This year alone, the app has taken in $1.35 billion from January through July, up sharply from the $174 million recorded during the same stretch in 2024. Monthly revenue now averages about $193 million, compared with $25 million last year.
The performance gap is clear when stacked against other chatbots. Grok, the nearest competitor on mobile, has brought in about $25.6 million so far in 2025. That puts its results at a fraction of ChatGPT’s. Claude and Copilot remain further behind. Part of the difference comes from timing. Grok only released stand-alone apps this year, with its iOS version arriving in January and its Android version in March.
Download figures underline the same trend. ChatGPT has been installed 318 million times in 2025, nearly three times higher than during the same period last year. The app’s lifetime total now stands near 690 million installs, with current monthly downloads at roughly 45 million. Grok, by comparison, has reached fewer than 40 million installs overall.
Spending patterns vary by region. The United States is responsible for almost 40 percent of ChatGPT’s lifetime revenue, where the app generates about $10 per download. Germany is second at just over 5 percent. In terms of installs, India leads with nearly 14 percent of the global total, followed by the U.S. with about 10 percent.
On a per-download basis, ChatGPT averages $2.91 worldwide. Claude follows with $2.55, Grok at $0.75, and Copilot at $0.27. These figures point to different user behaviors across platforms but also show how strongly ChatGPT has converted installs into paying customers.
ChatGPT Continues to Break Download Records
The second quarter of 2025 added more milestones. As per Sensortower data, ChatGPT became the fastest app to reach one billion global downloads, while also setting a record as the fastest non-preinstalled app to reach 500 million monthly active users. Its growth was matched by strong monetization, with the app ranking fourth worldwide by in-app purchase revenue during the quarter.
Even with more competition in generative AI on mobile, including Meta’s new AI assistant and xAI’s Grok, ChatGPT still accounted for more than two-thirds of total in-app purchase revenue in this category.
Market comparisons underline its scale. TikTok remained the top-grossing mobile app in Q2 2025, bringing in nearly $1.7 billion, which was more than double the revenue of any other single app. ByteDance’s CapCut also placed among the top 10 by revenue.
In downloads, however, ChatGPT pulled ahead. The app passed TikTok to take the number one spot globally in Q2 2025, helped by its first major digital ad campaign, which promoted free ChatGPT Plus access for college students. Meta also continued to secure high positions, with three of its apps ranked between third and fifth, while Threads held tenth place.
While the mobile figures don’t reflect every revenue stream available to AI firms, since web subscriptions and API usage are also significant, they do show how firmly ChatGPT has established itself at the center of mobile adoption.
Notes: This post was edited/created using GenAI tools
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