to other popular websites in terms of monthly visits and user interaction:
|
Website |
Total Visits |
Bounce Rate |
Pages per Visit |
Average Visit Duration |
|
ChatGPT |
600 million |
38.5% |
2.41 |
2 mins 59 secs |
|
|
83.33 billion |
28.01% |
8.78 |
10 mins 45 secs |
|
YouTube |
31.49 billion |
22.1% |
11.47 |
20 mins 9 secs |
|
|
15.65 billion |
31.17% |
9.43 |
10 mins 34 secs |
|
|
6.82 billion |
35.93% |
11.68 |
8 mins 20 secs |
|
X |
5.97 billion |
31.91% |
10.88 |
11 mins 5 secs |
|
Baidu |
4.51 billion |
25.33% |
7.81 |
4 mins 41 secs |
|
Wikipedia |
4.29 billion |
59.24% |
3.17 |
3 mins 55 secs |
|
Yahoo |
3.38 billion |
33.89% |
5.55 |
8 mins 44 secs |
|
Yandex |
3.18 billion |
25.52% |
8.89 |
9 mins 3 secs |
|
|
2.98 billion |
40.96% |
1.82 |
20 mins 9 secs |
|
Amazon |
2.18 billion |
35.16% |
9.56 |
6 mins 58 sec |
Figures above are accurate as of Jun 6, 2024.
Source: Similarweb, Wikipedia
ChatGPT Traffic
Top Marketing Channels
Around 3 in 4 (70.56%) ChatGPT visits are direct.
Organic searches are the second-most popular way to access ChatGPT (20.98% of traffic).
Here’s a breakdown of the most popular ChatGPT marketing channels:
|
Rank |
Marketing Channel |
Proportion of Traffic |
|
1 |
Direct |
70.56% |
|
2 |
Organic Search |
20.98% |
|
3 |
Social |
4.18% |
|
4 |
Referrals |
3.94% |
|
5 |
|
0.34% |
|
6 |
Display Ads |
0.00% |
|
7 |
Paid Search |
N/A |
Social Media Traffic
In terms of social media traffic, YouTube is responsible for almost 1 in 2 visits (47.96%).
Here’s how other social media networks stack up:
|
Rank |
Social Network |
Proportion of Traffic |
|
1 |
YouTube |
47.96% |
|
2 |
X (Formerly Twitter) |
15.93% |
|
3 |
|
9.64% |
|
4 |
|
8.77% |
|
5 |
Odnoklassniki.ru |
8.21% |
|
– |
Others (combined) |
9.5% |
Top Keyword Traffic
The most commonly searched keyword is “chatgpt” with 35.32% of the searches per month.
This is followed by “chat gpt” with 34.92% of monthly searches.
Here’s a breakdown of the most commonly used keywords that users use to find ChatGPT.
|
Rank |
Keyword |
Monthly Traffic |
|
1 |
chatgpt | 35.32% |
|
2 |
chat gpt | 34.92% |
|
3 |
chatgpt.com | 3.55% |
|
4 |
paralax | 2.51% |
Source: Similarweb
ChatGPT by Region
No one country has more ChatGPT users than the US (31.1%).
Second-placed New Zealand (7.36%) has less than half as many ChatGPT users.
Together, the top five countries make up around one-third (33.36%) of all ChatGPT users
Here’s the breakdown of ChatGPT users by region:
|
Rank |
Country |
Proportion of ChatGPT Users |
|
1 |
US |
31.1% |
|
2 |
New Zeland |
7.36% |
|
3 |
Indonesia | 5.86% |
|
4 |
Japan | 3.67% |
|
5 |
Philippines | 3.54% |
|
– |
Others (combined) |
48.47% |
Source: Similarweb
ChatGPT by Age
According to YouGov, 17% of 30 to 44-year-olds have used ChatGPT.
Similarly, 15% of 18 to 29-year-olds have used ChatGPT to generate text.
Around 1 in 10 (9%) of 45 to 64-year-olds and 5% of 65+ year-olds use ChatGPT.
However, far more people are aware of ChartGPT:
|
Level of ChatGPT Awareness |
Age |
|||
|
18 to 29 |
30 to 44 |
45 to 64 |
65+ |
|
|
I’ve used it myself to generate text |
15% |
17% |
9% |
5% |
|
I’ve seen text generated for someone else, but haven’t used it myself |
48% |
46% |
27% |
30% |
|
I’ve never used or never seen anyone else use it |
20% |
31% |
55% |
59% |
|
Not sure |
17% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
Source: YouGov
OpenAI Model History
Since launching GPT-1 in 2018, OpenAI has expanded the number of parameters each subsequent model has.
The most recent model GPT-4o features the ability to interact using visual, text or audio inputs.
Here’s a breakdown of OpenAI’s model history:
| Model Name | Release Date | Parameters |
| GPT-1 | 2018 | 117 million |
| GPT-2 | 2019 | 1.5 billion |
| GPT-3 | 2020 | 175 billion |
| InstructGPT | 2022 | 1.3 billion |
| GPT-3.5 | 2022 | 200 billion |
| ChatGPT | 2022 | 200 billion |
| GPT-4 | 2023 | 8x 220 billion |
| Code Interpreter | 2023 | – |
| GPT-4o | 2024 | – |
Source: 365DataScience
Conclusion
ChatGPT’s overnight success has blown previous user growth figures out of the water.
And based on current data, the AI chatbot’s success looks set to continue.
For more related statistics, take a look at Top ChatGPT Alternatives, Top AI Trends, and Amazing Artificial Intelligence Statistics.
Source: Number of ChatGPT Users (Jun 2024)
