AI chatbots are gaining momentum, but they’re not replacing search engines—at least not yet.
From April 2024 to March 2025, top chatbots saw an 80.92% year-over-year growth, reaching 55.2 billion visits, according to onelittleweb.com.
ChatGPT leads the pack with 86.32% of that traffic.
However, the dominance of search engines remains unchallenged.
Google alone received 1.63 trillion visits during the same period, despite a minor 0.51% dip.
In total, the top 10 search engines logged 1.86 trillion visits—over 34 times more than all AI chatbots combined.
Daily, the gap is even more stark: search engines draw 5.5 billion visits versus chatbots’ 233.1 million.
Google averages 4.7 billion daily visits, while ChatGPT sees about 185 million.
While chatbot engagement is surging, the data confirms they currently serve as a complement rather than a replacement to search engines.
With generative AI adoption growing, chatbots may play a bigger role in how users seek information—but traditional search remains deeply embedded in online behaviour.
In short, AI chatbots are growing fast, but search engines still form the backbone of digital discovery.
