Number of ChatGPT Users (Dec 2023)

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.

Contents

• Top 5 ChatGPT User Statistics
• How Many ChatGPT Users Are There?
• ChatGPT User Growth
• ChatGPT User Stats
• ChatGPT Traffic
• ChatGPT by Region
• ChatGPT by Age

Top 5 ChatGPT User Statistics

• ChatGPT currently has over 180 million users
• In just 5 days, ChatGPT surpassed 1 million users
• openai.com gets approximately 1.5 billion visits per month
  
• Around 70% of ChatGPT's social media traffic comes via YouTube
• Nearly 15% of ChatGPT's users are American

How Many ChatGPT Users Are There?

According to the latest available data, ChatGPT currently has around 180.5 million users.

The website generated 1.7 billion visits in October 2023. 

And according to OpenAI chief Sam Altman, 100 million weekly users flock to ChatGPT.

Sources: Reuters, Similarweb

ChatGPT User 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. Whereas 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:

* 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.

Approximately 13 million unique visitors used ChatGPT each day in January - over 2x more than in December.

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%

Source: Statista, Reuters, Similarweb

ChatGPT User Stats

According to Similarweb, chat.openai.com has been visited approximately 1.7 billion times over the last 30 days. That’s an increase of 170% from February 2023's 1 billion. And around 6x more than December 2022’s 266 million visits.

ChatGPT has a bounce rate of 36.36%.

Each ChatGPT visitor views an average of 4.17 pages per visit. And each user spends an average of 7 minutes and 36 seconds on the website.

Here’s how ChatGPT compares to other popular websites in terms of monthly visitors:

Source: Similarweb, Wikipedia

ChatGPT Traffic

Top Marketing Channels

Around 8 in 10 (79.4%) ChatGPT visits are direct. 

Organic searches are the second-most popular way to access ChatGPT (15.66% of traffic).

Here’s a breakdown of the most popular ChatGPT marketing channels:

Social Media Traffic

In terms of social media traffic, YouTube is responsible for almost 7 in 10 visits (65.42%).

Here’s how other social media networks stack up:

Top Keyword Traffic

As of November 2023, approximately 12,700 keywords are used to access ChatGPT. That's up from around 7,000 in July 2023.

The most commonly searched keyword is "chatgpt" with 21.6 million searches per month.

This is followed by "chat gpt" with 12.8 million monthly searches.

The misspelled "chat gtp" receives over 300,000 searches per month.

Here's a breakdown of the most commonly used keywords:

Source: Similarweb

ChatGPT by Region

No one country has more ChatGPT users than the US (10.81%).

Second-placed India (9.08%) has less than half as many ChatGPT users.

Together, the top five countries make up around one-third (34.97%) of all ChatGPT users 

Here’s the breakdown of ChatGPT users by region:

Source: Similarweb

ChatGPT by Age

According to YouGov, 17% of 30 to 44-year-olds have used ChatGPT since January 2023. 

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:

Source: YouGov

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.