ChatGPT, the famous OpenAI artificial intelligence chatbot, reported another decline in its monthly visits in August. It is already the third month in fall, according to webanalysis. However, the data firm ensures that it is possible that, from now on, the traffic begins to stabilize.
Desktop web and mobile app visits worldwide they fell 3.2%, to settle at 1.43 billion visits in August. ChatGPT had registered a decline close to 10%, both in June and July.
Users are also not using the chatbot the same amount of time. Dwell time has decreased an average of 8.7 minutes since March this year. In August, usage time reached 7 minutes, according to Analisisweb measurements cited by Reuters.
Although visits continue to drop, unique users got a little boost. Worldwide, ChatGPT managed to pass in August of 180 million unique users to 180.5 million.
The start of the school term in September in the US and in other parts of the world could help traffic. In fact, during August, it rose slightly, the web analytics company said.
The students, the explanation of the drop in ChatGPT traffic
“Students seeking help with homework seem to be part of the explanation: the percentage of younger website users dropped over the summer and is now starting to pick up,” said David Carr, a spokesman for Similarweb.
ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users last January, just two months after its launch. It was the fastest growing app, until Meta launched Threads, its new platform to compete with X, formerly known as Twitter.
ChatGPT is still one of the 30 most important websites in the world, in accordance with Reuters. In August, OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise, an option designed especially for companies, focused on privacy and security.
Meanwhile, the competition continues to grow. Apart from the new updates to Bard, the Google chatbot, The Information ensures that Apple is investing millions of dollars a day in the development of new artificial intelligence systems. The Cupertino company would be working on different products and one of them could be a more powerful language model than ChatGPT.
ChatGPT, however, is still by far the most widely used chatbot. According to data from webanalysis, Bard and the Character.AI platform are the closest competition. However, none are yet above 500 million monthly visits worldwide.