ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude user numbers 2026

• 900 million

  people used ChatGPT each week, and 50 million paid for it, OpenAI said alongside its funding announcement

  TechCrunch, 27 Feb 2026Copy citationEmbed

• 800 million

  weekly ChatGPT users was the figure Sam Altman gave on stage at OpenAI DevDay (CEO statement at an event)

  TechCrunch, 6 Oct 2025Copy citationEmbed

• 950 million

  monthly active users for the Gemini app, Sundar Pichai said on Alphabet's Q2 2026 earnings call

  Google, 22 Jul 2026Copy citationEmbed

• 780 million

  queries ran through Perplexity in May 2025, CEO Aravind Srinivas said at Bloomberg's Tech Summit (CEO statement at an event)

  TechCrunch, 5 Jun 2025Copy citationEmbed

• 15 million

  paid Microsoft 365 Copilot seats, Satya Nadella said on Microsoft's January 2026 earnings call

  TechCrunch, 29 Jan 2026Copy citationEmbed

• 2.66 million

  US desktop unique visitors used Claude in March 2026, up 130.1% from February. ChatGPT had 33.86 million

  Comscore, 26 May 2026Copy citationEmbed

• 34%

  of US adults have used ChatGPT, rising to 58% of adults under 30, in a survey fielded February to March 2025

  Pew Research Center, 25 Jun 2025Copy citationEmbed

• 28%

  of employed US adults use ChatGPT for work, up 20 points in two years

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• 9.5 billion

  average monthly web visits went to generative AI sites worldwide from June 2025 to May 2026, up 70% year over year

  Similarweb, 29 Jul 2026Copy citationEmbed

These figures come from AI Search Statistics 2026: ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Clicks, which puts them in context.