ChatGPT's surging search interest over the last week

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> interest in ChatGPT surges after 4o image generation release

> top search terms include "ghibli chatgpt", "ghibli" & "chatgpt ghibli art"

> ChatGPT search surge eclipses Google, news, pornography in relative growth

> Sam Altman reported 1M users added in just one hour on 31st March after recent popularity

> claimed their GPUs were melting due to excessive demand for image generation tool; rate limits imposed

> up 33% from just December; doubled since August

> even before 4o image generation; expected to be much higher now

> time to add 100M new weekly users lessening - takes less than 3 months now

> 2M paying enterprise users, also doubled since Sept

> 2x dev traffic in the last 6 months; 5x inc in o3 usage since release

> based on Tracking AI’s offline IQ test (questions not part of AI training)

> Gemini 2.5 continuing to top benchmarks across the board: MathArena, LiveBench, SimpleBench, etc.

> generally regarded as the current best model

> 130 on Mensa Norway IQ test, and rated #1 by Artificial Analysis on many evals