What are people asking ChatGPT

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CHART 1 • What are people asking ChatGPT

OpenAI's chatbot has become the Swiss Army knife of the digital age, but new data reveals its true calling: writing code. I should know, I use it heavily for this purpose. Nearly 30% of all ChatGPT queries involve software development, making programmers the platform's most devoted disciples. With 800 million weekly active users generating over 1 billion queries daily, that's roughly 300 million coding questions flooding the system every single day.

The dominance of technical queries reflects a shift in how developers work. ChatGPT has nearly 800 million active users as of July 2025, double the 400 million reported in February. This explosive growth is translating directly to OpenAI's bottom line – ChatGPT is going to reach $11 billion in revenue in 2025, up from $3.7 billion in 2024. Fortune 500 companies are particularly hungry for AI assistance, with 92% of Fortune 500 companies report leveraging OpenAI's products.

The platform's usage spans education (7%), entertainment (8%) and economics (13%), but nothing comes close to software development's commanding lead. As AI transforms from novelty to necessity, it's clear that code – not chat – is ChatGPT's killer application.

A word of caution though. ChatGPT’s lead is slimming as competitors close in. Claude is now my go-to for coding and data processing.

Source: Visual Capitalist

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