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OpenAI projects a third of humanity as weekly users

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OpenAI projects 2.6 billion weekly active users by 2030, about a third of the human population.

Reported metric: 2.6B weekly

Reporting date: 2026-01-05 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to January 5, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to January 5, 2026

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OpenAI

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The human interface becomes intimate

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Welcome to January 5, 2026

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OpenAI projects a third of humanity as weekly users
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Reporting date: 2026-01-05
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-05-openai-26b-users-2030
Claim: OpenAI projects 2.6 billion weekly active users by 2030, about a third of the human population.
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- Welcome to January 5, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-5-2026
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