OpenAI says ChatGPT search volume has reached about one-fifth of Google’s

The comparison signals real momentum for AI search, though outside data shows Google still dominates where traffic and clicks are concerned OpenAI says ChatGPT now handles search volume equal to about one-fifth of Google’s. The company adds that its share is growing quickly. What the numbers actually say The core claim is about volume, not market share. OpenAI is comparing how many queries flow through ChatGPT against the queries Google processes. That distinction matters. The research behind this story notes that OpenAI has not directly claimed a “20% search market share” in its official communications. That label grew out of how the figure was interpreted in media coverage. Outside estimates land in a similar neighborhood. ChatGPT processes approximately 2.5 billion prompts per day as of mid-2025. That works out to about 18% of Google’s daily search queries, a comparison built on third-party data reflecting January 2025 estimates of Google’s volume. Someone asking ChatGPT to rewrite a cover letter is generating a prompt. They are not doing anything Google would count as a query. That gap is why other trackers produce much smaller numbers. When analysts try to isolate only the sea...