ChatGPT Images statistics, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure ChatGPT Images with data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs, in the 15 categories it is listed in: AI content generator, AI chatbot, AI email writer, AI search engine, AI script generator, AI book writer, AI flashcard maker, AI infographic generator, AI job description generator, AI PDF reader, AI research paper writer, AI chart generator, AI social media post generator, AI blog writer and AI product description generator. In October 2026 it got about 919 million visits from Google, 320% more than a year ago.
Below: visits over two years, where the visitors live, how often people search its name, its Google position for each category search and its links and rating.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report, Ahrefs and SerpApi · not a ranking
ChatGPT Images
chatgpt.comOpenAI's image generation inside ChatGPT, successor to DALL-E, also offered via API.
- Listed in
- AI content generator, AI chatbot, AI email writer, AI search engine, AI script generator, AI book writer, AI flashcard maker, AI infographic generator, AI job description generator, AI PDF reader, AI research paper writer, AI chart generator, AI social media post generator, AI blog writer, AI product description generator
- Tested
- Not yet
- Visits from Google
- 919M
- +320% vs a year ago
- Searches for its name (US)
- 124M
- a month, September 2026
- Domain Rating
- 93
- Ahrefs, 0 to 100
- Referring domains
- 304K
- sites linking to it
1Visits from Google to ChatGPT Images
ChatGPT Images got 918,686,520 visits from Google search in October 2026, 320% more than a year ago and 4% more than in September 2026. October 2026 is its best month in the last 24.
- Visits, October 2026
- 918,686,520 worldwide
- US visits
- 74,318,291 (+1590% on a year ago)
- Peak, last 24 months
- 918,686,520 in October 2026
WorldVisits a month from Google to chatgpt.com, worldwide
Source: DataForSEO, estimated visits from Google search, to October 2026.
USVisits a month from Google, United States
Source: DataForSEO, United States, to October 2026.
2Where the visitors live
46% of ChatGPT Images’s visits come from India, followed by United States, Germany and Canada.
| Country | Visits from Google | Share |
|---|---|---|
| India | 157,422,867 | 46% |
| United States | 154,301,452 | 45% |
| Germany | 15,464,455 | 5% |
| Canada | 10,603,679 | 3% |
| Brazil | 2,128,700 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,235,830 | 0% |
| Australia | 916,926 | 0% |
| France | 902,498 | 0% |
Country
- India
- Visits from Google
- 157,422,867
- Share
- 46%
- United States
- Visits from Google
- 154,301,452
- Share
- 45%
- Germany
- Visits from Google
- 15,464,455
- Share
- 5%
- Canada
- Visits from Google
- 10,603,679
- Share
- 3%
- Brazil
- Visits from Google
- 2,128,700
- Share
- 1%
- United Kingdom
- Visits from Google
- 1,235,830
- Share
- 0%
- Australia
- Visits from Google
- 916,926
- Share
- 0%
- France
- Visits from Google
- 902,498
- Share
- 0%
Source: DataForSEO, the eight countries I measure, October 2026. The shares are of those eight.
3How often people search for ChatGPT Images
People in the US typed “chatgpt” into Google 124,000,000 times in September 2026. Worldwide the name is searched about 1,120,000,000 times a month on a 12-month average.
USSearches a month for "chatgpt", United States
Source: Google Ads keyword data via DataForSEO, to September 2026.
4Where ChatGPT Images sits on Google
ChatGPT Images is at position 6 on Google US for "ai chatbot", and the Tranco list of the most visited sites puts chatgpt.com at 112.
| Category search | Google US position | Tranco rank | Sites measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| “ai content generator” | not in the top 100 | – | 67 |
| “ai chatbot” | 6 | 112 | 45 |
| “ai email writer” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 41 |
| “ai search engine” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 10 |
| “ai script generator” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 12 |
| “ai book writer” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 13 |
| “ai flashcards” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 16 |
| “ai infographic generator” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 14 |
| “ai job description generator” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 19 |
| “ai pdf reader” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 15 |
| “ai paper writer” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 6 |
| “ai chart generator” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 10 |
| “ai social media post generator” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 20 |
| “ai blog writer” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 24 |
| “ai product description generator” | not in the top 100 | 112 | 17 |
Category search
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- –
- Sites measured
- 67
- Google US position
- 6
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 45
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 41
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 10
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 12
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 13
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 16
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 14
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 19
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 15
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 6
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 10
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 20
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 24
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 112
- Sites measured
- 17
Source: DataForSEO (Google US positions, desktop) and Tranco, October 2026. Each row links to that category’s statistics.
5Links and rating
Ahrefs rates chatgpt.com 93 out of 100 for the strength of the sites linking to it, and DataForSEO counts 303,620 domains linking to it (257,850 main domains).
- Domain Rating
- 93 / 100 (Ahrefs)
- Referring domains
- 303,620 (DataForSEO)
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