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Gemini statistics (2026)

99 sourced Google Gemini statistics: Gemini app users, AI Overviews and AI Mode, tokens processed, developers, Gemini Enterprise and Workspace, models and pricing, plus Rank.ai's own data on how Gemini answers buyer questions next to Claude and ChatGPT.

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Updated 15 min read

The numbers at a glance

1B+

people use the Gemini app every month, up from 400 million in May 2025

Google, August 2026

2.5B+

monthly active users of AI Overviews in Google Search

Google, I/O 2026

1B+

monthly active users of AI Mode, within a year of its global rollout

Google, I/O 2026

3.2 quadrillion

tokens processed per month across Google's products, up from 9.7 trillion two years earlier

Google, I/O 2026

~90%

of the Fortune 100 use Gemini Enterprise

Alphabet Q2 2026 CEO remarks

9M+

developers build with Google's models every month

Alphabet Q2 2026 CEO remarks

7.38

citations per Gemini answer on average, the most of the three engines we track

Rank.ai analysis of 11,726 AI answers, May to October 2026

1,230

distinct domains cited by Gemini, about half as many as Claude (2,577) or ChatGPT (2,448)

Rank.ai analysis of 11,726 AI answers, May to October 2026

This page collects 99 Google Gemini statistics. Usage figures come from Alphabet's quarterly CEO remarks, Google I/O keynotes and Google's launch posts, each linked to the page we opened. The first section is Rank.ai's own data on how Gemini answers real buyer questions compared with Claude and ChatGPT.

Rank.ai data: how Gemini answers buyer questions

We tracked 11,726 fresh answers from ChatGPT (gpt-4o-mini), Claude (claude-haiku-4-5) and Gemini (gemini-2.5-flash) with web search on, collected from May 7 to October 16, 2026, for 102 buyer questions tracked by 15 Rank.ai customer accounts, excluding cached repeats. Engines were queried through their APIs with Rank.ai's own web search tool. For the other two engines, see Claude statistics and ChatGPT statistics.

Gemini app users

Google reports Gemini app monthly active users at almost every earnings call. The count grew from 400 million in May 2025 to over 1 billion by August 2026.

AI Overviews and AI Mode

Gemini also powers AI answers inside Google Search. AI Overviews reached more people than any other Gemini surface, and AI Mode passed 1 billion monthly users within a year. Our AI Overviews statistics and zero-click search statistics cover the effect on clicks.

Tokens processed

Tokens are the units of text a model reads and writes. Google's monthly token count rose about 330x in two years, and API throughput more than tripled between October 2025 and July 2026.

Developers

Google counts developers building with its models each month. The figure passed 9 million in 2026, and its coding tools grew quickly after launch.

Google Cloud and Gemini Enterprise

Google sells Gemini to companies through Google Cloud and Gemini Enterprise. Cloud revenue growth accelerated each quarter from Q4 2025 to Q2 2026.

Workspace and subscriptions

Gemini is bundled into Google Workspace for businesses and sold to consumers through Google AI plans. Alphabet reports paid subscriptions across YouTube and Google One together.

Model releases, benchmarks and pricing

Google has shipped a new Gemini generation roughly every year since December 2023. Benchmark scores below are Google's own, from each launch post.

Images, video and infrastructure

Gemini's image and video models drive much of the app's growth. Google's spending on data centers and its own TPU chips sets how much Gemini it can serve.

What this means for marketers

  • Plan for Google's AI answers first. AI Overviews and AI Mode reach more people than the Gemini app. See AI search statistics and Google search statistics.
  • Gemini draws from a short list of sites. It cited half as many domains as Claude or ChatGPT in our sample, so being on the sites it trusts matters more. A competitor analysis shows who already holds those spots.
  • Your own site can be the source. Gemini cited the tracking brand's site in 7.5% of answers, double ChatGPT's rate.
  • Measure each engine separately. Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT and Perplexity behave differently. Our guide to AI SEO tools covers how to track them, and the free AI grade shows whether they name your business today.

FAQ

How many people use Gemini?

More than 1 billion people use the Gemini app every month, Google said in August 2026. That is up from 400 million in May 2025 and 750 million at the start of 2026. Gemini also powers AI Overviews, which has over 2.5 billion monthly users.

How many people use AI Mode and AI Overviews?

AI Mode passed 1 billion monthly active users within a year of its global rollout in October 2025, and AI Overviews has over 2.5 billion monthly users, according to Google at I/O 2026. AI Mode queries are about three times longer than traditional searches.

How many tokens does Google process?

Google processed 3.2 quadrillion tokens a month across its products in May 2026, against 9.7 trillion in May 2024. Its model APIs handled about 22 billion tokens per minute by July 2026.

How is Gemini different from Claude and ChatGPT in AI answers?

In Rank.ai's analysis of 11,726 AI answers from May to October 2026, Gemini included the most citations per answer (7.38) but drew them from the fewest sites (1,230 domains, against 2,577 for Claude). It wrote the shortest answers and named the brand tracking the question most often, in 11.0% of answers.

How much does Gemini cost?

Google AI Plus costs $4.99 a month, AI Pro $19.99 and AI Ultra starts at $99.99, per Google's subscription page in October 2026. Businesses pay $21 or $30 per seat for Gemini Enterprise, and API prices run from $0.10 per million input tokens for 2.5 Flash-Lite.

Sources and method

Usage, developer and business figures come from Alphabet's quarterly CEO remarks on the Google blog (Q4 2024 to Q2 2026), the I/O 2025 and I/O 2026 keynotes, Google's model launch posts and its pricing and subscription pages, each opened and checked on 2026-10-16. Benchmarks are Google's own published scores. Rank.ai's figures come from 11,726 fresh answers from ChatGPT (gpt-4o-mini), Claude (claude-haiku-4-5) and Gemini (gemini-2.5-flash) with web search on, for 102 buyer questions tracked by 15 customer accounts, collected May 7 to October 16, 2026, queried through each model's API with Rank.ai's web search tool, cached repeats excluded. Local figures come from the loc.ai local AI index, October 2026.

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