Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users
Gemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June.
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Gemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June
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- Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users
Gemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June
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Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users
Lauren Forristal
11:49 AM PDT · August 11, 2026
In a significant milestone for Google, CEO Sundar Pichai announced via X that the Gemini app has become one of the company’s fastest-growing products, recently surpassing 1 billion monthly active users. Pichai also noted it was the 14th Google product to hit the 1 billion mark.
With this rapid growth, Gemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June.
The company has been steadily integrating Gemini across its products, from Search and Workspace to Android and its standalone app. Google’s AI Mode in Search, in particular, has achieved a lot of success, with over 1 billion monthly active users globally. But today’s figure refers specifically to the Gemini app, and does not include AI users from other channels.
The company also continued rolling out new models and features, including Gemini 3.5 Flash , which Google says is designed to improve coding and autonomous AI-agent tasks.
Google also shared numbers at how people are actually using the chatbot, with 63% of Gemini users talking directly to the assistant using the voice feature. Plus, Gemini now generates more than 150 million images every day, according to Google.
And Gemini’s growth isn’t limited to Google’s own products. The company says it now has more than 100 million active users on iOS.
The milestone comes right after its Q2 2026 earnings call, where the company celebrated having over 950 million monthly users , with daily active users tripling this past year. The announcement also comes ahead of its Made by Google event, where it’s expected to have more Gemini-powered features launching across Pixel devices.
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With this rapid growth, Gemini is keeping pace with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June.…
In a significant milestone for Google, CEO Sundar Pichai announced via X that the Gemini app has become one of the company’s fastest-growing products, recently surpassing 1 billion…
The company has been steadily integrating Gemini across its products, from Search and Workspace to Android and its standalone app. Google’s AI Mode in Search, in particular, has ac…