OpenAI says ChatGPT search volume is about one-fifth of Google's

OpenAI says ChatGPT receives about one-fifth as many search-like queries as Google, according to its consumer product lead Adam Fry. The claim was made at a New York dinner and published by Big Technology on Tuesday. Fry defined a search as each question that sends ChatGPT to the web, noting users increasingly ask about people, places, and current events. He did not specify the Google baseline, time period, or regions covered in the comparison. Outside data differs, with Ahrefs estimating ChatGPT’s search volume at 12 percent of Google’s in February and tracking only 0.36 percent of website referrals versus Google’s 24.74 percent in October.