ChatGPT’s traffic rises again after declining as students return to school

ChatGPT’s traffic is increasing again after declining throughout the summer, according to new estimates from third-party firms, in perhaps the clearest indication yet that the chatbot’s usage is directly impacted by the school calendar in the US.

Desktop and mobile web traffic to the chatbot created by artificial intelligence startup OpenAI climbed by around 12 per cent last week in the US compared to the week prior, according to data intelligence firm SimilarWeb. YipitData, another data analysis firm, said that daily ChatGPT usage hit a low point in August, then improved in the second half of the month.