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The ChatGPT app hit 1 billion monthly users in about 3 years
ChatGPT mobile app, monthly active users, May 2026 · a Sensor Tower estimate
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Source: Sensor Tower (via Reuters); Quartz · May 2026 estimate; app only, not web
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Sensor Tower says no app has reached 1 billion monthly users faster. Google Maps, the old record holder, needed about 5 years.
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people use the ChatGPT app every month, about 3 years after the app launched.
| # | Name | Value |
|---|---|---|
| people use the ChatGPT app every month, about 3 years after the app launched. | 1,000,000,000 |
Every figure was checked against its source on October 16, 2026.
- Sensor TowerChatGPT became the fastest mobile app ever to reach one billion monthly active users, in May 2026, in just three years
the fastest mobile app ever to reach one billion monthly active users in May 2026 ... in just three years
sensortower.com/press/sensor-tower-state-of-ai-2026-report-global-time-spent-on- - DecryptOpenAI launched the official ChatGPT app for iPhone on 18 May 2023 (the start of the 3-year clock)
OpenAI launches ChatGPT app for Apple iPhone
decrypt.co/140609/openai-launches-chatgpt-app-for-apple-iphone - Reuters (via Yahoo Finance)ChatGPT has crossed 1 billion global monthly active app users, roughly three years after launch, per Sensor Tower (Reuters, 2-3 June 2026)
ChatGPT has crossed 1 billion global monthly active app users
finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/chatgpt-app-hits-1-billion-2221391 - Quartz (via Yahoo Finance)ChatGPT passed 1 billion monthly active users in May, just under 3.5 years after its November 2022 debut; Google Maps needed roughly five years
just under 3.5 years after its November 2022 debut ... Google Maps ... roughly five years
finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/chatgpt-reaches-1-billion-monthly- - GCNGoogle Maps, the previous record holder, took around five years to reach 1 billion monthly users (Sensor Tower)
Google Maps (previous record): about 5 years after launch to reach the same volume
gcn.com/chat-app-launched-research-preview-crossed/20685/ - Tech TimesChatGPT reached 1 billion monthly users in about 3 years; no other app, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or Google Maps, got there as quickly
No other app, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or Google Maps, has reached that scale as quickly.
techtimes.com/articles/317841/20260605/chatgpt-reaches-1-billion-app-users-claud - TechCrunchOpenAI own count: 900 million weekly active users, announced 27 Feb 2026 (a different measure: weekly)
ChatGPT has reached 900 million weekly active users
techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/chatgpt-reaches-900m-weekly-active-users
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Source: Sensor Tower (via Reuters); Quartz. Covering May 2026 estimate; app only, not web.
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1 billion people use the ChatGPT app every month. No app got there faster.
A monthly active user opens an app at least once a month. Sensor Tower estimates the ChatGPT app got there in May 2026, about 3 years after launch. Google Maps, the old record holder, needed about 5 years to reach — 1 billion.
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- SourceFigures from Sensor Tower (via Reuters); Quartz.
- PeriodCovering May 2026 estimate; app only, not web.
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