Chart of the Day · SEP 29, 2026
OpenAI Leaderboard Ranking: 8th Among Labs on Arena
OpenAI has not had the top model on Arena for 458 days, and now ranks 8th among labs. ChatGPT kept growing anyway.
The signal
- LaunchesGPT-6.1 Sol (29 Sept 2026): "Near-Astra agentic coding and computer use at one-fifth the API price" (OpenAI's claim). No Arena snapshot covers it yet.
- Arena25 Sept 2026: GPT-6 Astra (gpt-6-astra-max) is #64 and gpt-6-sol-max is #153, below OpenAI's older gpt-5.5-high (#26).
- Arena7 labs rank above OpenAI on that snapshot: Anthropic, Google, Xiaomi, Meta, Alibaba (Qwen), Moonshot (Kimi), Z.ai.
OpenAI was the #1 lab on Arena for 95% of 2024. On 25 Sept 2026 it ranks 8th among labs, and its best model, gpt-5.5-high, is #26.
OpenAI's rank among labs (by each lab's best model) and the rank of its best model, Arena text board (overall), 9 Jan 2024 – 25 Sept 2026. #1 at the top.
OpenAI rank among labsRank of best OpenAI model
Sources: Arena leaderboard dataset (lmarena-ai, CC BY 4.0) · Company statements as reported (TechCrunch, Alphabet Q2 2026 remarks, CNBC) · Pew Research Center, survey fielded 17–23 Feb 2026 · GPT-6.1 Sol announcement (OpenAI)MODE VC
Lab rank orders labs by their highest-rated model. Model rank counts every listed model, including effort variants. The dataset has no Claude row before Mar 2024. Ranks near the top often sit inside overlapping confidence intervals. The latest snapshot is 25 Sept 2026, before GPT-6.1 Sol was announced on 29 Sept 2026, so it cannot show that model. ChatGPT user figures are OpenAI's own statements (weekly actives).
Show the data (466 rows)
| Series | Date | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-01-09 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-01-18 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-01-25 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-02-02 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-02-15 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-03-05 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-03-07 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-03-13 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-03-26 | 2 | behind Anthropic |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-03-27 | 2 | behind Anthropic |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-04-03 | 2 | behind Anthropic |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-04-09 | 2 | behind Anthropic |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-04-10 | 2 | behind Anthropic |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-04-11 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-04-13 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-04-18 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-04-19 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-04-22 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-04-26 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-05-01 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-05-08 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-05-15 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-05-16 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-05-19 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-05-20 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-05-27 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-06-02 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-06-06 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-06-11 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-06-17 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-06-21 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-06-23 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-06-26 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-06-29 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-07-06 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-07-08 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-07-16 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-07-22 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-07-25 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-07-30 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-07-31 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-08-01 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-08-05 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-08-06 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-08-13 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-08-22 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-08-23 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-08-27 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-08-28 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-09-04 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-09-15 | 2 | behind xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-09-17 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-09-27 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-10-07 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-10-15 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-10-23 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-10-28 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-11-04 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-11-12 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-11-13 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-11-20 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-11-21 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-11-22 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-12-01 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-12-05 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-12-10 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-12-15 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-12-18 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-12-22 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2024-12-30 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-01-05 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-01-15 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-01-19 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-01-21 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-01-22 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-01-24 | 2 | behind DeepSeek |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-01-28 | 2 | behind DeepSeek |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-02-03 | 2 | behind DeepSeek |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-02-05 | 3 | behind DeepSeek, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-02-06 | 3 | behind DeepSeek, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-02-09 | 3 | behind DeepSeek, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-02-11 | 3 | behind DeepSeek, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-02-14 | 3 | behind DeepSeek, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-02-17 | 3 | behind DeepSeek, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-02-21 | 3 | behind DeepSeek, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-02-27 | 3 | behind DeepSeek, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-03-03 | 2 | behind xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-03-11 | 2 | behind xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-03-15 | 2 | behind xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-03-17 | 2 | behind xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-03-20 | 2 | behind xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-03-25 | 2 | behind xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-03-26 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-03-30 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-04-05 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-04-08 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-04-09 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-04-16 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-04-23 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-05-05 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-05-06 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-05-11 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-05-19 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-05-20 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-05-22 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-06-01 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-06-03 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-06-05 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-06-11 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-06-17 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-06-18 | 1 | top lab |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-06-24 | 2 | behind Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-07-01 | 2 | behind Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-07-07 | 2 | behind Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-07-15 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-07-17 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-07-25 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-07-28 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-08-01 | 4 | behind Google, xAI, Alibaba (Qwen) |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-08-04 | 4 | behind Google, Z.ai, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-08-07 | 2 | behind Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-08-14 | 2 | behind Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-08-18 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-08-21 | 5 | behind Google, Mistral, xAI… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-08-27 | 4 | behind Google, Mistral, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-08-28 | 4 | behind Google, Mistral, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-09-08 | 5 | behind Google, Alibaba (Qwen), Z.ai… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-09-17 | 3 | behind Google, Alibaba (Qwen) |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-09-18 | 3 | behind Google, Alibaba (Qwen) |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-09-30 | 4 | behind Google, Alibaba (Qwen), Mistral |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-10-01 | 4 | behind Google, Alibaba (Qwen), Mistral |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-10-03 | 6 | behind Google, Z.ai, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-10-07 | 4 | behind Google, Alibaba (Qwen), Z.ai |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-10-16 | 4 | behind Google, Alibaba (Qwen), Z.ai |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-10-17 | 4 | behind Google, Alibaba (Qwen), Z.ai |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-11-05 | 6 | behind Google, Z.ai, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-11-06 | 6 | behind Google, Z.ai, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-11-09 | 7 | behind Google, Z.ai, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-11-16 | 9 | behind Google, xAI, Z.ai… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-11-17 | 9 | behind Google, xAI, Z.ai… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-11-18 | 4 | behind Google, xAI, Z.ai |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-11-20 | 4 | behind Google, xAI, Z.ai |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-11-26 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-01 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-04 | 4 | behind Google, xAI, Anthropic |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-05 | 4 | behind Google, xAI, Anthropic |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-08 | 4 | behind Google, xAI, Anthropic |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-11 | 4 | behind Google, xAI, Anthropic |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-15 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-16 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-18 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-19 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-21 | 5 | behind Google, xAI, Baidu… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-23 | 4 | behind Google, xAI, Anthropic |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2025-12-30 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-01-09 | 3 | behind Google, xAI |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-01-27 | 5 | behind Google, Baidu, xAI… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-01-29 | 5 | behind Google, Baidu, xAI… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-06 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Google, Baidu… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-09 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Baidu… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-10 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Google, Z.ai… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-11 | 7 | behind Anthropic, Google, ByteDance… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-16 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, ByteDance |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-17 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, ByteDance |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-19 | 7 | behind Anthropic, Google, xAI… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-20 | 7 | behind Anthropic, Google, xAI… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-21 | 8 | behind Anthropic, Google, ByteDance… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-22 | 8 | behind Anthropic, Google, ByteDance… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-24 | 8 | behind Anthropic, Google, ByteDance… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-25 | 8 | behind Anthropic, Google, ByteDance… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-02-26 | 9 | behind Anthropic, Google, xAI… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-03-03 | 9 | behind Anthropic, Google, xAI… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-03-04 | 8 | behind Anthropic, Google, xAI… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-03-05 | 8 | behind Anthropic, Google, xAI… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-03-06 | 8 | behind Anthropic, Google, xAI… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-03-11 | 8 | behind Anthropic, Google, xAI… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-03-16 | 3 | behind Anthropic, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-03-18 | 3 | behind Anthropic, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-03-19 | 3 | behind Anthropic, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-03-20 | 3 | behind Anthropic, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-03-26 | 3 | behind Anthropic, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-03-31 | 3 | behind Anthropic, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-02 | 3 | behind Anthropic, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-07 | 3 | behind Anthropic, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-09 | 3 | behind Anthropic, Google |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-10 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-14 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-17 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-20 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-22 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-23 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-27 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-28 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-29 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-04-30 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-05-01 | 4 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-05-06 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-05-07 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-05-12 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-05-14 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-05-18 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Google, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-05-19 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Google, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-05-27 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-06-03 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-06-04 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-06-05 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-06-10 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-06-16 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-06-25 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-07-02 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Alibaba (Qwen)… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-07-10 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-07-12 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-07-14 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-07-16 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Meta, Google… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-07-20 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Meta, Google… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-07-21 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Meta, Google… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-07-26 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-07-27 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-07-30 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-08-02 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Alibaba (Qwen), Google… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-08-03 | 5 | behind Anthropic, Alibaba (Qwen), Google… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-08-06 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Alibaba (Qwen), Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-08-10 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Alibaba (Qwen), Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-08-11 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Alibaba (Qwen), Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-08-12 | 6 | behind Anthropic, Alibaba (Qwen), Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-08-19 | 7 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-08-21 | 7 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-08-27 | 7 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-09-01 | 7 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-09-02 | 7 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-09-11 | 7 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-09-13 | 7 | behind Anthropic, Google, Meta… |
