# Google Search Growth Hits Five-Year High as ChatGPT Weekly Active Users Reach 1.2 Billion By John Kim Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/48677 Published: 2026-11-04T17:36:07.000Z Updated: 2026-11-04T17:36:07.000Z Section: Business > Fry put ChatGPT’s search-like query volume at about 20% of Google’s. Google search advertising revenue rose 12% to about $63.3 billion. Google Search query growth reached a five-year high in the third quarter of 2026, while ChatGPT’s weekly active users rose to 1.2 billion, adding new scale data to the race for online search. Google Search query growth year over year hit its fastest pace in five years during the third quarter of 2026. Google search advertising revenue rose 12% to about $63.3 billion. OpenAI consumer product lead Adam Fry said ChatGPT’s search-like query volume stood at about 20% of Google’s. The figure is OpenAI’s estimate; the underlying query totals and comparison method were not disclosed. Fry also said ChatGPT’s weekly active users grew from one billion to 1.2 billion over two months. The 20% comparison covers [prompts that trigger a web search](). ## Links in this article - [prompts that trigger a web search](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/48491)