Claude Makes More Money Per User Than Market Leader ChatGPT Report Finds
Key takeaways
- While ChatGPT continued to lead in monthly users, the report showed its market share fell below 50% for the first time in March this year, down from 81% in March 2024.
- Anthropic’s Claude has seen a significant jump in users since the start of 2026 and is beating its rivals in monetization, with 13% of its iOS users paying for a subscription compared to ChatGPT’s 8%.
- The Claude app also makes 1.5 times as much per user as ChatGPT, with an average revenue of $2.76 per user compared to $1.74 for OpenAI’s app.
Topline Chat GPT became the fastest app to reach 1 billion monthly active users and remained the market share leader, but rivals like Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini have been closing the gap and even beating Open AI’s app on metrics such as monetization, according to a new report.
While Chat GPT has vastly more active users than its rivals, Claude earns more revenue per user.Nur Photo via Getty Images Key Facts Chat GPT’s i OS and Android apps hit 1 billion monthly active users last month, according to Sensor Tower’s State of AI report—just three years after arriving on smartphone app stores.
While ChatGPT continued to lead in monthly users, the report showed its market share fell below 50% for the first time in March this year, down from 81% in March 2024.