Rapidly Increasing Users: ChatGPT Reaches 700 Million Weekly Users with Competitors Hot on Their Heels
In the dynamic world of generative AI assistants, ChatGPT holds a dominant position, accounting for approximately 74.5% of the market share as of mid-2025. This dominance extends to its usage through Microsoft's Bing Copilot, which utilises the same underlying system [4].
Other AI chatbots, such as Claude, Gemini, and Grok, are gaining ground but have smaller, yet growing presences. The exact market shares for these competitors are not detailed in the available data [4].
The broader AI assistant and virtual assistant markets are also experiencing significant growth. The global voice assistant market, which includes AI-powered voice interfaces for both personal and business use, is projected to grow from $7.2 billion in 2024 to $40.5 billion by 2035, at a 17% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) [1].
The virtual assistant services market, often human-assisted or AI-enhanced, is forecasted to grow from about $5 billion in 2023 to $15.9 billion by 2028, driven by rising adoption in business contexts globally [2].
The overall AI market, encompassing AI assistants and broader AI applications, is valued at approximately $391 billion in 2025 and is expanding at a CAGR of about 36% [3]. The US alone represents roughly 35% of this AI market share [5].
ChatGPT, in particular, drives around 60% of all AI-related web traffic. Daily active users of ChatGPT rose from 9 million in October 2024 to 35 million over 6 months, and the platform is projected to reach 700 million weekly active users by August 2025, marking a 4x year-over-year increase [6].
Users spend an average of 16 minutes a day on the ChatGPT app, and an estimated 2.5 to 3 billion prompts are sent daily on the platform. ChatGPT's Anthropic model has 300 million monthly active users as of Q1 2025 [6].
However, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, faced recent backlash after accidentally exposing shared chat logs to Google search indexing [7]. On a positive note, OpenAI is preparing to release ChatGPT-5, with a possible launch set for Thursday, August 7, 2025.
Meanwhile, Grok has seen a surge in popularity, with daily users jumping by five times and web traffic soaring from 600,000 to 4.5 million visits per day after the release of Grok 3 [8]. Grok currently boasts 35 to 39 million monthly active users [9].
Local deployment of powerful AI models is limited by device power for most people. Open-source models like Meta's llama or Qwen are gaining attention as alternatives for those seeking more accessible AI solutions.
[1] Voice Assistant Market Size, Trends, and Forecast 2020-2025
[2] Global Virtual Assistant Market Size, Status and Forecast 2023-2028
[3] Global Artificial Intelligence Market Report 2022
[4] ChatGPT Holds Dominant Market Share in Generative AI Assistant Space
[5] US AI Market Size, Trends, and Forecast 2020-2025
[6] ChatGPT Traffic and User Statistics
[7] OpenAI Faces Backlash Over Exposed Chat Logs
[8] Grok's Surge in Popularity
[9] Grok's User Base
- Microsoft, seeing the growth in AI technology, might consider integrating their Xbox console with advanced AI features, leveraging the power of software updates to improve user experience.
- In the competitive landscape of AI-powered software solutions, ChatGPT's dominance on platforms like Microsoft's Bing Copilot underlines the opportunity for Microsoft to infuse more AI-driven services into their hardware, such as the Surface series or even future versions of Windows.
- The advancements in AI, as demonstrated by generative AI assistants like ChatGPT and alternatives like Claude and Grok, could pave the way for more sophisticated AI integration in various hardware devices like PCs and even home technology systems.
- With the rise of human-assisted and AI-enhanced virtual assistant services and the growing interest in accessible AI solutions, Microsoft could potentially venture into developing AI solutions for personal devices, capitalizing on the expanding artificial-intelligence market.
