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The data explorer’s data is published as three long-format tables and an Excel workbook. Each row holds one statistic for one metric, one category, and one period. The tables include the partially-observed 2026 periods (to July 2026 in the monthly tables, to the week of 3 August 2026 in the weekly tables). The Monthly and Weekly tables contain the panel-wide series. Monthly subgroups contain Active panelists and Messages per active panelist for demographic and plan subgroups. There is no weekly subgroup table. The Excel workbook has one sheet per table.

Fields

ColumnTypeDefinitionExample valueCoverage

Only in monthly subgroups table

ColumnTypeDefinitionExample value

Metrics and categories

The Metric column takes the values below. Shares are in percentages. See the Methodology for more details.

MetricCategoriesValuen
Active panelistsAllShare of the panel who sent at least one prompt during a periodPanelists in the panel or group
First recorded ChatGPT useFirst prompt recorded, No prompt yet recordedCumulative share of the panel whose first prompt is on or before the end of a period, and its complementPanelists in the panel
Panelists by days activeMonthly 1 day, 2-5 days, 6-10 days, 11-20 days, 21+ days. Weekly 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 4 days, 5-7 daysShare of a period’s active panelists in the bandActive panelists in the band
Messages per active panelistMedian, MeanPrompts plus replies per active panelist in a periodActive panelists in the base
Prompts per conversationMedian, MeanPrompts per conversation active in a periodConversations active in a period
Most-used modelGPT-3.5, GPT-4, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, GPT-4.5, GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, o1, o1-mini, o3, o3-mini, o4-mini, GPT-5, GPT-5.1, GPT-5.2, GPT-5 mini, GPT-5.3, GPT-5.3 mini, GPT-5.4 (incl. mini), GPT-5.5, GPT-5.5 mini, GPT-5.6 (incl. mini), OtherShare of conversations whose replies came mostly from the modelConversations with at least one recorded reply model
Tool useImage generation only, Web search only, File search only, Memory only, Canvas only, Other tools only, Multiple tools, No toolsShare of conversations active in a period that used that set of tool familiesConversations active in a period
Any tool useAllShare of conversations active in a period that used at least one tool. The complement of “No tools”Conversations active in a period
Reasoning model useAllShare of conversations in which more than half of replies came from a reasoning modelConversations with at least one recorded model reply

Subgroups

Subgroup variableSubgroups
GenderFemale, Male
AgeUnder 18, 18-29, 30-44, 45-64, 65+
EducationHigh school or less, Some college, Bachelor’s degree, Postgraduate
Household incomeUnder $50k, $50k-$100k, $100k-$150k, $150k+, Not reported
Employment statusFull-time, Part-time, Not working, Retired, Student
Plan (most common)Free, Plus, Go and other paid