After being launched on September 27th, 2023, in the second generation of Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, Meta AI has been integrated with other Meta apps as well.
As a result, its usage has grown rapidly worldwide, considering the huge user bases of Whatsapp, Instagram, and Facebook.
With this rapid growth, Meta AI has surpassed 40 million daily active users worldwide and 400 million users worldwide.
In this article, let’s explore in detail the number of Meta AI users worldwide, its availability, and more.
Meta AI Statistics 2024 (In A Glimpse)
- As per Mark Zukerberg, Meta ai has 400 million monthly active users as of September 2024.
- The weekly users of Meta have crossed 185 million.
- 40 million people use Meta AI daily.
- Meta AI is available in 22 countries and 8 different languages, including English.
Meta AI Monthly Users
Meta AI boasts over 450 million monthly active users, according to Mark Zuckerberg, highlighting its rapid growth and widespread adoption.
Meta released these figures shortly after Open AI announced that ChatGPT crossed 200 million weekly active users.
However, Meta is at an advantage due to the existing user base across Meta apps like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, as the company has integrated Meta AI into these apps’ search functionality.
Source: The Information.
Meta AI Weekly Active Users
On July 3rd, 2024, Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Meta has over 185 million weekly active users.
However, Meta AI has not yet been rolled out in the United Kingdom, Brazil, or the European Union. These numbers show that Meta AI has been adopted rapidly in the areas where it is made available.
Source: The information.
Market Share Of Meta AI
Meta AI currently holds a 0.01% market share in the Business Analytics industry.
Some of its top competitors in the industry are Notion, Microsoft Power BI, and Tableau Software, with a market share of 20.96%, 16.23%, and 14.61%, respectively.
Source: 6sense.
Meta AI Customers
More than 38 companies worldwide have started using Meta AI as a business intelligence tool.
TEKsystems, Deere & Company, and Cisco Systems, Inc. are some of the top companies that have started using Meta AI.
Most Meta AI’s customers have 20 to 49 employees, while a significant share of the companies have 0 to 9 employees and 100 to 249 employees.
Besides, 60.53% of Meta AI customers are from the United States, while 15.79% of the companies are from the United Kingdom and 5.26% are from Korea.
Source: 6sense.
Impact Of Meta AI On Meta Stocks
In August, Meta’s stocks experienced a 13% increase. Following the announcement that Meta AI reached 400 million monthly active users, the stock price rose by as much as 1.7% to $544.23 on Thursday, marking a new all-time high.
Besides, the company has already started to monetize AI, convincing investors that AI is helping Meta improve its business.
Source: Yahoo Finance, 247Wallst.
Meta AI Availability
Meta AI is currently accessible in 22 countries globally, with India being the largest market.
Here is a list of countries where Meta AI is currently available:
| Argentina | India | Singapore |
| Australia | Jamaica | South Africa |
| Cameroon | Malawi | Uganda |
| Canada | Mexico | United States |
| Chile | New Zealand | Zambia |
| Colombia | Nigeria | Zimbabwe |
| Ecuador | Pakistan | – |
| Ghana | Peru | – |
Besides, Meta is available in 7 languages apart from English, including French, German, Hindi, Hindi-Romanized Script, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Further, Meta AI is available on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Oculus VR and is set to roll out soon on MetaQuest.
Source: Tech Crunch, Meta Threads, Meta.
Additional Stats About Meta AI
Here are some miscellaneous stats about Meta AI:
Brazil banned Meta From Processing User’s Personal Data
The data protection authority in Brazil, Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD), temporarily banned Meta from processing the personal data of users in the country in order to train its AI.
This decision was taken after Meta added to its terms that it is allowed to use public data from Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger for training purposes.
Meta trains its data Meta with the help of information that people share publicly on Meta’s products and services in the form of public posts and photos. Hence, this has raised questions on the security and privacy of Meta AI.
Source: The Hacker News
Meta AI Saves Indian Women From Suicide
Meta AI alerted the authorities in India about a woman who shared a video in which she was standing on a chair with a red-colored scarf tied from a fan and around her neck, preparing for suicide.
The alert was received immediately by the authorities in the UP state, and they were able to reach her and rescue her in just 4 minutes.
Source: News18
Meta’s Open-source Model, Llama, Has Experienced A Tenfold Increase In Downloads Compared To The Previous Year
Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the Llama model is on its way to reaching 350 million downloads on Hugging Face, displaying a ten times increase compared to that recorded a year ago.
Source: Venture Beat.
Meta Has Announced That Its AI Models Have Been Downloaded Approximately 350 Million Times Since The Previous Year
Further, Meta reported that its AI models were downloaded over 20 million times in the last month, as stated on August 29th.
Source: PYMNTS
Conclusion: Meta AI Has Achieved A Milestone Of 400 Million Monthly Active Users
Despite being available in just 22 countries worldwide, Meta AI has managed to surpass 40 million daily active users and is set to compete with ChatGPT. If released worldwide, Meta AI is more likely to gather a large number of users and will surpass ChatGPT in usage.
However, it is still in testing mode in some countries and has been recently implemented completely in others. Hence, it has been facing various cultural and other challenges, especially in its biggest market, India.
Nevertheless, the tech giant stated that it is continuously working on Meta AI and trying to upgrade it. So, it will be worth watching the release of Meta AI in other countries and how it adapts to various cultures worldwide.
