ChatGPT search hits ~20% of Google's volume as WAU reaches 1.2B
vista8 · x · 2026-11-04
ChatGPT consumer product lead Adam Fry revealed new figures in a Big Technology interview:
- Weekly actives jumped from 1B to 1.2B in two months (+200M)
- Search-like query volume is roughly one-fifth of Google's, only 18 months after launch
- Voice mode (dictation + speaking) has 250M weekly actives; users create 1.5B images weekly
- Plans to merge Chat and Work modes, removing the confusing toggle
- Fry acknowledged ChatGPT-generated restaurant signage looks too uniform
- On the Dots personal assistant: finer task decomposition burns more compute, making PMF commercially difficult
- Also covered image generation, interactive interfaces, advertising, and education
Related event: ChatGPT Adds 200M Users in Two Months, Weekly Actives Hit 1.2B(2 posts)→
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