ChatGPT maker OpenAI is the fastest-growing website globally

OpenAI, the firm behind the AI sensation ChatGPT, is now the fastest-growing leading website globally. The website (openai.com) that gives you access to the generative AI tool has climbed up to the 18th spot in the global ranking just a few months after it burst onto the scene. It is on the way to reaching one billion monthly active users (MAU) in a record time.

According to an analysis by research firm VezaDigital, based on data from Similarweb, OpenAI grew by 54.21 in traffic volume in March of this year. The website had 847.8 million unique visitors during the month. This helped it climb nine spots to become the world’s 18th most-visited website (from 27th). OpenAI had leaped 24 spots in February, climbing from the 51st spot to the 27th.

This staggering growth means the ChatGPT creator is the fastest-growing website among the top 50 most visited sites globally. It is “easily the greatest increase of all the top-ranking websites worldwide,” the report states. OpenAI surpassed the one-billion-visits milestone in February and grew to 1.6 billion total visits in March. One of every nine visitors is from the US, which is the website’s biggest source of traffic.

“The ChatGPT phenomenon spread like wildfire at the end of 2022 and we expect it to soon break all records of being the fastest-ever website to reach one billion monthly active users in such an incredibly short space of time,” said Stefan Katanic, CEO of VezaDigital. “This is indicative of a clear public interest in AI-powered solutions… We believe that AI will play a big role in over 50 percent of businesses in the next five years.”

The ChatGPT website growing exponentially isn’t a surprise

ChatGPT is all the rage right now. It has been so over the past few months. Launched in late November last year, the generative AI tool has taken the world by storm, so much so that several other established tech companies are rushing to create their own alternatives. It’s no wonder that the website is seeing exponential growth in MAUs.

However, the growth may slow down in the coming months due to a couple of reasons. For one, Google Bard (bard.google.com) is now available to the public, giving direct competition to ChatGPT. Moreover, chat.openai.com is no longer the only way to access the service. OpenAI recently launched an iOS app for ChatGPT, with an Android app planned too. Nonetheless, the AI rage is here to stay. Watch this space for the availability of the ChatGPT Android app.