# OpenAI says it now generates over 4 billion images per week

> Original title: Wild stat. We are now generate more than 4B images per week across ChatGPT and the API, up from the more than 3B per week only 8 weeks ago.

- Source: Tibo
- Published: 2026-11-05T22:24:51.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/h39otdbgixondyi8jwi5eduai
- Original: https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2118469621011677521

## Summary

OpenAI's Tibo says the company now generates more than 4 billion images per week across ChatGPT and the API. That is up from more than 3 billion per week eight weeks earlier. The post is quoted alongside OpenAI's announcement of ChatGPT Images 2.6, which adds GIFs and reference images and two new API models with 50% faster image generation.

## Why it matters

The post gives a concrete usage figure and growth rate for OpenAI's image generation, showing how fast image use has scaled across ChatGPT and the API.

## Post

Wild stat. We are now generate more than 4B images per week across ChatGPT and the API, up from the more than 3B per week only 8 weeks ago.

## Quoted post @OpenAI

> Images, upgraded—introducing ChatGPT Images 2.6.
> 
> Now with GIFs and reference images.
> 
> Plus, two new models are coming to the API with 50% faster image generation.

https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2118124944928432327