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chatgpt.com's earlier reading can't be compared fairly.

The Oct 2024 Ahrefs reading for chatgpt.com is close to zero for a site that was already large, which points to a data fault. Its change of +1750% is left out of every median and count on this site.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
7.8M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
143.6M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
n/a
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+77%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

0107.0M214.1M2024-10-03: Ads in AI Overviews go live on US mobile2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-05: AI Mode opens in Search Labs (US)2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-05-20: AI Mode rolls out to all US users2025-05-21: Ads in AI Mode and desktop AI Overviews (US)2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-09-18: AI Mode announced for Chrome address bar2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-02-05: February 2026 Discover core update2026-03-27: March 2026 core update2026-05-19: I/O 2026: AI Mode hits 1 billion users, Gemini 3.5 Flash2026-05-20: AI Overviews and AI Mode combined worldwide2026-05-21: May 2026 core update2026-09-29: AI Mode information monitoring for all usersOct 20247.8MOct 2025194.6MOct 2026143.6M
chatgpt.com, Ahrefs estimated monthly organic search traffic, United States. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Keywords ranking in Google's top three

010K19K2024-10-03: Ads in AI Overviews go live on US mobile2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-05: AI Mode opens in Search Labs (US)2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-05-20: AI Mode rolls out to all US users2025-05-21: Ads in AI Mode and desktop AI Overviews (US)2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-09-18: AI Mode announced for Chrome address bar2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-02-05: February 2026 Discover core update2026-03-27: March 2026 core update2026-05-19: I/O 2026: AI Mode hits 1 billion users, Gemini 3.5 Flash2026-05-20: AI Overviews and AI Mode combined worldwide2026-05-21: May 2026 core update2026-09-29: AI Mode information monitoring for all usersOct 20248KOct 202518KOct 202614K
chatgpt.com, keywords ranking positions 1 to 3, United States. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Points are Ahrefs Site Explorer estimates for the first of each month shown. Months in between are being collected. All 23,168 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 98,523 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite chatgpt.com

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT1,123
Google AI Mode1,421
Gemini104

Ahrefs AI responses index, captured 28 October 2026, United States, including subdomains.

Five questions we ask the AI engines about chatgpt.com

Written from the site's own top Google keywords, keeping the intent of the search.

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT5 of 53 of 5
Google AI Mode4 of 51 of 5
Gemini5 of 50 of 5
  1. What is ChatGPT, and what are its main features and limitations?from the keyword “chatgpt”
  2. Give me an overview of “chatgbt”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “chatgbt”
  3. Give me an overview of “chat gbt”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “chat gbt”
  4. How does ChatGPT work, and where can I find reliable information about using it?from the keyword “chat gpt”
  5. Give me an overview of “gpt”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “gpt”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Dec 2022
276K
all visits, Dec 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
1.1B
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
102.7M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
1.9M
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026

Semrush Traffic Analytics modelled visits, United States, a separate source from the Ahrefs estimates above. Semrush restates this data on 9 November 2026.

chatgpt.com is also in the top 100 in Australia and United Kingdom.