ChatGPT has experienced rapid growth since its release on November 30, 2022, and has caused a sensation worldwide.
In this article, we present fascinating numbers, data, and facts about OpenAI's blockbuster tool:
From user numbers and available languages to limitations and OpenAI investors – it's all here!
- ChatGPT has 700-800 million weekly active users (September 2025) – about 10% of the world's population
- OpenAI is valued at $300 billion and generates over $1 billion in monthly revenue
- GPT-5 was released in August 2025 and offers up to 400K token input with improved reasoning capability
1. How Many Users Does ChatGPT Have?
On December 5, 2022, just 5 days after its release, ChatGPT was able to according to CEO Sam Altman already record over 1 million users.
Other services took significantly longer to reach one million users, as the following overview shows:
Service | Founded | Time to 1 Million Users |
|---|---|---|
| Threads | 2023 | 1 hour |
| ChatGPT | 2022 | 5 days |
| 2010 | 2.5 months | |
| Spotify | 2008 | 5 months |
| Dropbox | 2008 | 7 months |
| 2004 | 10 months | |
| 2006 | 2 years | |
| Netflix | 1999 | 3.5 years |
Current figures show that ChatGPT now has 700-800 million weekly active users (as of September 2025). That's about 10% of the world's population. Over 190 million people use ChatGPT daily worldwide.
2. How Often Is ChatGPT Accessed Each Month?
The analytics tool SimilarWeb estimates ChatGPT's monthly visits as follows:
Month | Visits |
|---|---|
| November 2022 | 152.7 thousand |
| December 2022 | 266 million |
| January 2023 | 616 million |
| February 2023 | 1.05 billion |
| March 2023 | 1.6 billion |
| April 2023 | 1.8 billion |
| May 2023 | 1.8 billion |
| June 2023 | 1.6 billion |
| July 2023 | 1.5 billion |
| August 2023 | 1.4 billion |
| September 2023 | 1.5 billion |
| October 2023 | 1.7 billion |
| November 2023 | 1.7 billion |
| December 2023 | 1.6 billion |
| January 2024 | 1.6 billion |
| February 2024 | 1.6 billion |
| March 2024 | 1.77 billion |
| April 2024 | 1.8 billion |
| May 2024 | 2.5 billion |
| June 2024 | 2.9 billion |
| July 2024 | 2.44 billion |
| August 2024 | 2.6 billion |
| September 2024 | 3.1 billion |
| October 2024 | 3.7 billion |
| November 2024 | 3.8 billion |
| December 2024 | 3.7 billion |
| January 2025 | 3.8 billion |
| February 2025 | 3.9 billion |
| March 2025 | 4.5 billion |
| April 2025 | 4.79 billion |
| May 2025 | 5.5 billion |
| June 2025 | 5.4 billion |
| July 2025 | 5.24 billion |
| August 2025 | 5.85 billion |
| September 2025 | 5.66 billion (projection) |
3. Which Countries Do ChatGPT Users Come From?
According to Similarweb, visits between December 2023 and February 2024 break down as follows:
Country | Share of Visits |
|---|---|
| USA | 11.71% |
| India | 8.37% |
| Japan | 5.43% |
| Indonesia | 4.58% |
| Philippines | 3.51% |
4. What Languages Does ChatGPT Support?
ChatGPT understands and writes English best.
It also handles frequently spoken languages like German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Chinese well.
OpenAI officially supports 58 languages, which together cover about 4.5 billion native speakers. In practice, however, ChatGPT can understand and respond in over 95 natural languages, though quality varies depending on available training data.
