OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT, is no longer poised to grow into the world’s most frequented website. Its traffic has notably declined for the first time.
According to preliminary data, worldwide desktop and mobile web traffic to ChatGPT’s website decreased by 9.7% from May to June. Consequently, Google remains unchallenged as the top trafficked website globally.
ChatGPT Hype Stabilizes
Unique visitor numbers to ChatGPT fell 5.7% worldwide, while user engagement, measured by time spent on the site, was also down by 8.5%.
A recent report revelas that despite the downswing in traffic, ChatGPT still attracts more global visitors than both Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, and Character.AI, a leading stand-alone artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot site.
Intriguingly, Character.AI saw a more severe decline in visitor numbers. Its global visits plummeted by 32% month-over-month, even though its traffic remains significantly higher than in June 2022.
Despite these reductions, it is evident that AI chatbots continue to command significant attention.

June marked a turning point for ChatGPT, with both traffic and engagement beginning to fall after months of surging growth. While ChatGPT’s expansion within the United States was never as striking on a global scale, it too began to dwindle in June.
Author: Bary Rahma