ChatGPT breaks user number record

As rivalry grows between Anthropic and OpenAI for dominance in
artificial intelligence, the latter’s ChatGPT app has crossed one billion
global monthly active users – the fastest an app has ever done so

1,000,000,000
MAUs

To see what ChatGPT would do,
very simple prompt was used:
“Can you think of an editorial
illustration to represent
you, ChatGPT, reaching
one billion MAUs?”
Result shown unedited

TOP 10 APPS TO REACH ONE BILLION
MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS (MAUs)

Year
launched

Time taken to
reach milestone

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

ChatGPT
TikTok
Messenger*
WhatsApp
Instagram
YouTube
Facebook
WeChat
Google Maps
Telegram

2022
2016
2011
2009
2010
2005
2004
2011
2005
2013

3 years
5
5
6-7
7-8
8-9
8-9
8-9
9-10
10-12

Sources: Reuters, ChatGPT
Illustration: ChatGPT
*Facebook
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