Global Traffic (July 2025)
According to Semrush, these are the top AI-related websites by monthly visits worldwide:
chatgpt.com – ~5.24 billion visits
openai.com – ~1.15 billion visits
deepseek.com – ~319 million visits
gemini.google.com – ~288 million visits
chat.deepseek.com – ~236 million visits
deepl.com – ~221 million visits
perplexity.ai – ~174 million visits Semrush
India-Specific Traffic (July 2025)
chatgpt.com – ~451 million visits
perplexity.ai – ~36 million visits
gemini.google.com – ~25.8 million visits
remove.bg – ~17.4 million visits
deepseek.com – ~16 million visits Semrush
Recent Rankings & Trends (2025)
AITools.xyz data (via New Diplomat) shows:
ChatGPT – ~4.7 billion visits
Canva – ~887 million
Google Translate – ~595 million
DeepSeek – ~268 million
Character.AI – ~226 million
… and then Perplexity, Gemini, Remove.bg, Claude The New Diplomat
A May 2025 Lifewire report highlights ChatGPT's dominant lead with 40 billion visits last year—23 times more than Gemini. Canva, Google Translate, Character AI, and DeepSeek followed Lifewire.
A more recent list (Daily Nugget AI) cites:
ChatGPT – 14.6 billion visits
Character.ai – 3.8 billion
Quillbot – 1.1 billion
Midjourney – 500 million
… along with Hugging Face, Bard, NovelAI, Capcut, Janitor AI, and Civitai daily.nugt.ai
Summary: Top Free AI Tools by Site Visits
| Rank | Tool/Website | Approx. Monthly Visits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ChatGPT | Billions (top globally) | Leader by far |
| 2 | Character.ai | Billions | Strong traffic for chat companions |
| 3 | Canva | Hundreds of millions | AI-powered design |
| 4 | Google Translate | Hundreds of millions | Automated language tool |
| 5 | DeepSeek | Hundreds of millions | Gaining fast, free |
| 6 | Quillbot | ~1.1 billion | Writing/paraphrasing |
| 7 | Midjourney | ~500 million | AI-driven image generation |
| 8 | Others (e.g., Gemini, Perplexity, NovelAI) | Millions to tens of millions | Varied use cases |
Why These Platforms Lead
ChatGPT dominates thanks to its versatility: text generation, coding, personal assistance.
Character.ai resonates with users as virtual companions.
Canva and Quillbot target creatives and writers.
Google Translate remains a go-to for language translation.
DeepSeek is rising quickly, fueled by free accessibility.
Emerging tools like Midjourney and NovelAI are popular in creative content generation.