{"id":61466,"date":"2025-12-16T20:10:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/google-retains-spot-as-worlds-most-popular-internet-service-but-ai-is-growing-fast\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:10:58","slug":"google-retains-spot-as-worlds-most-popular-internet-service-but-ai-is-growing-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/google-retains-spot-as-worlds-most-popular-internet-service-but-ai-is-growing-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Google retains spot as world&#8217;s most popular internet service, but AI is growing fast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>ChatGPT is already among the internet&#8217;s 40 most popular destinations, highlighting the explosive growth of generative artificial intelligence among online users, according to a new report from Cloudflare that ranked the most widely used websites.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Google, Facebook and Instagram remained dominant in our overall rankings, but the year&#8217;s defining story was generative AI&#8217;s rapid maturation,&#8221; Jo\u00e3o Tom\u00e9, a writer and senior data editor at Cloudlfare, said in a blog <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cloudflare.com\/radar-2025-year-in-review-internet-services\/#news-globo-and-bbc-global-perspectives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT, launched by OpenAI in November 2022, had 700 million active users as of September, according to the San Francisco-based company.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudflare, a provider of cloud computing services,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/radar.cloudflare.com\/year-in-review\/2025#starlink-traffic-trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0a 19% increase in worldwide internet traffic this year as people rely more on technology for daily communication and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>To determine the rankings, Cloudflare used aggregated data from its Domain Name System, which helps route traffic to its customers&#8217; websites by converting domain names to IP addresses. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read on for Cloudflare&#8217;s rankings of the top internet services of 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>Top Internet sites overall<\/h2>\n<p>Google (including services such as Google Maps and Google Calendar) remains the most popular service, holding the No. 1 spot since 2022, according to Cloudflare. Facebook came in at No. 2, where it has ranked for three straight years.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok, the popular video platform, fell from No. 4 in 2024 to No. 8 this year, with the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/why-is-tiktok-being-banned-supreme-court-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">temporary legal ban<\/a><\/span> in the U.S hurting its performance in 2025, Cloudflare said.<\/p>\n<p>1. Google<br \/>2. Facebook<br \/>3. Apple\u00a0<br \/>4. Microsoft\u00a0<br \/>5. Instagram\u00a0<br \/>6. Amazon Web Services<br \/>7. YouTube\u00a0<br \/>8. TikTok\u00a0<br \/>9. Amazon<br \/>10. WhatsApp<\/p>\n<h2>Top social media sites<\/h2>\n<p>Meta-owned Facebook remains the most widely used social media site globally. It ranks No. 2 in the U.S., behind Alphabet&#8217;s YouTube, with over 70% of U.S. adults reporting they use Facebook, according to recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/internet\/fact-sheet\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pew Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1. Facebook<br \/>2. Instagram\u00a0<br \/>3. TikTok\u00a0<br \/>4. Snapchat\u00a0<br \/>5. Linkedin\u00a0<br \/>6. X (formerly Twitter)\u00a0<br \/>7. Kwai\u00a0<br \/>8. Discord\u00a0<br \/>9. Pinterest<br \/>10. Reddit<\/p>\n<h2>Top generative AI services\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT maintained its position at the top of the AI list, although Cloudflare said the platform is facing mounting competition from rival chatbots such as Anthropic&#8217;s Claude, Perplexity and Google Gemini.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 ChatGPT (OpenAI)<br \/>2. Claude (Anthropic)<br \/>3. Perplexity<br \/>4. Gemini (Google)<br \/>5. Character.AI\u00a0<br \/>6. GitHub Copilot\u00a0<br \/>7. Windsurf AI\u00a0<br \/>8. 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