In just three months of 2025, the number of paid ChatGPT users exceeded 20 million, which is almost 30% more than the 15.5 million at the end of last year.
In just three months of 2025, the number of paid ChatGPT users exceeded 20 million, which is almost 30% more than the 15.5 million at the end of last year.
This is reported by The Information. It is noted that such growth indicates an increase in the number of users willing to pay for the help of artificial intelligence in writing code and other areas.
ChatGPT is currently estimated to generate at least $415 million in monthly revenue, or $5 billion in annualized revenue. This is almost 30% more than at the end of last year, when monthly revenue was $333 million and annual revenue was $4 billion.
In addition to the basic ChatGPT Plus subscription costing $20 per month, OpenAI offers a premium enterprise Pro package costing up to $200 per month, which further increases its revenue.
ChatGPT is now used by more than 500 million people each week, according to the company. The company is forecasting significant revenue growth, expecting it to more than triple to $12.7 billion in 2025 from $3.7 billion in 2024. Bloomberg previously reported that OpenAI is targeting $29.4 billion in revenue in 2026.
OpenAI previously announced it had raised $40 billion in investment (at a valuation of $300 billion) to boost AI research. But that figure could potentially be cut by $10 billion.
Recall that OpenAI’s new image generator based on the GPT-4o model recently became available to all users. Until now, this feature was only available to paid ChatGPT users, and free access was delayed a day after launch due to high popularity.
