OpenAI Says ChatGPT Search Query Volume Is About 20% of Google's
Adam Fry, OpenAI's head of consumer product, confirmed that search-type queries on ChatGPT are roughly equivalent to 20% of Google's search query volume. According to Business Insider, surveys show that 44% of surveyed U.S. adults have used ChatGPT, with Gemini ranking second at 24%; 38% of surveyed working adults have used AI to handle work tasks. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai previously said that chatbots and Google Search are far from a zero-sum game.
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The comparison that ChatGPT search query volume is about 20% of Google's provides a quantifiable reference point for the competition between chatbots and traditional search.
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2026-11-04 07:16 IT Home - Qingyuan
IT Home, November 4: According to a report by Business Insider in the early hours of today (the 4th), OpenAI's challenge to Google Search has now "achieved initial results." Adam Fry, head of consumer products at ChatGPT, confirmed that the volume of search-type queries on ChatGPT is roughly equivalent to 20% of Google's search query volume.
Work purposes ranked second, with 38% of employed adults surveyed having used AI to handle work tasks. Uses such as entertainment, getting news, and seeking medical advice were relatively less common.
This survey was not specifically about ChatGPT. The report noted that ChatGPT is the most popular among AI chatbots. 44% of U.S. adults surveyed have used ChatGPT, while Gemini, which ranked second, stood at only 24%.
According to IT Home's understanding, last year, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai also discussed the competition between AI chatbots and Google Search in an interview with Bloomberg reporter Emily Chang.
Pichai said at the time: "Chatbot user numbers have reached hundreds of millions, but our search query volume is also growing. So I think this is far from a zero-sum game. To give a similar example, after TikTok emerged, everyone started using TikTok, but YouTube also kept growing during that period, and performed very well."