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ChatGPT (Consumer Distribution)

800M-user funnel, the AI consumer default

ChatGPT reached ~800M weekly active users in 2025, the defining consumer distribution asset that lets OpenAI convert model quality into subscription and advertising revenue. Consumer default status is a demand-side moat rivaling any supply-chain chokepoint.

WAU (2025)

~800M

How it fits the stack

ChatGPT (Consumer Distribution) with what it depends on (above) and what it feeds (below). The figure renders as a crawlable diagram and upgrades to an interactive 3D graph as it scrolls into view.

depends onused byChatGPT (ConsumerDistribution)LabsMicrosoft AzureOpenAI
ChatGPT (Consumer Distribution)Depends on ↑Feeds ↓

ChatGPT (Consumer Distribution) in the AI stack. ChatGPT (Consumer Distribution) with its immediate upstream dependencies (top) and downstream dependents (bottom) in the AI value chain. Hover a node in 3D, or read the full relationships below.

Graph data (text) — 3 entities, 2 relationships
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  • OpenAIused byChatGPT (Consumer Distribution)