ChatGPT was downloaded 30 million times last month - but its user base data is more shocking

ChatGPT continues to soar.

According to an X post data aggregation company Similarweb, the ChatGPT app for iOS was downloaded around 29.6 million times over the past 28 days; over the same time period, App Store downloads of TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and X reached a combined total of about 32.9 million -- a difference of around 10.6%.

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However, as critics in the X thread pointed out, the social apps in question have had much more lead time to gain adoption. Still, ChatGPT was the most downloaded app in the world in April, according to app analytics site Appfigures, surpassing both Instagram and TikTok. 

According to recent court filings reported by The Information, ChatGPT had around 600 million monthly ...