Information-Seeking Now Makes Up About One in Five Consumer ChatGPT Messages
TLDR
Looking things up now accounts for about as large a share of consumer ChatGPT messages as writing, though the increase is smaller than earlier data suggested.
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Search Engine Journal reports that information-seeking now makes up roughly the same share of consumer ChatGPT messages as writing, though the growth is more modest than earlier figures indicated.
How we got here
- Oct 26Brands ChatGPT Rarely Names Without Search Also Appear Less When It Searches
New comparison-prompt data shows brands ChatGPT rarely names without search also appear less often when it searches, even when cited pages cover them.
- Sep 23ChatGPT ads appear in nearly half of video gaming conversations, Comscore reports
Comscore data reveals ChatGPT ads appeared in 47% of video gaming chats among US desktop users, with growth across three retail categories.
- Sep 9ChatGPT Shopping Prioritizes Product Feed-Integrated Sources
ChatGPT Shopping is increasingly surfacing product results from feed-integrated sources, shifting visibility dynamics for retailers.
- Aug 31ChatGPT now qualifies as a very large online search engine under the EU Digital Services Act
OpenAI's ChatGPT has crossed the EU's threshold for "very large online search engines" based on 159.1 million average monthly search recipients, triggering Digital Services Act obligations.