More than 1 billion people use standalone AI platforms each month (Kepios / DataReportal, Oct. 2025)
Verified Confidence: medium
Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
- Commonly cited as
- "How many people use AI worldwide?"
- True origin
- Kepios (DataReportal, with Meltwater and We Are Social) — Digital 2026 Global Overview Report (published Oct. 2025)
- Type
- Reference fact: A frequently needed number or rule taken directly from a primary source (e.g. Pew, Census, IAB/PwC, FTC), with its as-of date.
- Year
- 2025
- Data as of
- Data up to October 2025
- Last checked
- What the source says
Kepios's analysis indicates that more than 1 billion people now use LLMs and GenAI platforms each month. It's important to note that this figure relies on extrapolations of data from multiple sources
- Method & sample
- Kepios extrapolation from multiple company and third-party sources; no single survey.
- Drift between quote and source
- Method: an extrapolation, as the source itself warns
- Scope: excludes AI features inside other products, such as Google's AI Overviews
- Interest
- DataReportal reports are produced with Meltwater and We Are Social, which sell marketing services.
Safe rephrasing
Kepios estimated in October 2025 that more than 1 billion people use standalone AI platforms each month, an extrapolation from several sources.
Sources we opened
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