ChatGPT breaks record: reaches 700 million weekly active users
What was just a technological curiosity a year and a half ago has now become the pinnacle of a true digital revolution. ChatGPT , the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI , reached 700 million weekly active users this week, marking a spectacular leap from the 500 million registered in March of this year and quadrupling its annual base by 2023.
The announcement was made by Nick Turley , vice president of product at ChatGPT, who celebrated the exponential growth of the platform with a message on his X (formerly Twitter) account:
“Every day, people and teams are learning, creating, and solving more complex problems. It's an important week!” he thanked the team that has made ChatGPT a useful and accessible tool for everyone.
According to data released by OpenAI, the figure reported by Turley includes all products in the ChatGPT ecosystem :
- Free ChatGPT
- ChatGPT Plus
- ChatGPT Team
- ChatGPT Enterprise
- ChatGPT Edu
Together, users generate more than 3 billion messages daily , making the platform the most widely used generative AI system on the planet. This massive adoption reflects a cross-cutting phenomenon: students, professionals, businesses, universities, media outlets, programmers, and creatives are turning to AI every day to learn, work, and solve problems at a speed never seen before .
The growth in usage has also triggered a historic wave in the economic arena. According to The Information , OpenAI is on track to double its revenue by 2024 , projected to reach $12 billion annually , driven by paid subscription plans (Plus, Team, Enterprise) and corporate licensing.
Not content with that, the company led by Sam Altman recently raised $8.3 billion through a consortium of financial giants and investors, including:
- Dragoneer Investment Group
- Andreessen Horowitz
- Sequoia Capital
- Tiger Global
- Fidelity
- T. Rowe Price
- Blackstone
- TPG
This funding strengthens OpenAI amid fierce international competition for dominance in artificial general intelligence (AGI) .
When ChatGPT was launched in November 2022, it made a splash with its conversational and generative capabilities. Within weeks, it reached its first million users. Today, just 20 months later, it's used by everyone from children doing homework to megacorporations developing new drugs, drafting contracts, or training autonomous systems .
Overworked professionals adopt it as an assistant; creators choose it as a co-author; companies integrate it as a strategic brain... The conversational assistant is no longer a technological toy: it has become the new engine of global productivity .
- Versatility of use : writing, coding, data analysis, brainstorming, education, strategy, creativity.
- Scalable freemium model : massive free access and premium value tiers for businesses and professionals.
- Corporate integrations : “Enterprise” and “Team” versions tailored to large organizations.
- Constant innovation : launch of specialized modules, customized GPTs, and multimodal assistants.
- Global accessibility : Available in multiple languages and adopted by over 190 countries.
Analysts anticipate that ChatGPT could surpass 1 billion weekly active users by March 2025, cementing OpenAI as one of the most influential technology companies on the planet, on par with Google, Microsoft, and Apple.
Meanwhile, rivals like Anthropic (Claude) , Google (Gemini) and Meta (Llama) are accelerating their own models to try to capture market share… although for now ChatGPT maintains a competitive advantage in both infrastructure and global adoption .
700 million weekly active users aren't just a milestone for ChatGPT; they represent a paradigm shift in culture, work, education, and society. Artificial intelligence is no longer a promise of the future: it's the assistant of the present , opening a new chapter in the history of connected humanity.
What began as a curious conversation is now an explosion of collective productivity and creativity. And everything indicates that this is just beginning.
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