OpenAI Projects 220 Million Paid ChatGPT Subscribers by 2030 Amid Revenue Push

OpenAI projects 220 million paying ChatGPT users by 2030: The Information - The Economic Times

OpenAI anticipates a significant surge in paid ChatGPT users. By 2030, an estimated 220 million weekly users are expected to subscribe. This move positions ChatGPT as a major subscription business globally. The company is also exploring new revenue streams through shopping and advertising features.Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has projected at least 220 million of ChatGPT weekly users will pay for a subscription, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. OpenAI projects that by 2030, 8.5% of an estimated 2.6 billion weekly users, or around 220 million people, will subscribe to its chatbot, positioning ChatGPT among the world's largest subscription businesses, according to the report. As of July, about 35 million users, which is roughly 5% of ChatGPT's weekly active base, paid for "Plus" or "Pro" plans at $20 and $200 a month, respectively, the report added. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. While OpenAI's annualized revenue run rate is expected to reach about $20 billion by this year-end, losses in the company are also mounting, sources have told Reuters. The Information had reported in September that OpenAI generated around $4.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2025, about 16% more than it generated all of last year and it burned $2.5 billion in large part due to its research and development costs for developing AI and for running ChatGPT. OpenAI expects to generate about 20% of its revenue from new products such as shopping- and advertising-driven features. This week it introduced a personal shopping assistant for ChatGPT, a move that could pave the way for monetization through ads or commission-based sales, the report added. (Reporting by Abu Sultan in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona and Rashmi Aich)

OpenAI sees at least 220 mln users paying for ChatGPT by 2030- The Information By Investing.com

Investing.com-- OpenAI sees at least 220 million users of ChatGPT paying for a subscription in the next five years, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The company is focusing its efforts on convincing employers to sign enterprise subscriptions, the report said, with total ChatGPT users surpassing 800 million. But a bulk of these users are on the free tier of ChatGPT, with The Information report stating that OpenAI had at least 35 million paid subscribers. ChatGPT has several subscription tiers, ranging from as low as$5 dollars to $200 a month for the Pro plan, which offers access to the company's most advanced AI models. OpenAI had introduced an ultra low-cost tier, ChatGPT Go, across several developing economies earlier this year. India is the company's biggest userbase, as are several southeast Asian countries. The AI startup is in a mad dash to ramp up its revenue and meet its more than $1 trillion of spending commitments over the next decade.

OpenAI projects 220 million paying ChatGPT users by 2030, The Information Reports

(Reuters) -Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has projected at least 220 million of ChatGPT weekly users will pay for a subscription, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. OpenAI projects that by 2030, 8.5% of an estimated 2.6 billion weekly users, or around 220 million people, will subscribe to its chatbot, positioning ChatGPT among the world's largest subscription businesses, according to the report. As of July, about 35 million users, which is roughly 5% of ChatGPT's weekly active base, paid for "Plus" or "Pro" plans at $20 and $200 a month, respectively, the report added. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. While OpenAI's annualized revenue run rate is expected to reach about $20 billion by this year-end, losses in the company are also mounting, sources have told Reuters. The Information had reported in September that OpenAI generated around $4.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2025, about 16% more than it generated all of last year and it burned $2.5 billion in large part due to its research and development costs for developing AI and for running ChatGPT. OpenAI expects to generate about 20% of its revenue from new products such as shopping- and advertising-driven features. This week it introduced a personal shopping assistant for ChatGPT, a move that could pave the way for monetization through ads or commission-based sales, the report added. (Reporting by Abu Sultan in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona and Rashmi Aich)