ChatGPT had 80.48% of worldwide AI chatbot referral share in September 2026 (StatCounter)
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- Commonly cited as
- "What is ChatGPT's market share?" / "Which AI chatbot is most used?"
- True origin
- StatCounter Global Stats — AI Chatbot Market Share Worldwide (September 2026)
- Type
- Reference fact: A frequently needed number or rule taken directly from a primary source (e.g. Pew, Census, IAB/PwC, FTC), with its as-of date.
- Year
- 2026
- Data as of
- September 2026 (monthly data)
- Last checked
- What the source says
AI Chatbot Market Share Worldwide - September 2026 ChatGPT 80.48 % Google Gemini 10.91 % Perplexity 5.85 % Microsoft Copilot 1.79 % Claude 0.95 % Deepseek 0.02 %
- Method & sample
- Share of referral traffic from AI chatbots to websites in StatCounter's network; not share of users or prompts.
- Drift between quote and source
- Metric: referrals to websites, not usage; chatbots that link out more score higher
- Interest
- StatCounter sells web analytics.
Safe rephrasing
StatCounter's September 2026 data showed ChatGPT sending 80.48% of AI-chatbot referral traffic to websites in its network, ahead of Gemini (10.91%) and Perplexity (5.85%); this measures referrals, not users.
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