| OpenAI rank among labs | 2026-09-25 | 8 | behind Anthropic, Google, Xiaomi… |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-01-09 | 1 | gpt-4-0314 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-01-18 | 1 | gpt-4-0314 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-01-25 | 1 | gpt-4-0314 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-02-02 | 1 | gpt-4-0125-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-02-15 | 1 | gpt-4-1106-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-03-05 | 1 | gpt-4-1106-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-03-07 | 1 | gpt-4-1106-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-03-13 | 1 | gpt-4-1106-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-03-26 | 2 | gpt-4-1106-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-03-27 | 2 | gpt-4-1106-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-04-03 | 2 | gpt-4-1106-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-04-09 | 2 | gpt-4-1106-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-04-10 | 2 | gpt-4-1106-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-04-11 | 1 | gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-04-13 | 1 | gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-04-18 | 1 | gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-04-19 | 1 | gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-04-22 | 1 | gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-04-26 | 1 | gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-05-01 | 1 | gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-05-08 | 1 | gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-05-15 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-05-16 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-05-19 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-05-20 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-05-27 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-06-02 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-06-06 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-06-11 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-06-17 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-06-21 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-06-23 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-06-26 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-06-29 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-07-06 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-07-08 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-07-16 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-07-22 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-07-25 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-07-30 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-07-31 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-08-01 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-08-05 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-08-06 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-08-13 | 1 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-08-22 | 1 | chatgpt-4o-latest |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-08-23 | 1 | chatgpt-4o-latest |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-08-27 | 1 | chatgpt-4o-latest |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-08-28 | 1 | chatgpt-4o-latest |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-09-04 | 1 | chatgpt-4o-latest |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-09-15 | 2 | gpt-4o-2024-05-13 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-09-17 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-09-27 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-10-07 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-10-15 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-10-23 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-10-28 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-11-04 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-11-12 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-11-13 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-11-20 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-11-21 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-11-22 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-12-01 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-12-05 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-12-10 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-12-15 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-12-18 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-12-22 | 1 | o1-preview |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2024-12-30 | 1 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-01-05 | 1 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-01-15 | 1 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-01-19 | 1 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-01-21 | 1 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-01-22 | 1 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-01-24 | 2 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-01-28 | 2 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-02-03 | 2 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-02-05 | 3 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-02-06 | 3 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-02-09 | 3 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-02-11 | 3 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-02-14 | 3 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-02-17 | 3 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-02-21 | 3 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-02-27 | 3 | o1-2024-12-17 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-03-03 | 2 | gpt-4.5-preview-2025-02-27 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-03-11 | 2 | gpt-4.5-preview-2025-02-27 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-03-15 | 2 | gpt-4.5-preview-2025-02-27 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-03-17 | 2 | gpt-4.5-preview-2025-02-27 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-03-20 | 2 | gpt-4.5-preview-2025-02-27 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-03-25 | 2 | gpt-4.5-preview-2025-02-27 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-03-26 | 1 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-03-30 | 1 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-04-05 | 1 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-04-08 | 1 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-04-09 | 1 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-04-16 | 1 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-04-23 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-05-05 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-05-06 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-05-11 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-05-19 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-05-20 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-05-22 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-06-01 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-06-03 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-06-05 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-06-11 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-06-17 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-06-18 | 1 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-06-24 | 2 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-07-01 | 2 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-07-07 | 2 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-07-15 | 3 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-07-17 | 3 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-07-25 | 3 