ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
The Verge reports: ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users. For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai…
By Dillip Chowdary • Aug 11, 2026 • Source: The Verge
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The Verge reports: ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users. For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, and that Gemini is Google's fastest-growing product ever. A billion users is a huge milestone, but Google isn't the first AI app to hit it. OpenAI's ChatGPT […]
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