Eseandre Mordi
⬤ OpenAI's ChatGPT just hit a massive milestone for its third birthday—it's now the 5th most-visited site globally, pulling in 173 million daily visits on average with 120% year-over-year traffic growth. Similarweb's tracking shows a steady climb from late 2022 through late 2025, with things really taking off over the past year as generative AI went mainstream across industries worldwide.
⬤ The data reveals some fascinating growth phases. Early 2023 saw the initial explosion, but the real surge kicked in around mid-2024. Daily visits rocketed from 20–40 million during the platform's early days to over 160 million by late 2025, with recent peaks breaking 200 million. That kind of traffic puts ChatGPT right up there with the internet's biggest players. The timing matches perfectly with the rollout of advanced multimodal capabilities, wider international reach, and deeper integration into everyday productivity tools.
⬤ This traffic explosion shows how quickly AI tools are becoming essential for everyday tasks. People and businesses are using generative models for everything from communication to research to automation, fundamentally changing how we search for information and create content. Sustaining this kind of real-time activity demands serious infrastructure investment—something that's reshaping the cloud computing landscape.
⬤ ChatGPT's jump into the top 5 websites marks a turning point in how we interact with the internet. The platform's growth trajectory proves that AI-driven tools are becoming standard equipment for digital life, raising the bar for what users expect from intelligent, responsive experiences. As adoption keeps accelerating, ChatGPT's rising dominance is influencing market sentiment around AI investment, infrastructure needs, and the future direction of next-gen technology.
Eseandre Mordi
