3 November 2026

OpenAI reports 1.5 billion weekly image generations and 250 million voice users

First reported

Big Technology ran this on 3 November.

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, says its image tools now produce about 1.5 billion images a week.
The company also reports roughly 250 million people using its voice mode for conversation.
These are figures the company itself published, not independently verified usage counts.

Our read

Only Big Technology, of 30 newsletters tracked, covered these usage figures, which the company itself published. The story follows three earlier archive entries on OpenAI, including a 2026-11-05 piece that also discussed voice and image usage.

Earlier on this story

Nov 5OpenAI discusses voice and image usage, restaurant signage, and Dots costs
Nov 7OpenAI's GPT Image 2.6 model tops two image-generation rankings
Nov 7OpenAI reportedly raises $11 billion in a larger, ongoing funding round

Written by Newskeryx from which newsletters covered this story and from our own archive.

How it was covered

Big TechnologyAlex Kantrowitz

Weekly image creation volume and combined voice mode user numbers