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Google Gemini continues to grow, reaches all-time high of 9% share Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot both bounce back after months of decline Claude's March spike cools as “QuitGPT” wave subsides San Francisco, CA and Dublin, Ireland; Thursday, 7th May, 2026: ChatGPT's share of AI chatbot referrals to websites worldwide has fallen to its lowest level on record, dropping to 76.85% in April 2026, according to independent web analytics company Statcounter. Statcounter Global Stats data for April 2026 shows ChatGPT declined by 1.3 percentage points month-on-month, down from 84.21% a year ago. Google Gemini continues to grow in second place at 9% (+0.4pp), with Perplexity recovering to third at 7.73% (+0.7pp), Microsoft Copilot fourth at 3.76% (+0.6pp) and Claude fifth at 2.66% (-0.3pp). Chart: https://gs.statcounter.com/ai-chatbot-market-share#monthly-202604-202604-bar “The AI chatbot referral market is entering a new phase,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO,

Gemini's referral share quadruples in under a year as Google ramps up AI integration Claude doubles share from February to March ChatGPT still dominant but dips below 80% for first time San Francisco, CA and Dublin, Ireland; Thursday, 2nd April, 2026: Google Gemini has overtaken Perplexity to become the second largest source of AI chatbot referrals to websites worldwide for the first time, according to independent web analytics company Statcounter. Statcounter Global Stats data for March 2026 shows that Google Gemini accounted for 8.65% of all AI chatbot referrals globally, surpassing Perplexity which fell to 7.07%. ChatGPT continues to lead at 78.16%, while Microsoft Copilot (3.19%), Claude (2.91%) and DeepSeek (0.02%) remain further behind. Chart: https://gs.statcounter.com/ai-chatbot-market-share#monthly-202603-202603-bar "This is a significant milestone in the AI chatbot landscape. Google's massive investment in Gemini is now paying dividends in terms of driving traffic

ChatGPT clear leader in all G20 countries bar China New data emphasises Google AI "dilemma" in Search San Francisco, CA and Dublin, Ireland; Wednesday, 11th June, 2025: Statcounter the easy-to-use web analytics company has announced the launch of new research which measures the number of referrals from individual AI chatbots to websites. The data, updated daily by individual country and region, is free to access at Statcounter Global Stats. "With the massive growth in AI chatbot usage, it is crucially important for website owners and marketers to know which chatbots are sending the most referrals to websites," commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, Statcounter. "We are already moving into a new era from SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)." The new data finds that ChatGPT is by far the global leader in terms of referral market share at 79.8%, followed by Perplexity (11.8%); Microsoft Copilot (5.2%); Google Gemini (2%); DeepSeek; (0.8%) and Claude (0.

Rapid rise “has implications for digital advertisers” Statcounter also announces major revamp of web analytics site San Francisco, CA; 2nd November, 2017: Apple’s latest operating system iOS 11 has overtaken its former version iOS 10.3 less than a month after release according to web analytics company Statcounter. Statcounter Global Stats reports that iOS 11 reached 42% of all iOS versions worldwide in October compared to 35.5% for iOS 10.3. On a daily basis, iOS 11 overtook 10.3 on October 12th, less than a month after its release on September 19th. “Even by Apple’s high standards of migrating users, the rapid take up of iOS 11 has been impressive,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, Statcounter. He added that the rapid rise of iOS 11 has implications for digital advertisers. “iOS 11’s feature called Intelligent Tracking Prevention makes it harder for advertisers and publishers to track users online.” Source: iOS

Digital advertisers could soon see impact San Francisco, CA & Dublin, Ireland; Thursday, 21 September 2017: iOS 11 has rocketed to over 6% internet usage just two days after launch, according to independent web analytics company StatCounter. Its research arm StatCounter Global Stats finds that iOS 11 reached 6.2% of all iOS versions worldwide Wednesday. “Apple is good at migrating users to its latest iOS upgrades but this performance is particularly impressive,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. “To put this in perspective, Android’s latest edition Nougat is at 14.6% of all Android versions over a year after launch.” Cullen added, “Such is the rapid rise of iOS 11 that digital advertisers could soon see an impact due to a feature called Intelligent Tracking Prevention that makes it harder for advertisers and publishers to track users online.” Safari accounts for almost a half of mobile web traffic in North

