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OpenAI Says ChatGPT Sites Has Passed 5 Million Creations

The figure counts Sites created, not active users. OpenAI’s accompanying update draws a sharper line between shared editing and invitation-only access.

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OpenAI Says ChatGPT Sites Has Passed 5 Million Creations
OpenAI Says ChatGPT Sites Has Passed 5 Million Creations

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OpenAI says people have created more than five million ChatGPT Sites in the product’s first three months. That sounds like a usage milestone, but it is more narrowly a creation count: it does not tell us how many active users there are, how often the Sites are used, or whether they are still online. The September 11 update is focused on what happens after a Site is started. Teammates can now be invited to edit, save, and publish together. That is separate from private sharing, which lets a creator give access to specific people without publishing the Site publicly. OpenAI also says users can ask ChatGPT to inspect a Site’s database, while editors can view that database themselves. And Sites can now use a custom domain, giving finished projects their own web address. The company says the path from a prompt to deployment takes half the time, but it has not published an independent benchmark or explained how that measurement was made. So the update combines an early signal of creation volume with tools for collaboration, controlled access, data inspection, and deployment. The key constraint is that five million creations still says nothing about retention or ongoing use. The next meaningful question is whether these Sites remain active and useful after they are built.

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OpenAI’s three-month-old ChatGPT Sites has crossed 5 million creations, but the milestone is not an engagement metric: it excludes active users, usage frequency, and whether Sites remain online. The September 11 update adds team editing, private invitations, database inspection, and custom domains, extending the product from prompt-based app generation into collaborative deployment. OpenAI also claims deployment is...

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    The 5 million total counts Sites created since launch, not active users or retained applications.

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    Editors can invite teammates to edit, save, and publish a Site.

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    Private sharing lets creators restrict access to specifically invited people without publishing publicly.

Three months after launching ChatGPT Sites, OpenAI says people have created more than 5 million of them. Its September 11 update pairs that company-reported milestone with new ways to edit a Site with teammates or share one privately with specific people.

OpenAI describes ChatGPT Sites as a way to build and host fully functional, interactive web applications. The 5 million figure is a count of Sites created since launch; it does not show how many people actively use the product, how often those Sites are used, or whether they remain online.

OpenAI’s early Sites total
More than 5 millionChatGPT Sites created

OpenAI reported the total on September 11. It measures Sites created since launch, rather than active users.

The two sharing options are distinct. OpenAI says teammates can be invited to edit, save and publish a shared Site. Separately, a creator can invite specific people to a private Site without making it public, preserving a narrower route for access.

Other changes span data, deployment and web addresses

  • OpenAI says users can ask ChatGPT to inspect a Site database, and that editors can view the database as well.
  • Sites supports adding a custom domain, according to OpenAI.
  • OpenAI says Sites now goes from prompt to deployment in half the time.

The deployment-speed statement differs from the feature descriptions: it is a performance claim. OpenAI did not provide an independent benchmark or measurement methodology in its post, leaving no published basis for comparing the claimed reduction with another workflow or product.

The update places the product’s creation claim beside controls for who can participate and how a finished Site can be reached. Shared editing, private invitations, database inspection and custom domains all concern work around a Site after a user has started building it. The milestone signals early creation volume; the update supplies more ways to handle those creations with other people or under a custom web address.

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  1. x.comChatGPT: More than 5 million Sites created in three months, with collaboration and sharing updates

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