ChatGPT hits one billion monthly active users

OpenAI’s app reached the milestone in May, roughly three years after launch, outpacing the growth of Google Maps, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.

Staff Writer
ChatGPT

Article summary

AI Generated

ChatGPT has become the fastest app to reach one billion monthly active users, hitting the mark in May roughly three years after launch. Sensor Tower data shows it outpaced the user growth of Google Maps, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.

Key points

  • ChatGPT hit one billion monthly active users in May
  • OpenAI's app reached the milestone in about three years
  • It grew faster than TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube

ChatGPT has crossed one billion monthly active users globally, making it the fastest-growing app to reach that threshold.

Market analytics firm Sensor Tower said the OpenAI app hit one billion monthly active users in May, approximately three years after its launch. That pace of adoption surpassed the user growth trajectories of Google Maps, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.