New data  shows Apple success in migrating iPhone users to latest operating systems StatCounter Global Stats launches new resource to analyse  breakdown of operating system versions across iOS, Android and macOS San Francisco, CA; Thursday, 14th September, 2017:  iPhone users are likely to quickly adopt Apple’s new iOS 11 based on  current adoption analysis , according to new OS version stats StatCounter launched today. iOS 11 is scheduled to be released from Tuesday. StatCounter has added a breakdown of the various versions of iOS, Android and Mac operating systems used to access the internet to its Global Stats research tool. It found that over 70% of Apple’s iPhone internet usage is currently through its last operating system (iOS 10.3), while just 12.6% of Google’s Android usage is via its most recent version. “We’ve added breakdowns of iOS, Android and Mac versions in response to requests from developers and

“Milestone in technology history and end of an era” as Microsoft no longer owns dominant OS Android now world’s most popular operating system in terms of internet usage San Francisco, CA and Dublin, Ireland; 3rd April, 2017: Google’s Android has overtaken Microsoft Windows for the first time as the world’s most popular operating system (OS) in terms of total internet usage across desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile combined. The research arm of StatCounter, the independent web analytics company, finds that in March, Android topped the worldwide OS internet usage market share with 37.93%, which puts it marginally ahead of Windows  (37.91%) for the first time. “This is a milestone in technology history and the end of an era,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter.  “It marks the end of Microsoft’s leadership worldwide of the OS market which it has held since the 1980s.  It also represents a major breakthro

Mobile internet usage more than double that of UK or US India number one in G20 for mobile Mumbai, India & Dublin, Ireland;  28th March 2017: Indians are amongst the world leaders in terms of internet usage from mobile phones, according to StatCounter, the independent web analytics company. Its research arm StatCounter Global Stats finds that 79% of internet usage was made by Indians through mobiles in February compared to 49.7% for the world in general. Indian mobile usage to surf the internet is more than double that in the UK (34.8%) or US (37.2%). Of G20 nations, India is the number one user of mobile in terms of internet usage. StatCounter is one of the leading web analytics firms in the world with a considerable market share in India. StatCounter’s (http://statcounter.com) core business is to provide members with data to measure visitor activity on their website, blog or forum. Key features include a free option, ease of use, independence and ability

Development would have been “unthinkable” five years ago “Windows has won desktop war but battlefield has moved on” San Francisco, CA and Dublin, Ireland; 7th March, 2017: In what StatCounter describes as “unthinkable five years ago”, Google’s Android is challenging Microsoft Windows as the world’s most popular operating system (OS) in terms of total internet usage across desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile combined. The research arm of StatCounter, the independent web analytics company, finds that in February 2017, while Windows remained top of worldwide OS internet usage market share with 38.6%, Android came within striking distance on 37.4%. “The idea of Android almost matching Windows would have been unthinkable five years ago,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter.  “In January 2012 Windows held 82% global internet usage share compared to just 2.2% for Android.” He said that the devel

Increased traffic plus Google search rankings stress importance of mobile friendly websitesPost-Brexit implications for UK business San Francisco, CA and Dublin, Ireland; 1st November, 2016: Internet usage by mobile and tablet devices exceeded desktop worldwide for the first time in October according to independent web analytics company StatCounter Its research arm, StatCounter Global Stats finds that mobile and tablet devices accounted for 51.3% of internet usage worldwide in October compared to 48.7% by desktop. “This should be a wake up call especially for small businesses, sole traders and professionals to make sure that their websites are mobile friendly. Many older websites are not,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. “Mobile compatibility is increasingly important not just because of growing traffic but because Google favours mobile friendly websites for its mobile search results.” He pointed out that Google recently launched a tool where businesses ca