Claude hits 5 million monthly app users in South Korea, up 10x in a year
Anthropic's Claude app now has 5 million monthly users in South Korea, more than ten times last year's level, and it's now the country's third most-used AI app.
Claude is having a moment in South Korea. The AI chatbot from US startup Anthropic reached 5 million monthly active users on its mobile app in October, a record high, according to data firm Wiseapp·Retail, which analysed a sample of Korean smartphone users.
That's more than ten times the 420,000 users the app had in September 2025. Monthly numbers have risen for 14 months in a row.
Claude now ranks third among generative AI apps in Korea. OpenAI's ChatGPT is still far ahead in first place with 25.51 million monthly users. Google's Gemini is second with 9.14 million.
It isn't only Claude that's growing. ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini Notebook all hit their highest monthly user numbers since launch.
The figures are statistical estimates based on a panel covering 51.39 million smartphone users in Korea (36.7 million on Android, 14.69 million on iOS). They cover dedicated mobile apps with general conversational AI features, such as search, analysis and content creation.
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