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-07-28 | 3 | o3-2025-04-16 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-08-01 | 4 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-08-04 | 4 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-08-07 | 2 | gpt-5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-08-14 | 2 | gpt-5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-08-18 | 3 | gpt-5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-08-21 | 5 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-08-27 | 4 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-08-28 | 4 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-09-08 | 5 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-09-17 | 3 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-09-18 | 3 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-09-30 | 4 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-10-01 | 4 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-10-03 | 6 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-10-07 | 4 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-10-16 | 4 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-10-17 | 4 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-11-05 | 7 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-11-06 | 7 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-11-09 | 8 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-11-16 | 13 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-11-17 | 13 | chatgpt-4o-latest-20250326 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-11-18 | 6 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-11-20 | 6 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-11-26 | 4 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-01 | 5 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-04 | 5 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-05 | 5 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-08 | 5 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-11 | 5 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-15 | 4 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-16 | 5 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-18 | 5 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-19 | 5 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-21 | 7 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-23 | 8 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2025-12-30 | 5 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-01-09 | 5 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-01-27 | 8 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-01-29 | 8 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-06 | 12 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-09 | 10 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-10 | 12 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-11 | 14 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-16 | 7 | gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-17 | 6 | gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-19 | 12 | gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-20 | 12 | gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-21 | 16 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-22 | 16 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-24 | 16 | gpt-5.1-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-25 | 16 | gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-02-26 | 16 | gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-03-03 | 18 | gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-03-04 | 16 | gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-03-05 | 15 | gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-03-06 | 17 | gpt-5.2-chat-latest-20260210 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-03-11 | 13 | gpt-5.4 |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-03-16 | 5 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-03-18 | 5 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-03-19 | 5 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-03-20 | 5 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-03-26 | 5 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-03-31 | 5 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-02 | 5 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-07 | 5 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-09 | 5 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-10 | 6 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-14 | 6 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-17 | 9 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-20 | 8 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-22 | 8 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-23 | 8 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-27 | 8 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-28 | 8 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-29 | 8 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-04-30 | 8 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-05-01 | 8 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-05-06 | 10 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-05-07 | 10 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-05-12 | 10 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-05-14 | 10 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-05-18 | 10 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-05-19 | 11 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-05-27 | 10 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-06-03 | 10 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-06-04 | 10 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-06-05 | 10 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-06-10 | 11 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-06-16 | 12 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-06-25 | 12 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-07-02 | 12 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-07-10 | 14 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-07-12 | 14 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-07-14 | 14 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-07-16 | 15 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-07-20 | 15 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-07-21 | 16 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-07-26 | 17 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-07-27 | 18 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-07-30 | 18 | gpt-5.4-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-08-02 | 19 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-08-03 | 18 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-08-06 | 20 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-08-10 | 20 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-08-11 | 20 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-08-12 | 20 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-08-19 | 22 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-08-21 | 22 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-08-27 | 21 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-09-01 | 21 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-09-02 | 24 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-09-11 | 24 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-09-13 | 26 | gpt-5.5-high |
| Rank of best OpenAI model | 2026-09-25 | 26 | gpt-5.5-high |
The Mode read
OpenAI announced GPT-6.1 Sol today and calls it "Near-Astra agentic coding and computer use at one-fifth the API price". The latest Arena snapshot, from 25 Sept 2026, came before it, so it shows where OpenAI stood going into the launch. Its newest models were not near the top: GPT-6 Astra was #64 and GPT-6 Sol #153.
OpenAI held the top spot among labs for 95% of 2024. It last led on the 18 Jun 2025 snapshot with o3-2025-04-16, lost the lead by 24 Jun 2025, and has not had it back in the 458 days since. On 25 Sept 2026 it ranks 8th among labs; its best model, gpt-5.5-high, is #26 and 47 points behind #1. Over the same stretch, OpenAI said ChatGPT went from 800M weekly users (Oct 2025) to 900M (Feb 2026).
The lab with the largest consumer product does not need the best model. ChatGPT is a daily habit, a default name and an app on the home screen. In a Pew survey (Feb 2026), 44% of US adults said they use it, more than any other chatbot. It needs each new model to be good enough and cheap enough to serve that many people. For founders, the order matters: a product with a habit loop can absorb slipping down the board; a product with only quality cannot absorb losing it.
8th among labs on the leaderboard. Still America's most-used chatbot.
What we would back: Consumer products with a daily habit that can swap in whichever model is good enough at the lowest cost.