📊 ChatGPT has about 800 million monthly users, yet mobile use and paid plans have stalled while Gemini near 650 million users rides on default placement in Google search, Android, and work tools.

Multiple benchmarks for knowledge, math, and coding now put Gemini slightly ahead of OpenAI’s best models, so buyers no longer treat OpenAI as the automatic performance leader.

OpenAI reports about $13 billion 2025 revenue yet analysts project losses that could reach $140 billion by 2029, while Google and Microsoft make around $30 billion profit each quarter that can fund cheaper integrated features