Eseandre Mordi
The AI chatbot race is getting crowded, and the numbers are starting to tell a clear story. Anthropic's Claude has been quietly racking up users at a pace that's turning heads across the industry, even as it competes against platforms with dramatically larger user bases.
Claude Hits 79 Million Weekly Visits, Up 122% in Six Weeks
According to Similarweb data, Claude's consumer traffic has grown 2.2x in just six weeks, climbing from 34.5 million weekly visits on December 24, 2024, to roughly 79 million by February 16, 2025. That's an absolute gain of 42+ million weekly visits and a 122% jump in total traffic over the period.
To put that in context: ChatGPT recently reached a new record of 25,679M daily active users and currently pulls in over 1.32 billion weekly visits. Gemini sits around 539 million. Claude is still a fraction of those numbers in raw scale, but the trajectory is what's catching attention.
Faster Growth Rate Than ChatGPT and Gemini in 2025
Year-to-date comparisons paint an interesting picture. Claude's ~120% growth dwarfs both Gemini (~40%) and ChatGPT (~20%) over the same timeframe. That gap suggests Claude is expanding its reach at a fundamentally different pace, even if it's starting from a smaller base.
Claude's growth rate is notably stronger year-to-date, up ~120%, compared with ~40% for Gemini and ~20% for ChatGPT within the same period.
This momentum doesn't exist in a vacuum. Anthropic has reported that Claude's productivity gains on complex tasks jumped 40%, reflecting ongoing model improvements that appear to be resonating with users. Meanwhile, Gemini Deep Think hit a score of 90 on a key proof benchmark, a reminder that technical competition across the sector is accelerating fast.
What this data ultimately signals is a fast-moving market where newer platforms can gain meaningful share in a matter of weeks. Claude's surge shows that users are actively exploring alternatives, and that strong model performance can translate directly into traffic growth. Whether this pace continues as the market matures remains to be seen, but for now, the trend line is firmly pointing upward.
Eseandre Mordi
