The news of September 16 is thatOpenAI The first was released yesterday (15 September) ChatGPT Detailed use surveys covering multidimensional data such as gender, age, geography and use. In June of 2025For the first time, the proportion of female users exceeded that of menThis marked a significant reduction in the gender gap。
The lead authors of the study include Aaron Chatterji, Chief Economist and Professor at Duke University; Tom Cunningham, Economic Researcher at OpenAI; and David Deming, Political Economist at Harvard University。
Data are derived from randomly selected consumer plans (non-business or educational programmes) sent to ChatGPT between May 2024 and June 2025, including ChatGPT Free, Plus and Pro。
Overall, ChatGPT has more than 700 million active users a week, equivalent to 101 TP3T of the global adult population, and has continued to grow in size by gender and country。
The analysis showed that, as of June 2025, women users accounted for more than half of the total number of active users per week. Note: This percentage is derived from a common user name。
In terms of age distribution, young users between the ages of 18 and 25 contributed about 46% to become the most active group. Geographical data show that in low- and middle-income countries with per capita GDP of between US$ 10,000 and US$ 40,000 (the current exchange rate is about RM$ 71.209 to 285,000), ChatGPT is growing four times as fast as high-income countries, reflecting its rapid penetration in emerging markets。
IN TERMS OF THE USE OF TOPICS, THE THREE MOST COMMON CATEGORIES ARE “PRACTICAL GUIDANCE”, “INFORMATION QUERY” AND “WRITING”, WHICH TOGETHER ACCOUNT FOR 781 TP3T OF ALL DIALOGUES. OF THESE, WRITING IS THE PRIMARY USE OF WORK-RELATED TASKS, REPRESENTING 40%. EDUCATION USES 10.2% OF ALL INFORMATION AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING IS INSUFFICIENT 2%。
SECOND, 73% CHATS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WORK, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE COMPARED TO ONE YEAR AGO (53%). PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CHATS ARE “GROWING, BUT NON-WORKING NEWS IS GROWING FASTER”。
Compared to this, the "Climate Programming" (requesting AI to generate a code) only accounts for 4.2%, which may be due to the greater preference of programmers for special tools such as Claude Code or Reprit。
To analyse user intentions, the study introduced three types of indicators: “Asking”, “Doing” and “Expressing”。
OVERALL, 49% IS ASKED FOR INFORMATION OR ADVICE, 40% REQUIRES SPECIFIC RESULTS AND 11% FOR COMMUNICATION FOR NO SPECIFIC PURPOSE. IN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, THE IMPLEMENTATION RATIO ROSE TO 56%, BUT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SATISFACTION REMAINED THE QUESTION CATEGORY INTERACTION。