Here's a selection of the most important supported languages (output quality and comprehension may vary):
Language | Spoken in: |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Albania |
| Amharic | Ethiopia |
| Arabic | Egypt |
| Armenian | Armenia |
| Azerbaijani | Azerbaijan |
| Awadhi | India |
| Bashkir | Russia |
| Basque | Spain |
| Belarusian | Belarus |
| Bengali | India |
| Bhojpuri | India |
| Bosnian | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Brazil |
| Bulgarian | Bulgaria |
| Chhattisgarhi | India |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | China |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | China |
| Chinese (Min) | China |
| Chinese (Wu) | China |
| Danish | Denmark |
| German | Germany |
| Dogri | India |
| English | United States |
| Esperanto | Worldwide (no single country) |
| Estonian | Estonia |
| Faroese | Faroe Islands |
| Finnish | Finland |
| French | France |
| Galician | Spain |
| Georgian | Georgia |
| Greek | Greece |
| Gujarati | India |
| Haryanvi | India |
| Hausa | Nigeria |
| Hindi | India |
| Indonesian | Indonesia |
| Irish | Ireland |
| Italian | Italy |
| Japanese | Japan |
| Javanese | Indonesia |
| Kannada | India |
| Kazakh | Kazakhstan |
| Kashmiri | India |
| Catalan | Spain |
| Kyrgyz | Kyrgyzstan |
| Konkani | India |
| Korean | South Korea |
| Croatian | Croatia |
| Latin | Worldwide (no single country) |
| Latvian | Latvia |
| Lithuanian | Lithuania |
| Maithili | India |
| Malay | Malaysia |
| Maltese | Malta |
| Marathi | India |
| Marwari | India |
| Macedonian | North Macedonia |
| Moldovan | Moldova |
| Mongolian | Mongolia |
| Montenegrin | Montenegro |
| Nepali | Nepal |
| Dutch | Netherlands |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Nigeria |
| Norwegian | Norway |
| Oriya | India |
| Punjabi | India |
| Pashto | Afghanistan |
| Persian (Farsi) | Iran |
| Low German | Germany |
| Polish | Poland |
| Portuguese | Portugal |
| Rajasthani | India |
| Romanian | Romania |
| Russian | Russia |
| Sanskrit | India |
| Santali | India |
| Swedish | Sweden |
| Swiss German | Switzerland |
| Serbian | Serbia |
| Sindhi | Pakistan |
| Sinhala | Sri Lanka |
| Slovenian | Slovenia |
| Slovak | Slovakia |
| Spanish | Spain |
| Swahili | Tanzania |
| Tajik | Tajikistan |
| Tamil | India |
| Tatar | Russia |
| Telugu | India |
| Thai | Thailand |
| Czech | Czech Republic |
| Turkish | Turkey |
| Turkmen | Turkmenistan |
| Ukrainian | Ukraine |
| Hungarian | Hungary |
| Urdu | Pakistan |
| Uzbek | Uzbekistan |
| Vietnamese | Vietnam |
| Welsh | Wales |
5. In Which Countries Is ChatGPT Available and Which Not?
Status | Countries |
|---|---|
| Available | Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Vatican City, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, East Timor, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Zambia |
| Not Available | China, Russia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iran, Belarus, Venezuela, North Korea, Egypt |
6. What Programming Languages Does ChatGPT Support?
ChatGPT can understand and generate over a dozen programming languages:
- C
- C#
- C++
- Go
- Kotlin
- Matlab
- JavaScript
- Perl
- PHP
- Python
- R
- Ruby
- Swift
- TypeScript
- SQL
- Shell
6.1 What Markup Languages Does ChatGPT Support?
ChatGPT can handle the following markup languages:
- HTML
- Markdown
- XML
6.2 Which Programming Language Does ChatGPT Handle Best?
According to OpenAI, ChatGPT handles Python best, as it has the most extensive training data in this language.
7. How Current Is the Data ChatGPT Was Trained On?
The Knowledge Cutoff Date of ChatGPT 3.5 is September 2021 according to its own information:
For ChatGPT 4, the Knowledge Cutoff Date was April 2023. The new GPT-5 (released August 2025) has a Knowledge Cutoff Date of July 2025 and can access current information via web search.
8. How Many Characters Can ChatGPT Generate?
With GPT-5, the limit was significantly increased: Up to 128,000 tokens output is possible (approximately 96,000 words). For free users, the limit is 8,000 tokens; for Plus users, it's 32,000 tokens.
9. What Types of Content Are Prohibited with ChatGPT?
According to OpenAI's Content Policy, generating the following content is prohibited:
- Hate
- Harassment/Threats
- Violence
- Self-harm (e.g., suicide or eating disorders)
- Sexual content (except informational content)
- Political influence (e.g., election interference)
- Spam (mass-generated content that disrupts)
- Deception or misleading content
- Malware
10. Who Has Invested in OpenAI?
Date | Investors | Amount (in USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 12/2015 | Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel, Jessica Livingston, Amazon Web Services, Infosys, YC Research | $1 billion (Pledge) |
| 2016 | Y Combinator | Seed Round |
| 07/2019 | Microsoft, Matthew Brown Companies | $1 billion |
| 2021 | Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Bedrock Capital, Sequoia Capital | $14-20B valuation |
| 01/2023 | Microsoft | $10 billion |
| 04/2023 | Thrive Capital, K2 Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global | Series E |
| 10/2024 | Thrive Capital (Lead), Microsoft, Nvidia, SoftBank, Khosla Ventures, Altimeter, Fidelity, MGX | $6.6 billion |
| 03/2025 | SoftBank (Lead, $30B), Microsoft, Coatue, Altimeter, Thrive, Blackstone, TPG, T. Rowe Price | $40 billion |
| 08/2025 | Dragoneer (Lead, $2.8B), Blackstone, TPG, T. Rowe Price, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Tiger Global | $8.3 billion |
Total Funding: OpenAI has received over $66 billion in total across 12 funding rounds from over 60 investors.
