- The largest study to date on ChatGPT user behavior analyzed 1.5 million conversations, based on data from 700 million weekly active users, conducted by OpenAI’s Economic Research team and Professor David Deming (Harvard).
- ChatGPT is being widely used, moving beyond early adopters, significantly narrowing the gender gap. In January 2024, only 37% of users had female-associated names; by July 2025, this figure had risen to 52%.
- The tool is thriving in low- and middle-income countries. By May 2025, the growth rate in low-income countries was more than 4 times higher than in high-income countries.
- ChatGPT has become a global tool, with diverse applications in daily life, from seeking information, getting practical guidance to writing. Writing accounts for the largest proportion of work-related tasks, while programming and personal expression remain small.
- Three prominent usage behavior groups: Asking (49%) – asking questions, seeking advice; Doing (40%) – direct work such as writing, planning, programming; Expressing (11%) – personal expression, exploration, entertainment.
- Approximately 30% of interactions are work-related, while 70% are for personal purposes. This indicates that ChatGPT is both a productivity tool and a means of bringing value to daily life.
- Economic value is primarily generated from decision-making support and productivity enhancement, especially in knowledge industries. Furthermore, this value often does not appear in GDP but directly impacts personal well-being.
- Users tend to increase their usage over time thanks to increasingly improved models and the discovery of new application scenarios.
📌 ChatGPT has become a global AI tool, with 700 million weekly users, narrowing the gender gap (from 37% female in 2024 to 52% in 2025) and growing 4 times faster in low-income countries. 49% of users use ChatGPT to ask, 40% to do, and 11% for personal expression and entertainment. Approximately 30% of applications are for work and 70% for personal life, bringing economic and social value beyond GDP measurements.
