In September 2024, the number of visits to ChatGPT surpassed Microsoft Bing for the first time, reaching 3.1 billion. This milestone achievement marks a major change in the AI chatbot market structure. The editor of Downcodes will explain in detail the rapid development of ChatGPT and the reasons behind it, and analyze its competitive situation with other AI applications. Data shows that ChatGPT is growing at an alarming rate, and its mobile applications are also performing strongly, far exceeding similar products. OpenAI's strategic adjustment plays a key role in this.
In September 2024, OpenAI's ChatGPT ushered in a milestone achievement, and its visits surpassed Microsoft's Bing search engine for the first time. The AI chatbot has seen significant growth in usage on both web and mobile apps.
According to data from Similarweb, ChatGPT’s official website received more than 3.1 billion global visits last month, an increase of 112% year-on-year and an increase of 18.7% from August.
This achievement is not only the pride of ChatGPT, its traffic far exceeds that of many other AI chatbots, such as Claude.ai, Perplexity.ai and Character.ai. Even Microsoft's Bing, which is increasingly positioning itself as a platform for AI applications, had only 1.8 billion visits in September. While ChatGPT is very prominent on the web, competitors like Google Gemini offer services on multiple platforms, so the overall competitive gap may not be that big.
It is worth noting that ChatGPT is now the eleventh most visited website in the world. Although there is still a gap with Google (82 billion times) and YouTube (28 billion times), it has surpassed Amazon.com with 2.6 billion visits. . Such data reflects the growing importance of AI services in the global Internet ecosystem.
In the United States, ChatGPT surpassed Bing for the first time in September, with 443 million visits and 404 million visits respectively. This trend shows that as ChatGPT continues to grow, user interest and engagement are also increasing. Unlike an initial peak in 2023, which followed a decline, ChatGPT showed steady growth in 2024.
Moreover, ChatGPT's mobile application also performed very strongly, with monthly active users in the United States and the United Kingdom increasing by 109% and 200.7% respectively. Globally, based on Android data, application usage has grown by 249%. In contrast, the growth of competitors such as Bing and Microsoft CoPilot appears to be moderate or even declining.
ChatGPT's rapid development is mainly due to OpenAI's expansion of its free services. Users now have free access to its best models along with limited image generation capabilities. Although this strategy increases operating costs and puts pressure on profitability, OpenAI needs to prove that it can convert these free users into paying users.
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? ChatGPT’s global visits exceeded 3.1 billion in September 2024, surpassing the Bing search engine for the first time.
In the United States, ChatGPT has been visited 443 million times, showing its continued growth trend.
OpenAI has expanded ChatGPT’s free services, which may affect its future profitability.
The success of ChatGPT has undoubtedly injected new vitality into the AI chatbot market and also brought new challenges to OpenAI. In the future, it remains to be seen whether ChatGPT can continue to maintain its leading position and successfully achieve commercialization. The editor of Downcodes will continue to pay attention to its development and bring more exciting reports to readers.