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ChatGPT is a one-of-its-kind chatbot launched by Open AI in November 2022. The chatbot is trained using the GPT-3 language model, allowing it to interact with humans in a conversational manner. It can perform various tasks, including writing essays, codes, poems, lyrics, recipes, etc.
This intelligent chatbot has broken several records of established online platforms and set new ones. In this post, we will share the latest information regarding ChatGPT Statistics and ChatGPT users until April 2023. It also highlights Open AI and GPT-4 statistics and analyzes the performance of these platforms. So, without wasting time, let’s hop in!
According to the latest available data, ChatGPT currently has over 100 million users and it sees approximately 1.8 billion visitors per month. These figures demonstrate the site’s continued success in providing a reliable platform for users to connect with each other.
In just three months (from February 2023 to April 2023), ChatGPT made an incredible amount of progress in terms of user and traffic growth. This impressive achievement was accomplished at a record-breaking pace.
Sources: The Guardian, Similarweb
OpenAI reported that after its November 2022 launch, ChatGPT gained 1 million users in only 5 days. It took Instagram 2.5 months to reach 1 million downloads when compared to Netflix, which had to wait almost 3.5 years before achieving the 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
In January of 2023, ChatGPT reached an incredible 100 million monthly active users, making it the fastest-growing application ever seen. This is in contrast to TikTok which took 9 months to reach 100 million users and Instagram which took 2.5 years to hit the same milestone. On any given day that month, 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% |
As reported by Similarweb, in the past 30 days, chat.openai.com has seen approximately 1.8 billion visits – a rise of 180% from 1 billion back in February 2023 and a massive 7 times more than 266 million visits in December 2022.
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
USA has the highest number of chatgpt users 15.22%)
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
|
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
ChatGPT is a language model developed and deployed by a research laboratory, Open AI. The platform is trained using a deep learning method, GPT-3.5 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer- 3.5).
The primary role of this AI tool is to interact with humans in a natural language. The platform can accomplish several text generation tasks and change the generated content’s tone or style. The catch is that it doesn’t possess emotions like humans.
Below is an overview of ChatGPT
Open AI’s ChatGPT was initially trained using GPT-3.5. The company recently launched its advanced version GPT-4, accessible to ChatGPT Plus users only.
GPT-4 is a multimodal language model. The model is capable of handling text and images as input and output.
Let’s have a look at GPT-4 statistics.
Soon after the release of ChatGPT, the internet was taken by storm. Several screenshots of ChatGPT’s responses started flying on the internet. These screenshots increased its popularity helping it gain a tremendous user base within a few months of its release. Some facts regarding ChatGPT users are as follows:
Open AI is the company behind ChatGPT and the GPT series. The company has invented innovative AI tools for the world. Some key points about Open AI include:
ChatGPT is trained with a massive dataset of 300 billion words which is 570 GB of data. This data comprises information from several sources like Wikipedia, Journals, Research papers, online websites, etc.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT app has surpassed 500,000 downloads on iOS in 6 days, making it one of the most popular apps on Apple’s App Store in 2023 and 2022 in the US.
The ChatGPT user base has been increasing rapidly since its release.
Until ChatGPT’s release in 2022, TikTok was the fastest application to gain 1 million users in 9 months. Currently, ChatGPT beats TikTok’s record by gaining ChatGPT million users in a week. TikTok was a popular social media platform launched in 2016. The app gained huge attraction soon after its launch.
Some interesting facts about ChatGPT are as follows:
Currently, ChatGPT is the fastest-growing AI platform. The tool can be used to generate content and earn money online. It is a helpful platform for almost every industry. Several ChatGPT users are sharing their experiences online and attracting more users to the platform. By analyzing ChatGPT’s performance, it seems like the platform will reach more heights.
