{
  "dataset": "usage-reach",
  "title": "Stated user counts",
  "index": "AI Usage Disclosure Index",
  "url": "https://aisafetytracker.org/usage/",
  "citation": "AI Safety Tracker, \"AI Usage Disclosure Index\". https://aisafetytracker.org/usage/. Retrieved 23 October 2026.",
  "licences": [
    {
      "source": "usage-disclosure-index",
      "name": "AI Usage Disclosure Index",
      "publisher": "This site",
      "licence": "MIT",
      "licence_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT",
      "attribution": "AI Safety Tracker, \"AI Usage Disclosure Index\". Licensed MIT."
    }
  ],
  "generated": "2026-10-23T13:22:31+00:00",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
  "unit": "users",
  "notes": "Disclosed user counts per product, reviewed 2026-10-23. Weekly and monthly counts are different measures and are labelled.",
  "count": 9,
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    {
      "product": "Google AI Overviews",
      "company": "Google",
      "users": 2500000000,
      "measure": "monthly users",
      "as_of": "2026-05",
      "basis": "company",
      "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/sundar-pichai-io-2026/",
      "note": "People shown an AI summary at the top of a Search result, not people who chose an assistant.",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "product": "ChatGPT",
      "company": "OpenAI",
      "users": 1200000000,
      "measure": "weekly users",
      "as_of": "2026-09",
      "basis": "reported",
      "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2271985/openai-dev-day-live-blog-chatgpt-news/",
      "note": "The only figure here counted weekly, which is a stricter test than monthly.",
      "basis_meaning": "Company statement, as reported by the press",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "product": "Google AI Mode",
      "company": "Google",
      "users": 1000000000,
      "measure": "monthly users",
      "as_of": "2026-05",
      "basis": "company",
      "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/google-io-2026-all-our-announcements/",
      "note": "Search's conversational mode, launched in the US in 2025.",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "product": "Meta AI",
      "company": "Meta",
      "users": 1000000000,
      "measure": "monthly users",
      "as_of": "2025-05",
      "basis": "reported",
      "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/28/zuckerberg-meta-ai-one-billion-monthly-users.html",
      "note": "Across Meta's apps, where the assistant is built into search and chat.",
      "basis_meaning": "Company statement, as reported by the press",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "product": "Gemini app",
      "company": "Google",
      "users": 950000000,
      "measure": "monthly users",
      "as_of": "2026-07",
      "basis": "company",
      "url": "https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/alphabet-earnings-q2-2026/",
      "note": "",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "product": "Microsoft AI features",
      "company": "Microsoft",
      "users": 900000000,
      "measure": "monthly users",
      "as_of": "2025-10",
      "basis": "company",
      "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/events/fy-2026/earnings-fy-2026-q1",
      "note": "Every AI feature across Microsoft's products counted together.",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "product": "Microsoft Copilot family",
      "company": "Microsoft",
      "users": 150000000,
      "measure": "monthly users",
      "as_of": "2025-10",
      "basis": "company",
      "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/events/fy-2026/earnings-fy-2026-q1",
      "note": "",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "product": "Grok",
      "company": "xAI",
      "users": 117000000,
      "measure": "monthly users",
      "as_of": "2026-03",
      "basis": "company",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026040364/spaceexplorationtechnologib.htm",
      "note": "Users of X or Grok who used Grok's AI features, from SpaceX's IPO filing.",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "product": "GitHub Copilot",
      "company": "Microsoft",
      "users": 50000000,
      "measure": "users",
      "as_of": "2026-07",
      "basis": "company",
      "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/events/fy-2026/earnings-fy-2026-q4",
      "note": "Users, with no period stated.",
      "basis_meaning": "Published by the company",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-23",
      "source_id": "usage-disclosure-index"
    }
  ]
}