LLM adoption.

User growth across six AI platforms. ChatGPT reports weekly active users; the rest report monthly. Meta AI counts include users across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger.

ChatGPT numbers are weekly active users (WAU). All others are monthly active users (MAU). Meta AI users are embedded in existing Meta apps, not a standalone product. DeepSeek numbers are third-party estimates.

The data

Meta AI

Monthly active users — embedded in WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger
Apr 2024 Launch Meta (Llama 3 relaunch across apps)
Sep 2024 ~500M MAU Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Connect
Dec 2024 ~600M MAU Zuckerberg / Engadget, Dec 2024
Jan 2025 700M MAU Susan Li, Q4 2024 earnings / CNBC
Apr 2025 ~1B MAU Q1 2025 earnings call / CNBC
May 2025 1B+ MAU Zuckerberg / TechCrunch, May 2025

ChatGPT

Weekly active users
Nov 2022 Launch OpenAI
Jan 2023 100M signups UBS, Jan 2023
Nov 2023 100M WAU OpenAI DevDay, Nov 2023
Aug 2024 200M WAU OpenAI, Aug 2024
Oct 2024 250M WAU The Information / Axios, Oct 2024
Dec 2024 300M WAU OpenAI, Dec 2024
Feb 2025 400M WAU OpenAI / CNBC, Feb 2025
Mar 2025 500M WAU TechCrunch, Mar 2025
Aug 2025 700M WAU TechCrunch, Aug 2025
Oct 2025 800M WAU Sam Altman, OpenAI Dev Day
Feb 2026 900M WAU Sacra / OpenAI, Feb 2026

Google Gemini

Monthly active users
Oct 2024 90M MAU Google (DOJ antitrust hearing)
Mar 2025 350M MAU The Information / TechCrunch, Apr 2025
May 2025 400M MAU Sundar Pichai, Google I/O
Jul 2025 450M MAU Google Q2 earnings
Oct 2025 650M MAU Google Q3 earnings / 9to5Google
Feb 2026 750M MAU Alphabet Q4 2025 earnings

Microsoft Copilot

Monthly active users (commercial + consumer combined)
Jul 2025 100M MAU Satya Nadella, Q4 FY2025 earnings
Jan 2026 150M MAU Microsoft / TechCrunch, Jan 2026

DeepSeek

Monthly active users (third-party estimates)
Feb 2025 62M MAU Sensor Tower / Business of Apps
May 2025 ~125M MAU DemandSage / third-party tracking
Dec 2025 ~130M MAU Business of Apps, end of 2025

Perplexity

Monthly active users
Jan 2024 10M MAU Perplexity disclosure, 2024
Dec 2024 ~15M MAU DemandSage, end of 2024
Apr 2025 30M MAU CEO Aravind Srinivas, Bloomberg Tech Summit

Sources

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