The rapid growth of generative AI tools continues to reshape the technology landscape, with ChatGPT leading the charge while other platforms gain significant momentum.
Record-breaking growth: ChatGPT’s website traffic has more than doubled in 2024 compared to the previous year, reaching unprecedented levels of user engagement.
- Monthly visits to ChatGPT reached 3.7 billion in October 2024, representing a 17.2% increase from September and a 116% jump from October 2023
- The platform surpassed Google Chrome‘s user base in just two years, a milestone that took Chrome nearly 16 years to achieve
- After a brief plateau in mid-2023, ChatGPT has consistently broken records, with monthly visits growing from 2.2 billion in May to 3.7 billion in October 2024
Platform evolution: OpenAI has implemented several strategic improvements to maintain ChatGPT’s competitive edge.
- Recent upgrades include enhanced core algorithms and expanded functionality in the main service
- The integration of a search engine within the ChatGPT interface has broadened its utility
- A transition to a dedicated domain (chatgpt.com) from its previous subdomain structure has streamlined user access
Emerging competitors: Google’s NotebookLM has emerged as a notable player in the AI space, showing remarkable growth trajectory.
- The AI-powered note-taking service experienced a 300% increase in monthly users during September, followed by a 201% surge in October
- NotebookLM’s ability to create podcast-style AI summaries of various data types has contributed to its growing popularity
- The platform serves as a comprehensive research tool, enabling users to collect, analyze, and summarize multiple sources of information
Market landscape: Other AI platforms have maintained steady growth, albeit at a slower pace than the market leaders.
- Microsoft Copilot’s traffic grew by 87.6% in October, reaching 64.9 million visits
- Perplexity achieved 90.8 million visits, marking a 25.5% monthly increase and a 199.2% year-over-year growth
- Claude AI recorded 84.1 million visits, showing a 25.5% monthly increase and a 395% year-over-year growth
- Google’s Gemini site attracted 291.6 million visits, with more modest growth rates of 6.2% monthly and 19% annually
Looking ahead: While ChatGPT maintains its dominant position, the rapid rise of specialized tools like NotebookLM suggests a growing market segmentation where different AI platforms cater to specific use cases and user needs, potentially leading to a more diverse and specialized AI tools ecosystem.
ChatGPT continues to dominate, but this Google AI tool is picking up steam fast