Number of ChatGPT Users (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 100 million users
- In just 5 days, ChatGPT surpassed 1 million users
- openai.com gets approximately 1 billion visits per month
- Over 60% of ChatGPT's social media traffic comes via YouTube
- Over 15% of ChatGPT's users are American
How Many ChatGPT Users Are There?
According to the latest available data, ChatGPT currently has over 100 million users. And the website currently generates 1.8 billion visitors per month.
This user and traffic growth was achieved in a record-breaking three-month period (from February 2023 to April 2023).
Sources: The Guardian, 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:
Online Service |
Launch Year |
Time Taken to Reach 1 Million Users |
ChatGPT |
2022 |
5 days |
Instagram*** |
2010 |
2.5 months |
Spotify |
2008 |
5 months |
Dropbox |
2008 |
7 months |
|
2004 |
10 months |
Foursquare*** |
2009 |
13 months |
|
2006 |
2 years |
Airbnb** |
2008 |
2.5 years |
Kickstarter* |
2009 |
2.5 years |
Netflix |
1999 |
3.5 years |
* 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, making it the fastest-growing application in history.
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 its first six months:
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% |
ChatGPT User Stats
According to Similarweb, chat.openai.com has been visited approximately 1.8 billion times over the last 30 days. That’s an increase of 180% from February 2023's 1 billion. And around 7x more than December 2022’s 266 million visits.
ChatGPT has a bounce rate of 17.33%.
Each ChatGPT visitor views an average of 6.22 pages per visit. And each user spends an average of 8 minutes and 32 seconds on the website.
Here’s how ChatGPT compares to other popular websites in terms of monthly visitors:
Website |
Total Visits |
Bounce Rate |
Pages per Visit |
Average Visit Duration |
ChatGPT |
1.8 billion |
12.59% |
6.22 |
8 mins 32 secs |
|
83.9 billion |
28.51% |
8.62 |
10 mins 39 secs |
YouTube |
32.7 billion |
21.42% |
11.33 |
20 mins 33 secs |
|
16.8 billion |
31.54% |
8.41 |
10 mins 23 secs |
|
6.4 billion |
32.8% |
10 |
10 mins 32 secs |
|
6.3 billion |
34.7% |
11.02 |
8 mins 16 secs |
Baidu |
4.7 billion |
21.56% |
8.16 |
5 mins 11 secs |
Wikipedia |
4.5 billion |
59.73% |
3.05 |
3 mins 55 secs |
Yandex |
3.3 billion |
24.23% |
9.23 |
9 mins 24 secs |
Yahoo |
3.2 billion |
33.26% |
5.56 |
8 mins 9 secs |
|
2.8 billion |
46.46% |
1.64 |
16 mins 53 secs |
Amazon |
2.2 billion |
34.43% |
9.21 |
7 mins 6 secs |
Source: Similarweb, Wikipedia
ChatGPT Traffic
Top Marketing Channels
Around 9 in 10 (87.98%) ChatGPT visits are direct.
Socials are the second-most popular way to access ChatGPT (4.61% of traffic).
Here’s a breakdown of the most popular ChatGPT marketing channels:
Rank |
Marketing Channel |
Proportion of Traffic |
1 |
Direct |
87.89% |
2 |
Social |
4.61% |
3 |
Organic Search |
3.87% |
4 |
|
3.02% |
5 |
Referrals |
0.57% |
6 |
Display |
0.04% |
7 |
Paid Search |
<0.01% |
Social Media Traffic
In terms of social media traffic, YouTube is responsible for around 3 in 5 visits (57.01%).
Here’s how other social media networks stack up:
Rank |
Social Network |
Proportion of Traffic |
1 |
YouTube |
57.01% |
2 |
|
12.17% |
3 |
|
10.36% |
4 |
|
4.31% |
5 |
|
3.37% |
- |
Others (combined) |
12.77% |
Top Keyword Traffic
In total, approximately 9,600 keywords are used to access ChatGPT.
The most commonly searched keyword is "chat gpt login" with 6.1 million searches per month.
This is closely followed by "chatgpt login" with 5.3 million monthly searches.
Rank |
Keyword |
Monthly Traffic |
1 |
chat gpt login | 6.1 million |
2 |
chatgpt login | 5.3 million |
3 |
chat openai | 2.1 million |
4 |
chat.openai | 1.1 million |
5 |
openai chat | 849,000 |
Source: Similarweb
ChatGPT by Region
The largest proportion of ChatGPT users reside in the US (15.22%).
Second-placed India (6.32%) has less than half as many ChatGPT users.
Together, the top five countries make up almost one-third (31.6%) of all ChatGPT users
Here’s the breakdown of ChatGPT users by region:
Rank |
Country |
Proportion of ChatGPT Users |
1 |
US |
15.22% |
2 |
India |
6.32% |
3 |
Japan |
4.01% |
4 |
Colombia |
3.3% |
5 |
Canada |
2.75% |
- |
Others (combined) |
68.4% |
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:
Level of ChatGPT Awareness |
Age |
|||
18 to 29 |
30 to 44 |
45 to 64 |
65+ |
|
I’ve used it myself to generate text |
15% |
17% |
9% |
5% |
I’ve seen text generated for someone else, but haven’t used it myself |
48% |
46% |
27% |
30% |
I’ve never used or never seen anyone else use it |
20% |
31% |
55% |
59% |
Not sure |
17% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
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.
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