With the generative AI wave in full swing, OpenAI's ChatGPT is experiencing a surge, approaching nearly 4 billion monthly visits. However, it's not the only thriving AI service. According to Similarweb's latest stats, ChatGPT's website traffic has skyrocketed over 100% this year compared to 2023. Just last month, the platform enjoyed another month of double-digit growth with user numbers increasing by 17. 2% compared to September and 116% over October 2023, totaling 3. 7 billion global visits. Also: Google offers a free AI podcast tool that converts text into stunningly realistic audio. Similarweb reported by early 2023 that ChatGPT had already emerged as one of the largest global sites since its November 2022 launch. Although growth paused in mid-2023, the site has since been breaking records, reaching 2. 2 billion visits in May this year and 3. 7 billion last month. ChatGPT's growth in perspective ChatGPT now surpasses Google Chrome in users, as noted by DigitalTrends. Approximately 3. 45 billion people use Google's browser globally, according to DemandSage statistics. Remarkably, Chrome required nearly 16 years to achieve such growth, whereas ChatGPT did so in roughly two years. Also: I adjusted 5 ChatGPT settings and immediately became more productive - here’s how. Beyond its immense popularity as an AI tool, ChatGPT has expanded through innovation. In recent months, OpenAI has enhanced its core algorithm, added functionalities to its main service, and integrated a search engine into ChatGPT's interface.

Furthermore, ChatGPT now operates as its own domain (chatgpt. com) rather than as a subdomain of OpenAI (openai. com/chatgpt). Yet, ChatGPT isn't the sole player in the AI arena. The rising popularity of generative AI is spreading to other services. Another AI tool experiencing record growth NotebookLM, Google's AI-driven note-taking service, has experienced rapid growth, with user numbers increasing by 300% in September and 201% in October. Also: Google's latest AI tool could become your favorite learning aid - and it's free. Launched in July 2023, NotebookLM gradually captured an audience, witnessing consistent user numbers in September and October. The service aids in gathering notes, documents, web pages, and other research materials, utilizing AI to analyze and summarize sources and even engage in research discussions. NotebookLM is ideal for students and researchers, and it’s praised for creating podcast-style AI summaries of various types of data. Even if not intended for podcast use, it offers a helpful way to review summaries of collected documents and sources. Other AI tools' performance What about other AI tools?Those mentioned by Similarweb haven’t matched ChatGPT's and NotebookLM’s user growth, but they have still achieved remarkable gains. Microsoft's Copilot website saw its traffic rise by 87. 6% in October, reaching 64. 9 million visits, partly due to Microsoft redirecting Bing chats to the Copilot site. Also: Claude AI can now interpret PDFs - here’s how to try it. Last month, Perplexity recorded 90. 8 million visits, an increase of 25. 5% from the prior month and 199. 2% from October 2023. Visits to Claude AI reached 84. 1 million, a 25. 5% rise from September and a 395% increase over the previous October. Finally, Google's Gemini site attracted 291. 6 million visits last month, representing a 6. 2% increase from September and a 19% rise from the previous October.