ChatGPT is nearing 1 billion weekly active users, seven months later than planned
aakashgupta · x · 2026-07-29
ChatGPT is nearing 1 billion weekly active users, seven months later than planned
A new report says ChatGPT is close to reaching 1 billion weekly active users.
- The milestone comes about seven months later than OpenAI originally expected.
- Even with the delay, ChatGPT remains one of the fastest apps ever to reach that scale.
- The post frames the number as a sign of how large ChatGPT has become, despite growth taking longer than the company had hoped.
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