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usage.openai_chatgpt.paying_subscribers.pt
Source: TechCrunch (Yahoo Inc.) · TechCrunch; short quotation · CSV
TechCrunch
| id | value | grade | as of date | published date | tier | audited vs reported | extraction method | review status | retrieved at | http status | content hash | supersedes id | url | flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17409040d43465b7 | 50,000,000 subscribers | grade C, evidence tier 5 | 2026-02-27 | 2026-02-27 | 5 | reported | manual | approved | 2026-09-22 12:55 | 200 | 0b24c2b3f6c5 | — | source page | OpenAI's own figure, reported by TechCrunch; OpenAI's post also counts paying business users separately. |
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- 17409040d43465b7 OpenAI also shared that it now has 50 million paying subscribers.