Gemini crossed a billion monthly users — and most of them are not typing
Sundar Pichai said on 11 August that the Gemini app has passed one billion monthly active users, making it the fourteenth Google product to reach that scale and, the company says, the fastest-growing in its 28-year history. The figure covers only the standalone app and web interface; people who meet Gemini through AI Overviews in Search, or inside Gmail and Docs, are not counted. The app was at 400 million in May 2025, 900 million at I/O in May, and 950 million at the July earnings call, so the last 50 million arrived in under a month. Google added that 63% of active users speak to the app rather than type, that one in five Gemini Live sessions includes camera or screen sharing, and that it produces more than 150 million images a day. iOS alone is past 100 million users. ChatGPT reached a billion in June. Google did not disclose how many of these users pay.
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