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42%

42% -- share of work messages writing for ChatGPT (2026)

2026  · OpenAI

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42%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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ChatGPT
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45
Freshness
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https://arkadvance.com/how-700-million-people-are-actually-using-chatgpt-new-research-reveals-market… ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Common Crawl
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How 700 Million People Are Actually Using ChatGPT: New Research Reveals Marketing Opportunities
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ChatGPT: 42% share of work messages writing. Source: OpenAI (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/chatgpt-writing-work-42pct
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