OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) tools showed a surge in website traffic in the past two months, with Google a distant second and DeepSeek catching up quickly. According to new data from Similarweb, which tracks website traffic, daily average visits to ChatGPT and other OpenAI application programming interface (API) sites markedly jumped in April and continued [] The post OpenAI Gaining Market Share in AI Tools, With Google a Far Second appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More. A new report released by the publicly traded market research and intelligence firm SimilarWeb—covering global web traffic patterns for AI-related platforms for 12 weeks through May 9, 2025—offers a helpful look for enterprises and interested users into the current landscape of generative AI usage online.Using proprietary analytics based on site visits, the report tracks trends across sectors including general-purpose AI tools, coding assistants, content generators, and more.It also maps the downstream disruption of traditional sectors like education, search, and digital freelancing.Why this report matters to enterprise technical decision-makersFor enterprise AI leaders—particularly those responsible for model deployment, orchestration, or data integration—this report is more than just a consumer trend snapshot. It’s a map of user familiarity and expectation. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, and Grok are what employees are already using at home or experimenting with informally at work. If your internal AI apps or copilots don’t match the baseline experience offered by these tools, you risk user rejection and poor adoption