ChatGPT jumped to sixth in the world, surpassing Netflix and Reddit

According to Similarweb statistics, ChatGPT (chatgpt.com) has climbed to the sixth largest website in global visits in January 2025. The AI ​​chat platform currently accounts for 2.33% of global Internet traffic, up 5.91% from last month. This growth momentum shows an increasing number of users’ tendency to use AI tools to get answers, write help and information.

Among global website traffic, Google still ranks first in the market, with 29.21% of traffic share, and YouTube follows closely behind, with 20.40% of the market share. When forwarding relevant rankings, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted that ChatGPT still has a long way to go before catching up with Google.

Other websites that entered the top ten include Facebook, with a traffic share of 5.08%, WhatsApp accounted for 3.15%, Instagram accounted for 2.36%, X (formerly Twitter accounted for 1.92%, Yahoo accounted for 1.88%, Reddit accounted for 1.62%, and Netflix traffic The share is 1.60%. This shows that ChatGPT's user base is gradually expanding and the market demand for its AI tools is growing.

As ChatGPT continues to optimize and improve, its traffic and number of users may further increase in the future. Although it has been suggested that ChatGPT may pose a threat to Google's dominance, it seems that all this will take time to verify. However, OpenAI's success in this achievement cannot be ignored.

It is worth mentioning that OpenAI recently announced that its ChatGPT search function has been open to all users without registration, further facilitating users' use. This move may also help ChatGPT's traffic growth and attract more users to experience this powerful AI tool.