ChatGPT is going through robust competitors from Character AI in cellular app utilization. In response to analytics agency Similarweb, Character AI had 4.2 million lively customers throughout its iOS and Android apps within the US in August. ChatGPT had about six million lively customers of its apps stateside throughout the identical interval.
Each of those AI (Synthetic Intelligence) firms launched their respective cellular apps just a few months again. Whereas individuals nonetheless want to make use of the online model of ChatGPT greater than the app, it’s the opposite approach round for Character AI. That’s seemingly due to the type of AI service it supplies. In contrast to ChatGPT, which is a conversational AI device that may generate solutions to any query, Character AI lets you will have enjoyable conversations with fictional characters or AI-generated avatars of well-known personalities.
“Character AI is a playful companion, not only a homework helper,” Similarweb describes. As such, it’s extra common among the many youthful demographic, preferring to entry the device by means of their cellular system fairly than use the online model on a pc. Virtually 60 p.c of its customers fall beneath the 18-24-year-old age bracket, the report states. ChatGPT’s utilization share for this age bracket is lower than 30 p.c. It’s even decrease for Google Bard. This explains the current drop in ChatGPT site visitors.
Character AI held up sturdy whereas ChatGPT site visitors dropped over the summer time
For the uninitiated, ChatGPT suffered a world decline in month-to-month visits for 3 consecutive months between June and August this yr. The information equipped by the identical supply confirmed a pointy decline in site visitors in June and July, with indicators of a nearing rebound in August. Within the US, the decline started in Could itself however the curve noticed a small uptick in August. Because it was a college vacation within the US throughout this time, ChatGPT’s decline could also be attributed to lesser utilization by school-going customers.
Character AI, however, is much less helpful for college or education-related duties. So its utilization quantity held up nicely over the summer time. Within the course of, it nearly caught as much as ChatGPT by way of lively cellular app customers. The latter service, which began this generative AI craze, nonetheless leads by an enormous margin in general utilization throughout platforms. It registered 1.4 billion complete visits worldwide in August, with the US contributing about ten p.c (140 million) of that. Compared, Character AI had simply over 200 million customers globally final month.
