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title: "ChatGPT Consumer Product Lead Adam Fry says ChatGPT has hit 1.2B WAUs, adding 200M over the past two months, and its search volume is now ~20% of Google's (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/chatgpt-consumer-product-lead-adam-fry-says-chatgpt-has-hit-1-2b-waus-cf9701d0
published: 2026-11-03T15:50:00.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# ChatGPT Consumer Product Lead Adam Fry says ChatGPT has hit 1.2B WAUs, adding 200M over the past two months, and its search volume is now \~20% of Google's (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-03 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/chatgpt-consumer-product-lead-adam-fry-says-chatgpt-has-hit-1-2b-waus-cf9701d0

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology : ChatGPT Consumer Product Lead Adam Fry says ChatGPT has hit 1.2B WAUs, adding 200M over the past two months, and its search volume is now \~20% of Google's — ChatGPT consumer product lead Adam Fry on ChatGPT's growth, the cost of personal agents, and plans to bring Chat and Work together.

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## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261103/p19#a261103p19)

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