ChatGPT rivals Google Chrome in monthly usage, pointing to a potential shift from browsers to bots

The news: ChatGPT, OpenAI’s generative AI (genAI) chatbot, now rivals Google’s Chrome browser in monthly usage.

  • ChatGPT had 3.7 billion visits in October compared with Chrome’s 3.45 billion, per Digital Trends.
  • The chatbot’s traffic is growing at a rate of 17.2% month over month (MoM) and 115.9% YoY, per Similarweb