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1,700,000
1,700,000 -- referral visits six months for Forbes (2025-01)
Over the past six months, Forbes received 1.7 million referral visits driven by ChatGPT.
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1,700,000
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Data Vintage
2025-01
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B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Similarweb
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Tier B
https://digitalmarketingdesk.co.uk/chatgpt-referral-traffic-to-publishers/ ↗
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ChatGPT Referral Traffic to Publishers Stays Low
ChatGPT referrals to publishers have seen a notable increase since the introduction of web search capabilities. However, despite this growth, AI-generated traffic still represents a small fraction of overall website visits for most publishers. While ChatGPT is becoming a more prominent tool for cont…
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Forbes: 1,700,000 referral visits six months. Source: Similarweb (2025-01). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/forbes-chatgpt-referrals-six-months
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/forbes-chatgpt-referrals-six-months" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>1,700,000</strong> -- referral visits six months for Forbes<br><small>Source: Similarweb (2025-01) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/forbes-chatgpt-referrals-six-months" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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