Usage

One person in nine on the planet uses ChatGPT every week

ChatGPT reached 900 million weekly users in February 2026. Set against the world population, that is more than one person in ten. Your visitors are used to asking a question and getting an answer.

In a few years, asking a question to an AI has gone from a novelty to a habit for a large part of the world.

The figures

In February 2026, OpenAI said ChatGPT had reached 900 million weekly active users. The UN estimates the world population at 8.23 billion in 2025: that is roughly one person in nine. In July 2026, OpenAI added that its models reach more than one billion active users across all its products.

In France, the 2026 Baromètre du numérique found that 48% of people aged 12 and over used generative AI in 2025.

What your visitors now expect

  • An answer, not a list of links: they type a question in plain words and expect a direct reply.
  • At any hour: an assistant does not keep office hours.
  • A clear next step: book, get a quote, be called back.

Meeting that expectation on your site

A chat agent configured with your services gives visitors the same experience on your site: they ask, it answers from your own information, and when a person is needed it collects their details.

Sources

  1. TechCrunch, “ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users”, 27 February 2026
  2. BNN Bloomberg (AFP), “OpenAI says it has more than 1 billion active users”, 31 July 2026
  3. United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024
Ben Tannenbaum

The author

Ben Tannenbaum

Founder, Javo

Ben founded Javo. He is also the founder and CEO of Aiso, which analyses real conversations between people and AI assistants at scale, and before that built a pricing-data startup for coworking spaces. He studied statistics.

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