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ChatGPT got there two months earlier

ChatGPT hit the same billion two months earlier.

“1B+ people are now using the Gemini app every month. It's our fastest growing product ever, and our 14th to hit the 1B-user mark.”

Demis Hassabis, CEO, Google DeepMind, 11 August 2026

Recorded 12 August 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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5 receipts: 1 support the claim, 1 contradict it, 3 add context. 3 figures on the record, 1 traced to a quoted receipt.

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  1. 1Supports the claim9to5google.com ↗

    Google today announced that over 1 billion people are using the Gemini app every month.

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  2. 2Context9to5google.com ↗

    In May of 2025, Google reported 400 million monthly active users.

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  3. 3Contexttechcrunch.com ↗

    keeping pace with OpenAI's ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users back in June

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  4. 4Contexttechcrunch.com ↗

    But today's figure refers specifically to the Gemini app, and does not include AI users from other channels.

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  5. 5Contradicts the claimfinance.biggo.com ↗

    to whether its models and commercialization can keep pace.

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