In 2025, ChatGPT’s mobile application reached an unprecedented milestone. Within just three months of launching in May 2023, it already crossed the $2 billion mark in worldwide consumer spending. The app’s been on an incredible run this year, with a soaring 318 million downloads just this year alone. What an impressive jump of 2.8 fold versus the 113 million downloads in the same period of 2024!
ChatGPT’s app explosion is indicative of its massive user growth as it continues to gain traction and popularity across iOS and Android devices. Monthly downloads are up to 45 million—and growing globally. That would be a stunning 180% jump from about 16 million in H1 of 2024. This upward trend underlines the app’s knack for hooking the attention of audiences across the globe.
In the U.S., ChatGPT alone accounts for about $600 million in annual revenue. It makes $10 for every download, and it has accounted for 38% of their overall revenue to date. The app is doing remarkably well within the United States. This powerful performance underscores its critical role in the market and its promise of continued fiscal success. Interestingly, Germany has become the second-largest market for ChatGPT, accounting for 5.3% of total lifetime spending.
India once again tops in download numbers, accounting for 13.7% of total lifetime installs. The U.S. is a distant second, making up 10.3% of total downloads. ChatGPT has made quite a splash already with 690 million worldwide installations. Its impact is contagious and now growing rapidly, solidifying its competition in the highly competitive mobile app space.
The app’s revenue trajectory has been impressive. Illustration by Fortune Most notably, in 2025 ChatGPT boasted $1.35 billion in operating revenue. This is an astounding 673% increase from the $174 million expected to be earned in 2024. It’s on pace to average just shy of $193 million per month so far.
The financial success of ChatGPT is all the more remarkable when put side-by-side with its competitors in the mobile application battlefield. Its total lifetime spending is about 30x the combined total lifetime spending of competitors such as Claude, Copilot, Grok etc. This unprecedented investment puts it years ahead of the competition. This impressive lead shows that ChatGPT has a solid lock on the market which would be strong user loyalty.
