ChatGPT 1st Anniversary 2023: Ups, Down and Achieved Milestones of OpenAI’s Chatbot

OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence research company that completed one year today, November 30, 2023.  With the goal of advancing digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial returns. Since OpenAI research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive human impact says the founder and CEO Sam Altman and their Co-Founders colleague CTO Greg Brockman, formerly the CTO of Stripe and Ilya Sutskever FRS Chief Scientist. 

In one year, OpenAI has become a much-admired and appreciated company among all global tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, Tesla, and more. Within a year, OpenAI has become a digital platform for all to solve any query, from school homework to quantum computing and coders. it is a heaven of code syntaxes. 

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“OpenAI as an organization believes AI should be an extension of individual human wills and, in the spirit of liberty, as broadly and evenly distributed as possible. The outcome of this venture is uncertain and the work is difficult, but we believe the goal and the structure are right. We hope this is what matters most to the best in the field” says the charter. 

OpenAI, the most talked-about artificial intelligence platform, was in smooth operation until the CEO was fired on November 19, 2023. Within 3 days, Sam Altman was reinstated as CEO again. The sudden firing of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman created terror in the world of AI running on various large language models. 

Despite Ups and Downs in OpenAI as an organization – Today – November 30, 2023, completed one year of a successful journey with the vision “OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” Finally – Sam Altman is the New CEO of OpenAI 

What are the Key Achievements of OpenAI in one year: November 30, 2022 to November 30, 2023?

OpenAI Achievements: Top 11 milestones achieved in one year

1. ChatGPT has over 100 million weekly active users.
2. Over 2 million developers use ChatGPT.
3. More than 92% of Fortune 500 companies are using ChatGPT.
4. 59.67% of ChatGPT users are males, and 40.33% are females.
5. ChatGPT is forecasted to generate a revenue of $200 million by the end of 2023.
6. OpenAI spends $700,000 every day to run ChatGPT.
7. ChatGPT has surpassed 10 billion all-time page visits. It gets over 1 billion page visits every month on average.
8. Over 88% of the traffic on ChatGPT is direct traffic. At the same time, 4.22% of the traffic is directed from social media platforms.
9. 7 nations, including China and Russia, cannot access ChatGPT.
10. 53% of the readers failed to identify ChatGPT written content as AI-written.
11. ChatGPT now also has a paid subscription and has upgraded to GPT 4 Turbo technology

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OpenAI Achievements: Over 100 million weekly active users globally

ChatGPT is very popular worldwide. So far, over 180 million people have signed up for ChatGPT, but only about 100 million use it every week. ChatGPT became very popular quickly, reaching 100 million users in just 2 months. This was really fast compared to Facebook, which took 4.5 years to get the same number of users. However, an app called “Instagram Threads” was even faster, getting 100 million users in just 2 days. But, not many people use Threads anymore, while more and more people are using ChatGPT.

• Global Popularity: ChatGPT is used by over 100 million people weekly.
• Fast Growth: It reached 100 million users in only 2 months.
• Comparison with Facebook: ChatGPT grew faster, as Facebook took 4.5 years to reach the same number of users.
• Instagram Threads’ Brief Record: Threads reached 100 million users in 2 days but its usage declined.
• Continued Growth of ChatGPT: Unlike Threads, ChatGPT’s user base is still increasing.

OpenAI Achievements: Over 100 million users in 2 months

In the current competitive digital landscape, ChatGPT, an OpenAI chatbot has achieved 100 million users within just two months. The only platform that surpasses this is ‘Instagram Threads’ with 100 million users in just two days. Here is the list of some popular global tech giants that have crossed the 100 million users mark. 

• Instagram Threads in social media, reaching 100 million users in just 2 days.
• ChatGPT’s Quick Rise: As a chatbot, it reached 100 million users in 2 months.
• Others in Social Media: TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter all took longer, ranging from 9 to 60 months.
• Music and Entertainment Platforms: Spotify and Netflix took much longer, 132 and 216 months respectively, to reach the same milestone.

Platform Vs Time Taken to Reach 100 Million Users

Platform	Industry	Time To Reach 100 Million Users
Instagram Threads	Social Media	2 days
ChatGPT	Chatbot	2 months
TikTok	Social Media	9 months
Youtube	Social Media	18 months
Instagram	Social Media	30 months
Facebook	Social Media	54 months
Twitter	Social Media	60 months
Spotify	Music Streaming	132 months
Netflix	Entertainment (SVOD)	216 months

OpenAI Achievements: ChatGPT’s website has over 14 billion all-time views

According to the recent data posted on Demandsage, ChatGPT’s website gets around 1.5 billion visits each month. The highest engagement came in the month of May when the website had 1.9 billion visits. Over 88% of ChatGPT’s traffic comes from direct sources. Moreover, people are directly typing “ChatGPT ” on their search engines and entering the official website. Is OpenAI’s ChatGPT a Job Killer for Writers and Editors? Insights from Hui et al.’s Research Report

ChatGPT’s website monthly users’ data from SimilarWeb

OpenAI Achievements: Male vs Female ChatGPT Users

• 59.67% of ChatGPT users are males while the remaining 40.33% are females

OpenAI Achievements:  64.53% of ChatGPT users are young with the 18 to 34 age group

ChatGPT has more than 64.53% of young users who are between the 18 to 34 age range. Among the total young ChatGPT users, 30.09% are aged between 18-24 and 34.44% in the 25-34 age bracket. This indicates a strong OpenaAI ChatGPT appeal among millennials and younger adults. In the older age group, the ChatGPT user base is comparatively less.  The 55-64 age group accounts for 5.34%, and those aged 65 and above constitute the smallest segment at 3.11%, reflecting varied engagement levels across different age groups with ChatGPT. 

Here is a detailed breakdown of the ChatGPT users based on their age group. 

Age Group	Share of Users
18-24	30.09%
25-34	34.44%
35-44	17.65%
45-54	9.37%
55-64	5.34%
65+	3.11%

OpenAI Achievements: The United States has the maximum number of ChatGPT Users followed by India

31% of the ChatGPT users are from the United States, while 7.60% are from India. People in the United States are the most frequent users of the OpenAI Chatbot. India came in the second spot, followed by the Japanese in the third.

The table below presents the country-wise ChatGPT users. 

Country	Percentage of ChatGPT users
United States	12.31%
India	7.60%
Japan	4.26%
Brazil	3.29%
Colombia	3.12%
Other Countries	69.43%

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