OpenAI: ChatGPT search query volume has reached 20% of Google's

OpenAI said ChatGPT's search query volume has reached 20% of Google's search query volume, according to comments from Adam Fry, who leads consumer product for ChatGPT, at a media event reported by The Verge on November 4. The metric counts queries that trigger a web search after user input and excludes tasks such as word definitions or simple instructions, and OpenAI did not disclose the source of the Google comparison data. Fry also said OpenAI is exploring visual, interactive search interfaces within chatbot answers and that advertising has not negatively affected the product or usage. The disclosure offers a rare public benchmark of ChatGPT's challenge to Google's core search franchise, though the lack of methodology details limits comparability. Watch for OpenAI to publish more rigorous search metrics and to roll out interactive answer formats as it tests advertising and other monetization.