
Key Findings
70% of conversations are personal rather than professional, showing a strong tilt toward everyday, non-work interactions.
77% of chats involve information, writing, or practical guidance, but only 30% are work-related.
Non-work-related use increased from 53% in 2024 to 70% in 2025, highlighting AI’s role in personal life.
The study is based on 1.5 million conversations (May 2024 – July 2025), excluding minors, banned users, deleted accounts, enterprise plans, and those who opted out.
🧑💻 Personal vs Work Usage
Work-related chats are more common among:
Younger professionals.
Higher-income groups.
Older users (66+) show minimal work use—only 16% of their messages were job-related.
Personal engagement dominates, indicating ChatGPT is increasingly seen as a personal assistant and advisor.
💻 Technical & Creative Trends
Coding help fell from 12% to 5%, as developers moved toward APIs and AI coding agents.
Image generation grew 5% overall, but spiked during the april 2025 Ghibli-style AI art trend.
Shows that viral internet trends strongly influence AI usage.
🧠 Advice & Reflection
Advice-seeking is a major use case: 49% of prompts involved users asking for guidance.
11% of chats were about personal reflection or play, showing AI is less about therapy and more about practical advice.
🌍 Global & Demographic Patterns
Global adoption gap: Low-income nations adopt ChatGPT at 4x the rate of high-income countries.
Gender gap narrows: 52% of users have typically feminine names, up from 37% in 2024.
Young users dominate: 46% of messages came from 18–25-year-olds.
📌 Conclusion
ChatGPT is not just a workplace tool, but a growing personal assistant, advisor, and source of entertainment.
While some remain cautious about AI’s economic value, OpenAI argues that real-world benefits are already visible in decision-making, productivity, and daily life