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ChatGPT weekly active users (WAU)
Global: 700,000,000 users in as of 15 Sep 2025.
- 700,000,000 users Latest · Global · as of 15 Sep 2025
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- 2 Records · 1 region · 2024–2025
Verified 30 Sep 2026 · 1 publisher
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ChatGPT weekly active users (WAU)
Global, as of 1 Apr 2024 to as of 15 Sep 2025
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 |
Every record
2 records · 1 region · 2024–2025. Each period links to its record: the value, the quote it was read from, and the document.
| Period | Value | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global 2 records | |||
| as of 15 Sep 2025 | 700,000,000 users | OpenAI · 15 Sep 2025 | |
| as of 1 Apr 2024 | 100,000,000 users | OpenAI · 1 Apr 2024 | estimate |
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How this measure is built
- Definition
- Number of individuals who use ChatGPT weekly, as publicly disclosed by OpenAI in official announcements and research publications.
- Measure
- One slice of Active users ( counting rule: weekly active users, form: level, segment: chatgpt ) . Total number of unique users engaging with a digital product or service. Region and period are columns on every record, not slices.
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Sources · 2 documents
| Document | Publisher | Published | Data points |
|---|---|---|---|
| How people are using ChatGPT | OpenAI | 15 Sep 2025 | 1 |
| Start using ChatGPT instantly | OpenAI | 1 Apr 2024 | 1 |
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- Snapchat daily active users (DAU) 64 daily active users · snapchat
- Reddit daily active uniques (DAUq) 42 daily active users · reddit
- Reddit weekly active uniques (WAUq) 42 weekly active users · reddit
- Spotify monthly active users (MAU) 9 monthly active users · spotify
- Combined monthly active user accounts of Weixin and WeChat 8 monthly active users · accounts
- Meta Family daily active people (DAP) 6 daily active users · people
- Spotify ad-supported monthly active users 5 monthly active users · spotify ad supported
- OpenAI products weekly active users 1 weekly active users · openai products
Frequently asked questions
What is the latest chatGPT weekly active users (WAU)?
Global: 700,000,000 users in as of 15 Sep 2025.
Where does this data come from?
From 2 documents published by OpenAI. Every figure on this page links to its record, which quotes the sentence or table row the number was read from.
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StatOrigin. (2026). ChatGPT weekly active users (WAU) [Data set]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://statorigin.org/indicators/chatgpt-weekly-active-users
"ChatGPT weekly active users (WAU)." StatOrigin, 2026, https://statorigin.org/indicators/chatgpt-weekly-active-users. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.
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