ChatGPT Plugin Ecosystem Growth: 2024-2025 Statistics

Quick Facts

1,039 plugins were available in ChatGPT’s store by early 2024.
ChatGPT Plus reached 10.0 million subscribers by late 2024, generating $200 million monthly revenue.
ChatGPT had 300 million weekly active users by December 2024, exchanging over 1 billion messages daily.
92.0% of Fortune 500 companies integrated ChatGPT into their workflows by late 2024.
The average ChatGPT Plus user utilizes 2 plugins per month.
ChatGPT generated $3.7 billion in revenue in 2024, projected to grow to $11.7 billion by 2025.
The global AI market is expected to reach $90 billion by 2025, up from $36 billion in 2020.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT’s plugin beta in 2023 with 11 initial third-party plugins. By early 2024, this grew to 1,039 plugins (source).
In April 2024, OpenAI wound down the plugin beta, transitioning to a GPT Store hosting hundreds of thousands of custom GPT tools (source).
The most popular plugins include:
- Web browsing plugin
- Code interpreter
- Food-ordering plugin (source).

ChatGPT Plus subscribers reached 10.0 million by late 2024, generating $200 million in monthly revenue (source).
ChatGPT Plus costs $20 per month or $240 per year (source).

By December 2024:
- 300 million weekly active users were recorded.
- Users exchanged over 1 billion messages daily (source).
Friday is the peak day for plugin usage, with 15.0% of weekly activity occurring between 12 pm–2 pm EST (source).

92.0% of Fortune 500 companies integrated ChatGPT into their workflows by late 2024 (source).
In 2023, 49.0% of companies were using ChatGPT, with 93.0% of them planning to expand usage (source).

Each ChatGPT query generates approximately 4.3 grams of CO₂, equivalent to the emissions of streaming a one-hour video after 15 queries (source).
The average cost per chat request is only a few cents (source).

OpenAI’s ChatGPT revenue:
- $3.7 billion in 2024
- Projected to grow to $11.7 billion by 2025 (source).
The global AI market is forecasted to reach $90 billion by 2025, up from $36 billion in 2020 (source).

Metric	Value (2024-2025)	Notes/Source
Official ChatGPT Plugins (Jan 2024)	1,039 plugins	Total third-party plugins in ChatGPT’s store (source).
ChatGPT Plus Subscribers (late 2024)	~10.0 million users	Paying users of ChatGPT Plus service (source).
Weekly Active Users (Dec 2024)	~300 million users	Global weekly active ChatGPT user count (source).
Daily Messages on ChatGPT (2024)	~1 billion messages	Approx. number of messages exchanged per day (source).
Fortune 500 Using ChatGPT (2024)	92.0%	Share of Fortune 500 firms with ChatGPT integrated (source).
Avg. Plugins Used per User (2024)	2 per month	Average plugins invoked per user monthly (source).
OpenAI ChatGPT Revenue (2024)	$3.7 billion	Estimated annual revenue from ChatGPT (source).
Generative AI Market Size (2025ᵖ)	$90 billion	Projected global AI industry value by 2025 (source).

Service	Price	Details
ChatGPT (Free)	$0	Free access to ChatGPT using GPT-3.5 (no plugins or web browsing) (source).
ChatGPT Plus	$20 per month	Full access to GPT-4, plugins (web browsing, code execution, etc.), and priority features (source).
Bing Chat (Microsoft)	$0	Free GPT-4-powered chatbot with web browsing (ad-supported model) (source).
Google Bard	$0	Free experimental AI chatbot with internet access (source).
ChatGPT Enterprise	Custom (≈$60/user·mo)	Enterprise-grade plan with unlimited GPT-4 and data privacy (source).

A: ChatGPT processes over 1 billion messages daily as of late 2024 (source).

A: The average ChatGPT Plus user uses about 2 plugins per month, with peak usage on Fridays (source).

A: Pricing is custom, but one quote suggests $60 per user per month (source).