OpenAI’s ChatGPT is poised to reach 700 million weekly active users this week, marking a fourfold increase in usage over the past year, according to company executives.
Nick Turley, OpenAI Vice President and head of the ChatGPT app, confirmed the milestone in a social media post, noting the platform had already hit 500 million weekly users by late March.
Turley attributed the growth to users increasingly leveraging the tool to “learn, create, and solve harder problems,” while thanking teams for enhancing ChatGPT’s utility.
The surge follows OpenAI’s March rollout of an upgraded GPT-4-powered image generator, which drove unprecedented activity. Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap revealed in early April that users created over 700 million images within days of the feature’s launch, engaging more than 130 million people.
Subscription growth has also accelerated, with Lightcap confirming ChatGPT now serves 5 million paying business customers a significant rise from 3 million in June.
Market intelligence firm Sensor Tower ranks ChatGPT among the world’s most engaging apps, with users averaging 16 minutes daily and accessing the service over 12 days monthly during the first half of 2025.
The app now trails only Google and X in global user engagement metrics, underscoring its rapid integration into daily workflows and creative processes.
