# Brief: Despite being on the wrong side of history, ChatGPT grew paying users 3 times last year; annualized revenue may approach USD 4 billion

On 2025/2/1, Tencent News reported that OpenAI’s ChatGPT paying subscribers had grown to nearly 15.5 million in 2024, with annualized revenue approaching USD 4 billion. API usage grew sevenfold, with approximately USD 1 billion annualized revenue, while weekly active users continued growing from approximately 110 million.



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## Connected profiles

- [OpenAI](/companies/openai)

## Sources

- https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20250201A03N5G00