ChatGPT weekly active users (WAU) vs YouTube advertising revenue
ChatGPT weekly active users (WAU) (point-in-time) and YouTube advertising revenue (quarterly) worldwide. They are published at different intervals, so each is drawn on its own rather than matched period by period.
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Global. ChatGPT weekly active users (WAU) is published as point-in-time figures and youTube advertising revenue as quarterly ones, so they are drawn on separate charts, clipped to 2024–2025, and no period is matched between them. Read each on its own.
ChatGPT weekly active users (WAU)
Unit: users · 2 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| as of 1 Apr 2024 | Estimate | 100,000,000 users |
| as of 15 Sep 2025 | Actual | 700,000,000 users |
YouTube advertising revenue
Unit: million USD · 8 observations
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | Actual | 8,090 million USD |
| Q2 2024 | Actual | 8,663 million USD |
| Q3 2024 | Actual | 8,921 million USD |
| Q4 2024 | Actual | 10,473 million USD |
| Q1 2025 | Actual | 8,927 million USD |
| Q2 2025 | Actual | 9,796 million USD |
| Q3 2025 | Actual | 10,261 million USD |
| Q4 2025 | Actual | 11,383 million USD |
Shared periods
Side by side
No period lines up: chatGPT weekly active users (WAU) is point-in-time and youTube advertising revenue is quarterly. A month and a year are not the same measurement window, so no row pairs them.
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
ChatGPT weekly active users (WAU)
Number of individuals who use ChatGPT weekly, as publicly disclosed by OpenAI in official announcements and research publications.
2 observations charted in Global · source organisations: OpenAI
YouTube advertising revenue
Total advertising revenue generated on YouTube properties, as disclosed in Alphabet Inc. quarterly financial statements (Form 10-Q) and earnings reports.
8 observations charted in Global (of 14 quarterly records) · source organisations: Alphabet
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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