Global AI Product Rankings Released: ChatGPT Takes First Place, Character.ai Second
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Renowned U.S. venture capital firm a16z recently unveiled its latest rankings of AI products open to consumer users. According to the company, the rankings are based on weighted data from SimilarWeb's website traffic as of June 2023 (and estimated traffic data for products with apps, calculated as MAU multiplied by average monthly visits per user). a16z did not consider products without a web version in the rankings, nor did it include products like Midjourney, which rely on third-party platforms such as Discord to operate.
According to the rankings, ChatGPT secured the top spot, accounting for 60% of the total traffic in this Top 50 list. Character.ai ranked second—a "personalized AI chatbot" that, compared to ChatGPT, emphasizes personality traits and caters to users' social, emotional, companionship, and support needs. Google's Bard took third place. Compared to ChatGPT, overseas users find this chatbot more cost-effective, and thanks to Google's extensive user base, it also boasts a significant number of users.
Overall, conversational generative AI models dominate with a staggering 68.7% share of the traffic. This suggests that while most overseas users initially approach AI products with curiosity, these products are gradually becoming integrated into daily life.
