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openai.com's earlier reading can't be compared fairly.
ChatGPT moved from chat.openai.com to chatgpt.com during 2024 and 2025, so openai.com's search traffic moved with it.
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
63.7M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
15.7M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
n/a
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+9%
change in keywords ranking top 3
Estimated search traffic
openai.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
openai.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 40,079 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 291,191 in Oct 2024.
How often AI answers cite openai.com
Engine
Citations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPT
11,122
Google AI Mode
1,392
Gemini
663
Ahrefs AI responses index, captured 28 October 2026, United States, including subdomains.
Five questions we ask the AI engines about openai.com
Written from the site's own top Google keywords, keeping the intent of the search.
Engine
Named
Linked
ChatGPT
5 of 5
5 of 5
Google AI Mode
5 of 5
5 of 5
Gemini
5 of 5
4 of 5
Give me an overview of “chat gpt”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “chat gpt”
What can I do with ChatGPT’s free version, and what are its limitations?from the keyword “chatgpt free”
Give me an overview of “chatgpt”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “chatgpt”
Give me an overview of “chat gbt”, with links to reliable sources.from the keyword “chat gbt”
What is OpenAI, and where can I find official information about its products and research?from the keyword “openai”
Visits since ChatGPT launched
all visits, Nov 2022
4.6M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
80.5M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
10.5M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
22.5M
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.
