--- title: "Google closes in on another billion user product with Gemini" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/293637555.md" description: "Google's AI assistant Gemini has surpassed 950 million monthly active users, tripling from last year and nearing the billion-user milestone. This growth positions it to compete closely with OpenAI's ChatGPT, whose market share has dipped below 50%. Gemini's market share rose to 27.7% in H1 2026. Additionally, Google's search AI mode also crossed 1 billion users, driving increased queries while reducing costs through hardware engineering." datetime: "2026-07-23T14:59:47.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/293637555.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293637555.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/293637555.md) --- # Google closes in on another billion user product with Gemini Google is about to add another name to its long list of products with more than a billion users, a list that already includes Search, Gmail, Drive, Android, YouTube, and Chrome. The company said during its Q2 2026 call that the AI assistant Gemini now has over 950 million monthly users. The company noted that Gemini users have tripled from last year. Earlier in February, it said that the Gemini app crossed 750 million monthly active users. With this growth, Google’s assistant is in line to compete more closely with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users in June. “Users love new agentic features like Daily Brief and our personalized agent, Gemini Spark, which is now available in the U.S. and internationally. We’ve been shipping helpful new features like this at an incredible pace,” Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said during the call. Apart from users on Android, the Gemini app has found a strong user base on iOS with launches like the Nano Banana image generation model. According to AppFigures, the app has been downloaded over 137 million times on iOS in the last 12 months. In its latest “State of AI” report, the analytics firm Sensor Tower noted that ChatGPT’s market share among AI assistants fell below 50% for the first time. The report, which looked at H1 2026, also noted that Gemini’s share rose to 27.7%. Many people already use AI assistant apps as a substitute for search. However, Google reported that its search vertical is going strong, partially thanks to the AI-centric overhaul. During this quarter, its Q&A-style AI mode crossed 1 billion users. The company said that it is driving “an incremental increase” in search queries. Google also noted that through hardware engineering, it has reduced the cost of AI mode for the company, despite introducing new models and features. ### Related Stocks - [GOOG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOG.US.md) - [GOOGL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOGL.US.md) - [GGLS.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GGLS.US.md) - [GGLL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GGLL.US.md) - [GOOW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOW.US.md) - [GOOY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOY.US.md) - [GOU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOU.US.md) - [GOOX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOX.US.md) - [GOOP.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOP.US.md) - [MAGX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MAGX.US.md) - [OpenAI.NA](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/OpenAI.NA.md) ## Related News & Research - [RDDT Stock Heads Into Earnings with Huge Growth and One Big Google Question](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293978598.md) - [FOCUS-Google rivals line up seeking damages after record $1 billion fine](https://longbridge.com/en/news/294011339.md) - [Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 5, Says New Model Beats Rivals on Coding and Business Tasks](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293792321.md) - [Google’s Strong Q2 Results Fail to Prevent Stock Pressure, Free Cash Flow Turns Negative for First Time, AI Spending Sparks Concern](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293551326.md) - [VZ Earnings: Verizon Stock Gains on $1B Google Deal, Share Buyback despite Mixed Q2](https://longbridge.com/en/news/293770996.md)