OpenAI has revealed that ChatGPT is undergoing a dramatic shift in how people use it, evolving from a productivity tool for work and technical tasks into a daily companion for personal guidance, learning, and everyday problem-solving.
According to the company’s latest report, non-work usage of ChatGPT has overtaken work-related use in just a year.
In June 2024, about 53 percent of conversations were personal, but by June 2025, that number had surged to roughly 73 percent, while work-related usage dropped proportionally.
“What started as a productivity booster for tech-savvy users is fast becoming a tool for daily life,” OpenAI stated, highlighting that ChatGPT is now commonly used for advice, tutoring, learning, and writing support.
The company emphasized that this shift blurs the line between “AI for work” and “AI for life,” a transformation that could reshape how companies, regulators, and individuals interact with artificial intelligence.
The report shows that nearly 80 percent of all ChatGPT interactions fall into three main categories: practical guidance such as how-to advice and teaching; information seeking, including questions about people, products, and current events; and writing help, such as editing, summarizing, and translating. Other uses, like programming, multimedia generation, or creative self-expression, remain relatively small. For instance, only about 4.2 percent of messages involve code-related tasks.
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Demographic trends also point to a widening reach. Early in ChatGPT’s history, around 80 percent of identifiable users were male. By mid-2025, however, names typically classified as feminine made up a slight majority—about 52 percent.
Young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 are the most active, contributing nearly 46 percent of all messages, though they lean more toward personal rather than work-related queries compared to older users.
Geographically, adoption is rising fastest in low- and middle-income countries, where usage is outpacing that in high-income nations. This marks a turning point, as ChatGPT is no longer seen as a tool primarily for wealthy markets or specialized professions.
The scale of engagement underscores the transformation. ChatGPT now counts about 700 million weekly active users, who collectively send an estimated 2.6 billion messages per day by mid-2025. That is a sharp rise from around 451 million daily messages recorded a year earlier.
“ChatGPT isn’t just changing how we work, it’s changing how we live. The lines between work and life uses are blurring fast, and this shift is redefining the role of AI in everyday society,” OpenAI noted.
