Search engines still beat AI chatbots 19.6x in web traffic
In June 2026 search engines drew 162.19 billion monthly web visits versus 8.26 billion for AI chatbots, a 19.6x gap. Google alone generated 98.19 billion visits, while ChatGPT had 5.32 billion, Gemini 1.14 billion and Claude 967.91 million.
- Search engines: 162.19B monthly visits vs 8.26B for AI chatbots
- Google drew 98.19B visits, 18.5x more than ChatGPT
- ChatGPT holds 64.4% of all chatbot traffic
- Google and YouTube account for 92.74% of search traffic
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