ChatGPT appears to be growing rapidly by the day. According to the latest data previously shared by the platform, this generative artificial intelligence service now boasts 1.2 billion weekly active users.
Beyond answering a wide range of questions, ChatGPT is also being used as a search engine to retrieve up-to-date information. In an interview with *BigTechnology*, it was noted that the volume of searches conducted on ChatGPT is now approaching 20% of the volume seen on Google. This effectively positions ChatGPT as a competitor to the search engine space—a domain long dominated by Google.
According to the data, any query that leads to a web search is counted as a "search." Data from *TickerTrends* indicates that, as of October 2026, the volume of searches performed by OpenAI’s bots reached 18% of the volume generated by Googlebot.
As for you—have you started using ChatGPT for your searches, or do you still rely on Google?
