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2025-09-16 21:43:43
[OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT User Behavior: Women Make Up Over Half of Users for the First Time] (1) The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) recently released a working paper submitted by OpenAI. Based on data from 1.5 million conversations, it presents the first comprehensive overview of user interactions with ChatGPT since its launch in 2022. By July 2025, the AI tool's weekly active users exceeded 700 million, covering one-tenth of the world's adult population. (2) The report reveals a significant shift in user demographics: initially, males accounted for over 80% of users, but as AI became more widespread, females accounted for over half of users for the first time in July 2025. In terms of age distribution, young people aged 18 to 25 contribute nearly half of all messages. Geographic penetration is also broad, with faster growth in low- and middle-income countries. India, the largest download market, accounts for 13.7% of global installations, confirming that AI productivity gains are not exclusive to wealthy nations. ⑶ Contrary to the capital market's positioning of AI as a "productivity tool", non-work uses are growing even more rapidly: in mid-2024, non-work-related conversations accounted for 53%, and a year later it had risen to 73%. Demands for entertainment, learning, and life consultation gradually surpassed workplace applications. Among the conversation topics, practical guidance (29%), information query (24%), and writing (24%) accounted for nearly 80% in total, of which the proportion of information query almost doubled in a year, indicating that ChatGPT is partially replacing search engine functions. ⑷ In comparison, programming-related conversations accounted for only 4.2%, while the hotly discussed AI companions and game conversations accounted for even lower proportions, at 1.9% and 0.5% respectively. From the perspective of user intent, asking questions accounted for 49%, ranking first among all types of behaviors, highlighting the "consultant attribute" of ChatGPT. This feature is more obvious among highly educated and high-paid professionals, who prefer to use AI as a consulting tool rather than a simple task execution assistant.
