Every day, the ChatGPT platform processes more than 2.5 billion user requests from around the world, of which more than 330 million come from the United States. The weekly audience of the service exceeds 500 million active users. About this informs Axios citing OpenAI data.
The figures were released ahead of Sam Altman’s speech at the Federal Reserve’s conference in Washington, where he will present economic analysis from OpenAI’s chief economist and outline the concept of the “democratization” of artificial intelligence. This idea involves a fair distribution of economic benefits from AI among the population.
Altman will propose an alternative approach that should be a compromise between the rapid development of artificial intelligence and public fears about its risks. OpenAI aims to prevent the concentration of control over AI in the hands of individual large corporations and make the technology available to a wide range of users.
During the same event, US President Donald Trump will speak at the Winning the AI Race summit, and the White House will present a 20-page strategic plan for the development of artificial intelligence, focused on liberal principles and economic growth.
OpenAI emphasizes that the main question is not only the economic impact of AI, but also who will receive these benefits. According to the company, ensuring broad access to AI tools is the key to a fair distribution of benefits.
Launched on November 30, 2022, the ChatGPT service gained massive popularity with one million users in five days and one hundred million users in two months. As of February 2025, the platform had 400 million weekly active users and 122 million daily active users.
The largest share of the audience is in the USA (19%), India (7%) and Brazil (5%). In May 2024, OpenAI introduced the GPT-4o model, which is capable of handling text, images and audio, greatly expanding the functionality of ChatGPT.
