ChatGPT hits 20% of Google's search query volume
openai says chatgpt now handles one-fifth of google's search query volume, posing a challenge to google's dominance. this development has significant implications for the search engine market.
openai's chatgpt now handles 20% of the search queries that google processes, with adam fry, openai's consumer product lead, making the announcement at a press event. this development is notable as it shows chatgpt is gaining ground on google in search. for comparison, microsoft's bing had about 3% of the search engine market share in 2023, according to microsoft ceo satya nadella. openai likely uses microsoft bing for a significant part of its searches, along with its in-house search index. google has been reducing conventional referrals to third-party sites and investing heavily in ai tools, including ai overview and personalized search results. openai sees a potential path to profitability through ads, similar to google.