OpenAI's ChatGPT Surpasses Elon Musk's X To Rank Sixth Most Visited Website Globally
OpenAI's AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, has achieved a significant milestone by surpassing Elon Musk's X and Yahoo in web traffic, securing the sixth spot among the most-visited websites worldwide in January 2025.
What Happened:
Last week, Similarweb released its latest desktop traffic rankings for January 2025. The rankings indicated that Alphabet Inc.'s Google maintained its dominance with a 29.21% traffic share, followed by YouTube at 20.40%. Meta Platforms, Inc.'s Facebook held the third spot with 5.08%, while WhatsApp and Instagram secured the fourth and fifth positions, respectively.
ChatGPT witnessed a remarkable month-over-month increase of 5.91%, capturing a 2.33% traffic share and outperforming X, which formerly operated as Twitter and now ranks seventh at 1.92%. Yahoo holds the eighth position on the list. Reddit Inc. and Netflix Inc. complete the top ten rankings.
Top 10 Apps in the U.S. (iPhone) in January:
Similarweb also revealed the top 10 apps in the U.S. (iPhone) for January, including DeepSeek - AI Assistant, ChatGPT, Threads, Block Blast!, TurboTax: File Your Tax Return, T-Life, Google, Google Gemini, Flip: Watch, Create, Shop, and Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire.
The list above highlights the top apps in the U.S. for January, distinct from the ranking of websites previously discussed.
Why It’s Important:
In December 2022, shortly after the public release of ChatGPT, Google acknowledged its growing popularity and declared a "code red," recognizing its potential threat to Google's search dominance. OpenAI continued to challenge Google by introducing ChatGPT Search in October 2024, a feature that provided real-time information, typically associated with search engines.
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By December, OpenAI extended this feature to all users, including those on the free tier, thereby enhancing its accessibility and impact. Meanwhile, Elon Musk, who co-founded OpenAI and later parted ways in 2018, reportedly made a significant bid of $97.4 billion to regain control of the company.
This development signifies a new era of competition and innovation in the AI and chatbot space, with OpenAI's ChatGPT making waves in the digital landscape.