Key Investors:
- Microsoft: Invested a total of $13 billion, receives 49% of profits from OpenAI Global LLC (capped at 10x the investment)
- SoftBank: $30 billion in the March 2025 round (largest private funding round ever)
- Thrive Capital: Lead investor in multiple rounds, invested $1.3 billion in 2024
- Nvidia: $100 million in 2024
Current Valuation: $300 billion (as of September 2025)
11. What Alternatives Are There to ChatGPT?
The following alternatives come into question for ChatGPT:
- Neuroflash
- Chatsonic (by Writesonic)
- Microsoft Copilot
- Google Gemini
- Claude 3.5
- Perplexity AI
More details about these tools can be found in the following article: The Best ChatGPT Alternatives
11.1 Available GPT Models and Their Features
OpenAI offers various GPT models with different capabilities:
Model | Parameters | Context Window | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5 | Unknown | 400K Input / 128K Output | All Users (Standard) |
| GPT-5 Thinking | Unknown | 400K Input / 128K Output | Plus, Team, Enterprise |
| GPT-5 Pro | Unknown | 400K Input / 128K Output | Pro, Enterprise |
| GPT-5 mini | Unknown | 128K Token | API |
| GPT-5 nano | Unknown | 32K Token | API |
| OpenAI o3 | Unknown | 128K Token | Special Use Cases |
More information about the different models can be found in our article: All ChatGPT Versions Overview
11.2 Performance Metrics
ChatGPT's technical performance is impressive:
- Response Time: Average 2-5 seconds for normal queries
- Availability: 99.7% uptime in 2025
- Token Processing: Up to 100,000 tokens per minute per user (GPT-4)
- Accuracy: 94.6% on math (AIME 2025), 84.2% on multimodal tasks (MMLU)
12. Business Model and Revenue
12.1 Subscription Models and Pricing
ChatGPT offers various pricing models:
Plan | Price | Main Features |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | GPT-5, limited usage (8K tokens) |
| Plus | $20/month | GPT-5, DALL-E 3, 32K tokens |
| Pro | $200/month | GPT-5 Pro, 128K tokens, priority |
| Team | $25/user/month | Everything from Plus + team features |
| Enterprise | On Request | Unlimited usage, SSO, support |
Detailed information about the different plans can be found here: ChatGPT Free vs. Plus vs. Team vs. Enterprise
12.2 Revenue and Valuation
OpenAI's financial metrics are impressive:
- Annual Revenue 2025: Projected $11-13 billion
- Monthly Revenue: Over $1 billion (as of September 2025)
- Company Valuation: $300 billion (as of September 2025)
- Paying Users: Over 10 million Plus subscribers, 5 million business users
13. Usage Behavior and Use Cases
13.1 Most Common Use Cases
A survey among ChatGPT users shows the most popular purposes:
Use Case | Share of Users |
|---|---|
| Text creation & writing | 37% |
| Programming & debugging | 29% |
| Learning & education | 24% |
| Research & information search | 22% |
| Translations | 18% |
| Creative tasks | 16% |
| Data analysis | 14% |
| Business communication | 12% |
13.2 Industries with Highest ChatGPT Usage
ChatGPT is used across industries, with some sectors particularly well represented:
- Technology & IT: 41% of employees use ChatGPT regularly
- Marketing & Advertising: 38% usage rate
- Education & Research: 35% of teachers and students
- Financial Services: 28% integration in work processes
- Healthcare: 22% for documentation and research
- Legal Services: 19% for text analysis and drafts
14. Market Position and Competition
14.1 Market Share in the AI Chatbot Segment
ChatGPT clearly dominates the AI chatbot market:
AI Chatbot | Market Share | Monthly Users |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 62.5% | 700-800 million (weekly) |
| Claude | 15% | 50 million |
| Google Gemini | 12% | 40 million |
| Microsoft Copilot | 8% | 27 million |
| Others | 5% | 17 million |
A detailed comparison of the different alternatives can be found here: The Best ChatGPT Alternatives Compared
15. Additional Investors and Funding
15.1 Major OpenAI Investors
OpenAI has attracted prominent investors:
- Microsoft: $13 billion investment (largest investor)
- Thrive Capital: Lead investor in the last funding round
- Sequoia Capital: Significant stake
- Andreessen Horowitz (a16z): Strategic investor
- Khosla Ventures: Early investor
- Tiger Global: Participation in later rounds
15.2 Funding Rounds
The development of the company valuation shows enormous growth:
- 2019: $1 billion valuation
- 2021: $14 billion
- 2023: $29 billion
- 2024: $86 billion
- 2025: $300 billion
16. Interesting Facts and Records
To conclude, some remarkable facts about ChatGPT:
- Fastest app to 100 million users: Only 2 months (TikTok took 9 months) [Source: CBS News]
- Daily costs: OpenAI reportedly spends about $700,000 daily on ChatGPT [Source: SemiAnalysis/TechNext]
- Training data: Over 570 GB of compressed text data was used for GPT-3 [Source: OpenAI Community]
- Energy consumption: A ChatGPT query uses about 10x more energy than a Google search [Source: Goldman Sachs]
- Server capacity: OpenAI now uses well over 1 million GPUs for training and operations [Source: Tom's Hardware]
- Code generation: 40% of code from GitHub Copilot users is AI-generated and unchanged [Source: GitHub]
- Education: 89% of students use ChatGPT for homework [Source: BrowserCat Education Survey]
