OpenAI finally told us: what people really use ChatGPT for

🚨 OpenAI finally told us: what people really use ChatGPT for The largest dataset ever on ChatGPT usage: ~1.1M sampled conversations, May 2024 to June 2025 is now public. And the results are not what you would expect. 📊 Here’s the breakdown (NBER study, OpenAI Economic Research + David Deming): Writing dominates: ~24% of all chats in mid-2025 and a full ~40% of work-related messages. • Editing & critique: ~10% • Personal texts from scratch: ~8% • Translation: ~4–5% • Fiction: ~1–2% Decision-making & problem-solving: 10.6% of work messages. Search engine replacement: “Seeking information” jumped from 14% → 24% of all usage in just one year. But inside work chats it’s only low-to-mid teens. Other surprising use cases: • Multimedia (images, videos): ~7% • Programming: 4.2% • Creative ideation: ~4% • Math: 3% 👥 Who are the users? Nearly half of all adult messages come from users under 26. Women are now the majority (~52%). 📈 How big is ChatGPT? From 451M daily messages (Jun’24) → 2.63B (Jun’25). Weekly active consumer users: 100M → 700M in 12 months. For comparison: Google Search is ~14B/day. 💡 The kicker: most chats aren’t even about work. Non-work usage grew from 53% → 73% in just one year. 👉 What does this mean? ChatGPT is not just a productivity tool. It’s becoming the default interface for thinking, writing, deciding and searching. The way employees, customers and markets interact with information is shifting fast! At AI Phase, we help Mittelstand leaders cut through the noise and turn this into real competitive advantage. Because while others are still asking “what is ChatGPT good for?”, you could already be building the next business process around it. 🔑 Key message: The future of work is not waiting. Why should you? 🔗 source in the comments #AIPhase #ChatGPT #AIResearch #GermanMittelstand #DigitalTransformation #Productivity #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork