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ChatGPT’s market share slips below 50% for first time

ChatGPT just lost the AI assistant monopoly. For the first time, it's below 50% market share.

Reporting by TechCrunch AI 1 min brief
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Why it matters

The competitive AI landscape is fragmenting fast. ChatGPT's dominance—once unquestioned—is eroding as Gemini and Claude capture meaningful share, signaling that model differentiation and use-case specialization are now table stakes for survival.

The key facts

5 to know

  1. ChatGPT market share dropped below 50% for the first time

  2. ChatGPT: 1.1B monthly active users

  3. Gemini: 662M monthly active users

  4. Claude: 245M monthly active users

  5. ChatGPT remains #1 by absolute user count despite share loss

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Publisher excerpt: The chatbot still remains the most popular AI assistant worldwide with over 1.1 billion monthly users, followed by Gemini with 662 million and Claude with 245 million.
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