AI User Statistics 2026: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude

Compiled from public reports · Spot-checked October 4, 2026 · Figures are estimates and may be out of date

A note on "live": no AI company publishes a real-time user counter. These are the most recent officially reported or credibly estimated figures as of the date above, and we refresh this page as new numbers are announced — typically around quarterly earnings calls and major company milestones.

Weekly & monthly active users, at a glance

Tool	Maker	Reported Users	As Of
ChatGPT	OpenAI	~900M weekly active users (OpenAI; sources date it between Dec 2025 and Feb 2026); 1B+ monthly app users (Sensor Tower estimate)	Dec 2025–Feb 2026 (weekly); May–Jun 2026 (monthly app users)
Gemini	Google	~950M monthly active users	Jul 2026 (Alphabet Q2 earnings)
Meta AI	Meta	~1.2B monthly active users across Meta's apps (company-reported; not independently confirmed here)	Q1 2026 (Meta earnings)
Microsoft Copilot	Microsoft	30M+ paid Microsoft 365 Copilot seats (Microsoft earnings, July 2026); ~420M monthly active users across Copilot products is an estimate that I could not confirm	Q4 FY2026 (Microsoft earnings)
Claude	Anthropic	~245M monthly active users across web and mobile (app-only estimate: ~56M)	2026 (Sensor Tower State of AI report for web + mobile; its State of Mobile report for the app-only figure)
Perplexity	Perplexity AI	~45M monthly active users	2026 (est.)
Grok	xAI	Low single-digit % global web-visit share	May 2026 (Similarweb)
DeepSeek	DeepSeek	~4% global web-visit share among major chatbots	May 2026 (Similarweb)

Figures mix company-reported numbers (earnings calls, official announcements) with third-party estimates (Similarweb, Sensor Tower, Statista) — see notes below each is drawn from public reporting cited by Reuters, Forbes, and company investor communications.

Worldwide web-visit market share (chatbots)

Web-visit share measures desktop and mobile browser traffic specifically — it undercounts app-only usage, so treat it as one signal, not the full picture.

Tool	Global Web-Visit Share
ChatGPT	~54%
Gemini	~28%
Claude	~9%
DeepSeek	~4%
Grok	~2%
Perplexity	~1%
Microsoft Copilot	~1%

Source: Similarweb data, worldwide desktop and mobile web visits, as reported May 2026.

What's changed recently

ChatGPT remains the largest single AI assistant by a wide margin, but its market share has been gradually eroding even as its absolute user count keeps growing — more competitors means a bigger pie, not just one company's slice.
Gemini has grown the fastest of any major assistant over the past year, helped significantly by direct integration into Android and Gmail.
Claude has grown rapidly off a small base and leads specifically in enterprise coding workloads, even while holding a smaller share of general consumer traffic.
Microsoft Copilot's growth has been the most uneven of the major players, with slower recent quarters compared to Gemini and Claude.

Why these numbers vary between sources: "weekly active users," "monthly active users," and "web-visit share" all measure different things, and companies choose which metric to publicize. A tool can lead on one measure and trail on another — treat single numbers as one data point, not a full ranking.

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Frequently asked questions

Where these numbers come from

Figures are compiled from company statements and third-party estimates, which can disagree. Use these primary sources for the latest company-reported numbers.

Which AI tool has the most users?

ChatGPT, by a significant margin, on every major measure currently reported — weekly active users, monthly active users, and web-visit share.

Is Claude smaller than ChatGPT and Gemini?

In total consumer user count, yes — but Claude has a notably strong position specifically in enterprise coding use cases, where it leads by a wide margin according to industry benchmarks.

How often is this page updated?

We refresh these figures as new official numbers are announced, typically tied to quarterly earnings calls — check the "last updated" date at the top of this page.

Why isn't there a truly live, real-time counter?

No major AI company currently publishes real-time usage data publicly — these figures come from periodic company disclosures and third-party estimates, not a live feed.