OpenAI Executive Says ChatGPT Search Volume Has Reached 20% of Google's
Adam Fry, head of consumer product for OpenAI ChatGPT, told the media that ChatGPT's search query volume now reaches roughly one-fifth of Google's search query volume, while ChatGPT is only about a year and a half old. He also said that OpenAI added 200 million users in the past two months, with weekly active users rising to 1.2 billion; users create 1.5 billion images per week with ChatGPT, and voice mode has 250 million weekly active users. Fry believes that ChatGPT's personalization and contextual understanding are its advantages over search engines, while Google CEO Pichai previously said that search and chatbots are not a zero-sum game.
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An OpenAI executive stated that ChatGPT's search volume is about one-fifth of Google's, and disclosed weekly active user and voice and image usage data, which can serve as a reference for observing the migration of search entry points.
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Google's nightmare is not over yet. After investors questioned whether its search business could be hit by AI competitors, OpenAI has seized the moment to add some "hard evidence."
Adam Fry, head of consumer product for ChatGPT, recently told the media that ChatGPT's search query volume now reaches roughly one-fifth of Google's search query volume, with momentum growing fiercely—and ChatGPT has only been around for about a year and a half.
He stressed that people initially used ChatGPT to seek help with writing or programming, but over the past year, people's interests have spread to various areas, including searches for people, places and events, as well as financial or health questions. Basically, the content users used to search for with search engines is now increasingly being searched with ChatGPT.
Fry also added that OpenAI gained 200 million new users over the past two months, with weekly active users jumping to 1.2 billion. Users create 1.5 billion images per week with ChatGPT, and ChatGPT's voice mode has 250 million weekly active users.
The challenge facing Google
Fry pointed out that one of ChatGPT's biggest advantages over Google Search is its personalization features and contextual understanding. For example, when people ask "How tall is the Eiffel Tower," a general search engine treats it as a one-off question, but ChatGPT may understand through context that the user might be traveling to Paris—and this relevance makes users more willing to use ChatGPT.
A report released by the Pew Research Center this summer shows that the main use of AI at present is searching for information: 42% of U.S. adults said they had used AI to search for information. Of those, 44% said they had used ChatGPT, while second-ranked Gemini had only 24%.
Google has not yet responded to the threat of ChatGPT's surging search volume, but its CEO Pichai discussed the topic last year. He believes that Google Search and chatbots are not a zero-sum game—as chatbot user numbers expand, Google Search query volume has also grown.
At the same time, some point out that chatbots still have hallucination problems, so the content they search out is not entirely reliable; blindly following the advice they give could even lead to serious consequences.
Nevertheless, investors are increasingly questioning whether Google's search business can maintain its dominance. Some point out that years of substantial monopoly have made Google complacent and lax, causing Google Search to become worse and worse, and it could lose its market to chatbots at any time.
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