ChatGPT Claims to Have Achieved 20% of Google's Search Volume

Key Points:

• OpenAI’s ChatGPT claims to handle about 20% of the search volume that Google does, potentially making it the world’s second-largest search engine, though its method of defining "search-like queries" is subjective.
• ChatGPT currently has approximately 1.2 billion weekly active users, with a recent increase of 200 million users in the past two months, and generates around 1.5 billion images per week.
• About 250 million people reportedly use ChatGPT Voice, a feature allowing users to interact with the AI through speech, which has gained popularity on platforms like TikTok.
• Despite these large user figures, OpenAI has not disclosed updated numbers on paying subscribers beyond the last public figure of 50 million, suggesting a conversion rate of roughly 5%.
• Previous standalone Google-like products from OpenAI, such as SearchGPT and ChatGPT Atlas, failed to gain significant traction and were eventually discontinued or integrated into ChatGPT.