~/chatgpt-export $ analyse conversations.json _

ChatGPT History, Mapped (Sample Data)

Point a few charts at a ChatGPT export and a shape appears: what you reach for it for, when you use it, and how that drifts over a couple of years. Below is a worked example on invented data.

Volume over time

Conversations per month

24 months, January 2024 to December 2025. A gentle climb as the habit settles in.

What and when

Topics breakdown

Conversations grouped into ten plain buckets.

Activity by hour of day

Local time. Quiet overnight, busy in the evening.

Activity by day of week

Weekdays carry most of it, weekends ease off.

Topic mix over time

By quarter. Learning rises, travel comes in seasonal waves.

Top topics, read out loud

Topic Conversations Share What this says

This is the method, not anyone's real history. The numbers above were rolled from a random generator the moment this page loaded.

Your own version comes from your own export: in ChatGPT, open Settings > Data controls > Export, download the file, and point the same charts at it. It never has to leave your machine.