Open AI research - how do you use it?

**OpenAI’s usage research shows that people use ChatGPT extensively for advice and understanding.**

Its September 2025 summary describes an analysis of 1.5 million consumer conversations. It reports these message categories:

Asking 49%
Seeking information, explanations, or advice

Doing 40%
Requesting outputs or completion of tasks

Expressing 11%
Reflection, exploration, and play

About three-quarters of conversations concerned practical guidance, information seeking, or writing. These figures describe the studied consumer population; they don’t measure individual skill or prove which workflow produces the best outcomes. [OpenAI’s usage research](https://openai.com/index/how-people-are-using-chatgpt/)⁠