ChatGPT search interest holds 80 with the iOS app at rank 1

Google Search interest for chatgpt is 80 for the week of August 22 2026, up 3.9% in 30 days, with ChatGPT at rank 1 on App Store Top Free.

Data through August 25, 2026Source google search
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Latest index

80

2026-08-22

30 days

+3%

90 days

-2%

Peak

100

2025-09-20

Tracked since

2021-08-28

Chatgpt

Search interest index (0-100) · Source: google search

+3% past 30 days

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ChatGPT is the OpenAI chatbot released on November 30 2022, and Google Search interest for chatgpt sits at 80 of 100 for the week of August 22 2026. That reading is up 9.59% from 73 on August 15 and up 3.9% from 77 on July 25, per Trends MCP get_growth on Google Search. The 261-week series peaks at 100 on September 20 2025, so this week is a plateau 20 points under the stored high. App Store Top Free had ChatGPT at rank 1 as of August 25 2026 20:01 UTC, with Google Play at rank 11 and Wikipedia Trending at rank 23. Same-week 2025 was 87. Data pulled August 25 2026 from source google search.

ChatGPT search interest right now

Google Search interest for chatgpt is 80 for the week of August 22 2026, up 3.9% from 77 on July 25, with get_growth also printing +9.59% over 7 days from 73 on August 15 and App Store Top Free ranking ChatGPT at 1 as of August 25 20:01 UTC.

MetricValue
Latest value80 (week of August 22 2026)
30-day change+3.9% (from 77 on July 25 2026)
90-day change-2.44% (from 82 on May 23 2026)
Peak value100 on September 20 2025
First seenAugust 28 2021 (series start, value 0)
First non-zero4 on December 10 2022
7-day change+9.59% (from 73 on August 15 2026)
App Store Top Free rank1 as of August 25 2026 20:01 UTC
Google Play rank11 as of August 25 2026 20:01 UTC
Wikipedia Trending rank23 as of August 25 2026 20:01 UTC
Same week 202587 on August 23 2025
Same week 202429 on August 24 2024
Same week 202315 on August 19 2023
Series length261 weeks

Every row traces to the stored series or to the August 25 2026 get_growth and get_top_trends pulls. The 0-100 scale is relative to this keyword's own history. Rank 1 on App Store Top Free is the live iOS board, not the search series.

About ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a generative chatbot from OpenAI, the San Francisco research lab Wikipedia dates to a December 2015 founding with Sam Altman among the co-chairs, and the search series has held in the 70s and 80s for most of 2026.

OpenAI published the product on November 30 2022 as a free research preview on GPT-3.5. Reuters, citing a UBS note on February 1 2023 and Similarweb traffic, estimated 100 million monthly active users in January 2023, two months after launch, then the fastest ramp a consumer app had posted. Wikipedia says weekly active users reached 900 million in February 2026, lists a June 18 2026 stable release on engine GPT-5.6, and counts 59 languages. ChatGPT Plus launched in February 2023 at $20 a month. iOS and Android apps arrived between May and July 2023. People search chatgpt to open the product, to compare models, and to chase whatever OpenAI shipped that week. The query will still be typed in November. The 2022 zero is gone.

What the time series shows

The stored Google Search series for chatgpt runs 261 weeks from August 28 2021 at 0 to August 22 2026 at 80, a 1,820-day window that stays at 0 until 4 on December 10 2022, the first week after launch.

Same-week prints tell the adoption curve: 15 on August 19 2023, 29 on August 24 2024, 87 on August 23 2025, then 80 this week. The series peaks at 100 on September 20 2025, with 94 on September 13 and 99 on November 22 2025. April 5 2025 printed 94, an earlier local high. Winter break still cuts it: 64 on December 27 2025 and 60 on January 3 2026, then 73, 84, and back into the 70s and 80s. August 2026 is 75, 73, 73, then 80. growth_label is regular because +3.9% over 30 days sits under +100% and -2.44% over 90 days is not a 500% surge. speed_label is stationary because the absolute 30-day percent change is under 10%. seasonality_label is low: the curve is a single multi-year rise from zero, then a plateau in the 70s and 80s, not a repeating holiday mountain. volatility_label is low; last-52 week-over-week sample standard deviation is 7.87% (n=52, skip 0). The four labels are derived from this series. Google Search data is the source behind every percentage on this page. Readers wiring the same keyword into an agent can start at the ChatGPT MCP server page.

Same-day chatbot Google Search get_growth readings from the August 25 2026 pull sit beside this keyword, each paired with an App Store Top Free rank as of 20:01 UTC so search interest and iOS downloads can be read together this week.

  • google gemini: +6.67% over 30 days (15 on July 25 to 16 on August 22)
  • claude: -2.67% over 30 days (75 on July 25 to 73 on August 22)
  • grok: -3.12% over 30 days (32 on July 25 to 31 on August 22)
  • copilot: -8.96% over 30 days (67 on July 25 to 61 on August 22)

ChatGPT ranked 1 on App Store Top Free. Claude by Anthropic ranked 11. Google Gemini ranked 14. grok and copilot are search neighbors, not iOS board rows in the top 50. Those growth figures are Google Search. Claude at 73 is the closest rival print on the 0-100 scale; Gemini at 16 is a different series, not a claim that Gemini has one-fifth the users.

Frequently asked questions

Why is ChatGPT search interest at 80 in late August 2026?

chatgpt is the OpenAI chatbot query, and 80 is a late-summer plateau rather than a launch spike. Trends MCP Google Search data pulled August 25 2026 shows chatgpt at 80 for the week of August 22, up from 73 on August 15 and 77 on July 25. get_growth prints +9.59% over 7 days and +3.9% over 30 days. App Store Top Free had ChatGPT at rank 1 as of August 25 2026 20:01 UTC, with Google Play at rank 11 and Wikipedia Trending at rank 23.

What is ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is the generative chatbot OpenAI released on November 30 2022. Wikipedia says the product uses large language models to generate text, speech, and images, and lists a June 18 2026 stable release on engine GPT-5.6 with 59 languages. A Reuters note on February 1 2023, citing UBS and Similarweb, estimated 100 million monthly active users in January 2023, two months after launch. Wikipedia puts weekly active users at 900 million in February 2026.

Is 80 a peak for ChatGPT searches?

No. The 261-week series peaks at 100 on September 20 2025. August 22 2026 at 80 is 20 points below that high. Same-week marks were 87 on August 23 2025, 29 on August 24 2024, and 15 on August 19 2023. The 90-day change is -2.44% from 82 on May 23 2026.

Will people still search ChatGPT in November?

Yes. After the 2022 launch the query never returned to zero. November 8 2025 printed 97 and November 22 2025 printed 99, then 64 on December 27 2025 and 60 on January 3 2026 before the 70s and 80s returned. A three-month shelf-life test is easy here. The product is the search.