OpenAI says ChatGPT reaches 1.2B weekly active users, adding 200M in two months

On November 2, 2026, during an OpenAI event held in New York, OpenAI consumer product lead Adam Fry shared the latest operating figures for ChatGPT in an interview with Big Technology. Fry said ChatGPT had reached 1.2B weekly active users, adding roughly 200M over the past two months — an average of about 100M per month — and described the product's growth rate as further accelerating.

The two reports on this disclosure differ slightly on one detail. The earlier account states the gain was 200M over two months, while the later one describes it as about 200M. Both agree on the headline figure: 1.2B weekly active users.

On search, Fry explained that OpenAI measured search-type queries inside the platform and compared them against Google, finding that ChatGPT now handles roughly 20% of Google's search volume — the same proportion described as about one-fifth. He clarified that these searches are not limited to traditional keyword lookups: every time a user asks a question that requires ChatGPT to call web search for up-to-date information, it counts as one search. Previously, ChatGPT was mainly used for writing assistance and coding, which were not typical use cases for conventional search engines, though Fry noted that over the past year more users had begun asking about people, places, and products.

Fry also disclosed that ChatGPT generates 1.5B images per week, and that combined weekly active users for voice input and voice conversations have reached 250M. He added that OpenAI plans to bring Chat and Work together. As of the latest report, no further details on that plan have been announced.