Claude recorded a new high for website visits in October 2026, according to Similarweb data cited by Forbes and reported by IT Home on November 12. IT Home’s headline gives the figure as 1.253 billion visits, while its article rounds it to about 1.3 billion—up 23.8% from September and 536.3% from a year earlier. From May through September, Claude’s monthly visits had generally remained between 950 million and 1 billion.
Claude grew faster month over month than the other major AI chatbot websites listed in the report. ChatGPT received about 6 billion visits in October, up 2.15%; Google Gemini received about 2.64 billion, down 0.15%; and DeepSeek received about 327.9 million, up 4.73%. Claude rose six places to No. 25 in Similarweb’s global website ranking, making it the third-highest-ranked AI chatbot site after ChatGPT and Gemini.
ChatGPT’s October total was its highest in the past year and marked its fourth consecutive month of growth. Its monthly visits had fallen to about 5.4 billion in both February and June. Forbes also cited earlier research from Similarweb and AI growth firm Graphite showing that ChatGPT’s share of global AI traffic across websites and mobile apps reached 81.2% in September, up from a June low of 80.42%.
These website-visit figures are not counts of unique users and exclude usage within native mobile apps. IT Home reported that Anthropic was preparing for an IPO and had filed related documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Source: ithome.com (originally published 2026-11-12 13:26 UTC+8)