How Many Prompts Does ChatGPT Actually Receive?

ChatGPT receives over 2.5 billion prompts each day from people across the world. This figure, confirmed by OpenAI and shared in a report by Axios, gives a better sense of just how much the chatbot is being used. Of those 2.5 billion daily prompts, more than 330 million come from users in the United States alone.

To understand the scale, it means ChatGPT handles more than 76 billion prompts each month. Over a year, the number climbs past 912 billion. The figures were first reported during a preview of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s scheduled appearance at a Federal Reserve conference in Washington, and confirmed again by OpenAI spokesperson Rob Friedlander in a statement to The Verge.

These numbers place ChatGPT far ahead of many popular digital services, although it still handles fewer annual requests than Google Search. Google reportedly sees around 5 trillion search requests per year. Even so, the speed at which ChatGPT has grown makes it one of the most active digital tools today.

 

 

How Did It Grow So Fast?

 

ChatGPT first launched in late 2022 and attracted 100 million users within just a few months… This is record breaking on its own. In December 2024, OpenAI reported 300 million weekly users. By March 2025, that number had gone up to 500 million.

Most users use the free version of ChatGPT, which makes up the largest part of this activity. These free users contribute the bulk of the 2.5 billion daily prompts. Altman has described this reach as part of his goal to keep AI tools “democratic”, putting them in the hands of everyday people rather than only business leaders or developers.

During what Axios called “AI Week” in Washington, OpenAI argued that helping people use AI directly was more important than having long-term debates about how AI could change jobs. A source told Axios that OpenAI sees the real value in helping people use AI to get things done today.

 

What Are People Using ChatGPT For?

 

While OpenAI hasn’t given a breakdown of what the 2.5 billion daily prompts are about, Altman has spoken about AI helping people do more in their jobs, their creative work, and their planning. In a recent post, he said AI tools like ChatGPT will likely let people “do a lot more than they could do before”, and that people of the future might look at today’s jobs the way we look at playing games.

The number of prompts and the size of ChatGPT’s user base shows why other companies have been changing their tools. Google has pushed its Gemini AI into search, while Microsoft has bundled Copilot into Windows and other software. These companies are competing for the same audience and market space.

This number also might also be an indication that people are becoming more comfortable with talking to AI daily. But even with all this, OpenAI still sees this as the beginning. The company wants to keep growing its tools and reach even more people. But honestly, 2.5 billion daily prompts easily makes it one of the busiest digital services on the planet right now.