--- title: "ChatGPT has the fastest-growing user base on record" description: "ChatGPT received more than twice as many unique users in January as it did in December—an average of roughly 13 million per day." author: "Anonymous User" published: 2023-02-05 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2770/chatgpt-has-the-fastest-growing-user-base-on-record category: "news" tags: ["chat app", "news"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # ChatGPT has the fastest-growing user base on record \ ChatGPT, a popular chatbot from OpenAI, is thought to have reached 100 million monthly active users in January, just two months after it was released. This would make it the fastest-growing consumer app in history. \ [According to the report](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38115/according-to-the-report-released-by-the-ministry-of-environment-forests-and-climate-change-on-august-12-what-is-the-total-estimated-number-of-elephants-in-india), [**ChatGPT**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2766/google-is-testing-a-new-homepage-featuring-chatgpt-style-question-and-answer-prompts) saw daily usage of roughly 13 million unique visitors on average in January. This was more than twice as many users as there were in December. \ 'We can't think of a consumer online app that took off faster in the 20 years we've been observing the internet area,' UBS analysts wrote in the note. \ ![ChatGPT has the fastest-growing user base on record](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/YQe-fDP36eWiOy3aI3n1uzECefBZc9hsrqjwciqpH7q1L7s2nE0Ac5a5EqtmuI67OKegVtMyeo0bx6wussdWx2oGjYXbWVch8bRagPu4TvbAnI6ug9POscWFSYaKhBLDFZfII_MFC69Jick1OtfngSw) \ According to data from Sensor Tower, Instagram took two and a half years to achieve 100 [million users](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38813/which-country-s-domain-cn-has-become-the-world-s-most-commonly-used-in-the-internet-with-16-36-million-users-surpassing-germany-s-de-domain) after its global launch, whereas TikTok took around nine months. \ [**Also Read: Adani Is Addicted To ChatGPT And Says The Race for AI Will Be Hard**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2716/adani-is-addicted-to-chatgpt-and-says-the-race-for-ai-will-be-hard) \ In response to user input, ChatGPT can generate a wide variety of text, including articles, essays, jokes, and even poetry. Late in November, a [private company](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93007/what-is-private-company-advantages-and-disadvantages) called OpenAI, backed by Microsoft Corporation, made it freely available to the [general public](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97352/when-did-cameras-start-being-used-by-the-general-public). \ On Thursday, OpenAI launched a monthly membership service that costs $20 and is initially only accessible to users in the [United States](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2228/the-united-states-claims-seagate-broke-export-laws-by-selling-huawei-hard-drives). The company promised to provide a quicker and more reliable service and the opportunity to try out newly added functions in advance. \ According to industry analysts' projections, OpenAI will have a significant [competitive advantage](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116600/branding-and-competitive-advantage-in-the-take-my-class-online-industry) over other AI companies if ChatGPT is successful. The ever-increasing use of OpenAI's chatbot puts a strain on the company's processing capabilities; however, it has also provided critical feedback that has been used to improve the chatbot's responses. \ The company stated that the income from subscriptions would help defray the cost of computing. \ The ease with which the tool can be used has given rise to worries over the possibility that it could encourage academic dishonesty and the dissemination of incorrect information. \ The [previous month](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159363/how-to-write-sql-query-to-get-the-value-of-the-previous-month-and-year), Microsoft made public a new investment in OpenAI for multiple billions of dollars, this time in the form of cash and cloud [computing services](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/102524/what-role-does-google-cloud-play-in-cloud-computing-services). \ --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2770/chatgpt-has-the-fastest-growing-user-base-on-record Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.