OpenAI: Information Seeking Is One in Five Consumer ChatGPT Messages
OpenAI's Signals v3.0 shows that information-seeking requests made up 20.7% of messages on consumer ChatGPT plans in August 2026, nearly matching writing at 20.6%. The dataset covers July 2024 through September 2026 and is based on a sample of about one million messages, excluding Enterprise and Codex.
- Information seeking hit 20.7% of messages vs 20.6% for writing in August 2026
- Signals v3.0 launched October 26, 2026, covering July 2024 to September 2026
- Sample of about one million messages from Free, Go, Plus and Pro plans
- Enterprise usage and Codex are excluded from the data
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