Google has announced that its AI chatbot, Gemini, has crossed a significant milestone, reaching over 750 million monthly active users (MAUs) as of its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report. The figure underscores the rapid consumer adoption of Gemini and cements its position as a major contender in the generative AI landscape.
Rapid User Adoption and Market Position
The growth trajectory for Gemini has been steep, climbing from 650 million MAUs reported in the previous quarter. This rapid expansion highlights increasing consumer and developer interest in Google’s AI offerings.
While impressive, Gemini still trails its primary rival, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which is estimated to have approximately 810 million MAUs. However, Google’s platform has outpaced Meta AI, which currently reports nearly 500 million monthly users, signaling a fiercely competitive race among tech giants for AI dominance.
The Gemini 3 Advantage and New Pricing Tiers
A key catalyst for this growth is the recent launch of Gemini 3, the company’s most advanced model to date. CEO Sundar Pichai noted that the introduction of Gemini 3 was a “positive driver” for user growth, with the model providing responses that exhibit an unprecedented level of depth and nuance.
To further accelerate adoption, Google recently introduced a more accessible subscription plan, Google AI Plus, priced at $7.99 per month. While this new tier was launched too recently to affect the latest quarterly figures, it is expected to attract a wider, more budget-conscious user base.
“We are focused on a free tier and subscriptions and seeing great growth,” said Philipp Schindler, Google’s Chief Business Officer.
Impact on the MENA Tech Ecosystem
The escalating AI race between global tech giants like Google, OpenAI, and Meta has significant implications for the MENA region’s burgeoning tech scene. For founders and developers in markets like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, the increasing power and accessibility of models like Gemini 3 offer powerful tools to build innovative, AI-driven products and services with lower barriers to entry.
The competition also drives down costs and democratizes access to cutting-edge technology, allowing regional startups to integrate sophisticated AI functionalities that were previously the domain of large corporations. This trend aligns perfectly with national strategic visions across MENA that prioritize digital transformation and AI leadership, potentially accelerating the development of a vibrant, homegrown AI ecosystem.
About Google
Google is a global technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, a search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. A subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., Google is one of the most valuable and influential companies in the world, with a mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Its ventures into artificial intelligence, including the development of its Gemini models, position it at the forefront of technological innovation.
Source: TechCrunch
