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OK well Zitron is citing The Information which is generally solid, but you're kinda burying the lede. According to this, it's 9 million subscribers because...

OK well Zitron is citing The Information which is generally solid, but you're kinda burying the lede. According to this, it's 9 million subscribers because... "OpenAI projects an 80% decline... from 44 million in 2025 to 9 million in 2026" [!!!] Surely there's reason to be skeptical when OpenAI's own internal projection indicates a massive, massive loss in subscribers? I'm still inclined to believe OpenAI's projection was too optimistic. The bank report says that average subscriptions only last 7 months, so that would also help explain the rapid churn. BTW, the number of global WoW subscribers is currently about... 9 million.

simianwords 21d ago
> OpenAI projects an 80% decline... from 44 million in 2025 to 9 million in 2026 I'm curious to know why you think OpenAI is predicting that their subscribers would decline. Why would the company be so bearish about their own financials?
- SLHamlet 20d ago
  This is an internal leak The Information reported, as I understand it. Compare and contrast Sam Altman externally saying the most ridiculous bullshit.
  - simianwords 20d ago
    Sure but why would you miss this part from the same leak? > OpenAI at the start of this year forecast that consumer subscribers to ChatGPT Go … would surge about 36 times to 112 million this year