I’ve had many discussions here on LinkedIn about who is leading the AI Chatbot race.
There is a lot of noise about new features and personal opinions.
But if we look at the actual usage data, the answer is boringly simple.
ChatGPT is the undisputed king.đź‘‘
I was looking at this desktop user panel by Datos, A Semrush Company:
- ChatGPT: used by over 40% of users.
- Gemini: growing, yes. But still less than 10% market share.
Gemini has less than a quarter of GPT’s users. Despite the Google ecosystem, Android default etc.
OpenAI released a paper a couple of months ago that explains exactly what’s happening.
They analyzed how people actually use ChatGPT.
The results were unexpected.
It’s not for coding. It’s not for work.
It’s mostly used for non-work activities. đźŹ
• How-to guides
• Learning new topics
• Searching for quick info
Essentially, ChatGPT has become the ultimate personal assistant for everyday life.
And that is their moat.
For now.
The other tools are fighting for the "specialist" slice: coding, enterprise workflow, etc
But for the average person, there is only one default. For now.
