On December 19, according to the Applied Data Analysis Agency, Appfigures, it was reported that there was an increase in the number of users of the dataChatGPT The cumulative consumer expenditure at the mobile end of the globe has surpassed $3 billion (the current exchange rate is about RMB 21.153 billion), making it another important milestone。
This data shows the total user fees paid on iOS and Android platforms since ChatGPT went online in May 2023, of whichMost of the income is concentrated this year.
Data show that in 2025, global users spent about about 20% on the ChatGPT mobile application $2.48 billion(Note: The current exchange rate is approximately 174.86 billion yuan, an increase over the same period 408%.
In comparison, user expenditure in 2024 was $487 million, and in the first year of 2023 only $42.9 million2024 compared to 2023, the increase was high 1,036%.
Revenue growth faster than most head applications
It is worth mentioning that ChatGPT has shown a particularly remarkable rate of achievement. Appfigures indicates that ChatGPT is only used 31 months3 billion dollars, and now the highest-income application in the world, TikTok 58 monthsI don't know. Disney+ used in streaming media 42 monthsHBO Max even used it 46 monthsThis is the level。
Grok became the closest competitor
In AI applications, the Grok, which is launched under the Mask flag xAI, is considered to be the closest income growth trajectory to ChatGPT products. Grok was first launched to X Premium Plus subscribers at the end of 2023 and then expanded coverage last year。
Appfigures compares data to show that, after commercialization, Grok 's cumulative consumer expenditure at the same time node was the closest to ChatGPT ' s growth rate, clearly ahead of other AI applications。
Subscriptions are not the only source of income
While currently the main source of revenue for the ChatGPT mobile end is still paid subscriptions, the analysis indicates that consumer subscriptions are not the only measure of the commercial potential of AI applications. In the future, ChatGPT may also expand income through development services, advertising, etc。
In addition, ChatGPT officially launched a new feature this week, similar to the "Application Shop" that official bloggers suggest will explore future commercialization paths。
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At the same time, Google is assessing the further migration of its mature search advertising operations to AI by introducing advertising in AI Mode, AI Overviews, AI shopping and a highly AI-based Discover page. Another AI company, Anthropic, focused more on the enterprise-level market, with reports predicting a recovery of $70 billion by 2028。
Overall, the rapid growth of the ChatGPT mobile end at the consumer-pays level highlights the strong appeal of the generated AI in the mass market and provides an important reference for the long-term business model used by AI。