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ChatGPT’s 900M Downloads Eclipse Copilot’s 79M Installs

Microsoft aims to narrow the gap by launching rich memory features following its $80 billion AI data center investment.

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Overview

  • Copilot has accumulated about 79 million downloads worldwide, ranking it fourth behind ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and DeepSeek.
  • OpenAI’s ChatGPT leads the sector with over 900 million installs, roughly ten times more than Microsoft’s AI assistant.
  • Microsoft committed $80 billion in its 2025 fiscal year to expand AI-powered data centers and retain top AI talent.
  • In April, Microsoft rolled out personalization and memory capabilities for Copilot to deliver more tailored interactions.
  • Analysts and users continue to fault Copilot for falling short of rivals in reasoning, creativity and conversational fluency.