Vendor dataAll sizesGlobal
9.5 billion
average monthly web visits to generative AI platforms worldwide, June 2025 to May 2026, up 70% in a year
Similarweb, Similarweb AI search statistics (2026 Generative AI Landscape), Jun 2025-May 2026
Vendor dataUpdated 23 Oct 2026
53%approximate share of worldwide generative AI website visits that went to ChatGPT in May 2026, down from about 76% a year earlier
53% approximate share of worldwide generative AI website visits that went to ChatGPT in May 2026, down from about 76% a year earlier (May 2026, Similarweb, Similarweb AI search statistics (2026 Generative AI Landscape))
Vendor dataChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026All sizesGlobalAI search and zero-click · AI traffic
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53% approximate share of worldwide generative AI website visits that went to ChatGPT in May 2026, down from about 76% a year earlier (May 2026).
53%
the latest figure (May 2026)
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Why you can trust it. Similarweb, Similarweb AI search statistics (2026 Generative AI Landscape): vendor data, a company measuring its own customers or panel.
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- Period May 2026
- Region Global
- Company size All sizes
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Source: Similarweb, Similarweb AI search statistics (2026 Generative AI Landscape), May 2026
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- Similarweb, Similarweb AI search statistics (2026 Generative AI Landscape)
- Source type
- Vendor data: A company measuring its own customers or panel
- What it measures
- 53% approximate share of worldwide generative AI website visits that went to ChatGPT in May 2026, down from about 76% a year earlier
- Data period
- May 2026 (ends 31 May 2026)
- Published by the source
- 29 Jul 2026
- In the source's words
ChatGPT’s share of generative AI website visits fell from about 76% in June 2025 to roughly 53% by May 2026, a drop of more than 20 percentage points in twelve months.
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Live similarweb.com page returned 403 to automated readers; read on the archived copy of this exact page (web.archive.org, 2026 snapshot). Vendor panel data. Value is 'roughly 53%'.
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- Cite with attribution. Panel estimates; live page blocked automated readers.
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- Yearly report (Similarweb, yearly report, monthly blog updates)
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- www.similarweb.com: Similarweb AI search statistics (2026 Generative AI Landscape)
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"53% approximate share of worldwide generative AI website visits that went to ChatGPT in May 2026, down from about 76% a year earlier." Similarweb, Similarweb AI search statistics (2026 Generative AI Landscape), May 2026. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-search/chatgpt-share-of-gen-ai-visits.
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