Usman Salis
Something interesting is happening in the digital world. While social networks have dominated our screen time for years, AI platforms are now competing for the same attention.
What the Numbers Show
Recent data from Similarweb comparing daily active users between X (formerly Twitter) and ChatGPT reveals a surprising trend that might signal where the internet is heading.
The comparison tracks daily active users throughout 2025, and the pattern is hard to ignore:
- ChatGPT's growth curve keeps climbing — showing consistent daily engagement and steady adoption
- X's numbers stay relatively flat — stable, but not really growing
- The gap is closing fast — at this rate, ChatGPT could match or overtake X's daily users soon
What makes this remarkable is that we're not just talking about occasional usage. ChatGPT is becoming part of people's daily routines, much like checking social media used to be.
Why This Actually Matters
This isn't just about bragging rights between platforms. The shift tells us that people are finding real value in AI conversations—enough to make it a daily habit. Every minute someone spends chatting with AI is potentially a minute they're not scrolling through social feeds. For platforms like X, that's a genuine competitive threat, not a hypothetical one.
The business implications are significant too. More daily users mean more opportunities for subscriptions, enterprise deals, and eventually advertising. By August 2025, ChatGPT was already pulling in nearly 6 billion visits and 388 million monthly users. Those aren't experimental numbers—that's mainstream adoption.
Meanwhile, X has been trying to stay relevant with new features and its own AI integration, but the growth curves speak for themselves. Other AI models like Google's Gemini are in the race too, though they haven't matched ChatGPT's staying power yet.
Usman Salis
