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0.25%

0.25% -- share of site traffic for LLMs (ChatGPT, Perplexity) (2025)

2025  · Search Engine Journal

LLMs such as ChatGPT or Perplexity are responsible for an average of 0.25% of site traffic according to Search Engine Journal.

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0.25%
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2025
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LLMs (ChatGPT, Perplexity)
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Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
Search Engine Journal Primary Tier C
https://www.watersky.digital/blog/2025/06/23/ai-seo/ ↗
Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl
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AI SEO: How Brand Discovery is Changing through AI-Powered Search & Generative AI
AI SEO: How Brand Discovery is Changing through AI-Powered Search & Generative AI AI SEO and Brand Discovery in 2025 Traditional SEO is no longer enough. As AI tools like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews change how people search, brands need to understand how AI reads and surfaces content – and adapt…
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LLMs (ChatGPT, Perplexity): 0.25% share of site traffic. Source: Search Engine Journal (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/llm-site-traffic-share-2025
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