DeepSeek has reached 20 million users, capturing 40% of ChatGPT's audience

Chinese startup DeepSeek, specializing in artificial intelligence, is causing a stir worldwide with its budget AI model. According to a report from mydrivers in China, just 20 days after its launch, DeepSeek surpassed 20 million daily active users, reaching 40% of the user base of OpenAI's ChatGPT.

This also makes it the fastest-growing artificial intelligence application in terms of unique users globally.

The DeepSeek app, launched on January 11, attracted 22.15 million daily active users just 21 days after its launch. This represents 41.6% of the 53.23 million users of ChatGPT.

Before the emergence of DeepSeek, the most popular AI application in China was Doubao by ByteDance. However, in January, DeepSeek surpassed Doubao, which had 17 million active users, with 22.15 million active users.

DeepSeek quickly gained traction among Chinese companies: cloud platforms Tencent, Baidu, and Alibaba announced the integration of this model. Meanwhile, four of China's largest graphics processing unit manufacturers—Huawei Ascend, Moore Threads, Shanghai iluvatar, and MetaX—also pledged to support the development of DeepSeek.

Source: TrendForce