DeepSeek surpassed ChatGPT with 524.7 million new monthly visits in February, as per data provided by an AI market analysis firm.
DeepSeek continues to be the fastest growing AI tool globally, months after the release of its R1 reasoning model triggered a stock market rout.
The web chatbot interface of the Chinese AI startup received 524.7 million new visits from users in February 2025, surpassing US rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT which recorded around 500 million website hits over the same period, according to data provided by an AI analytics platform called aitools.xyz.
The total number of visits to DeepSeek’s AI chatbot website was 792.6 million, out of which 136.5 million were unique users. “Unique visits represent cumulative monthly counts, meaning returning users in different months are counted again. The total unique visits for all tools combined do not represent distinct individuals due to user overlap across multiple AI tools,” the aitools.xyz website read.
It also revealed that DeepSeek’s market share has increased from 2.34 per cent to 6.58 per cent in February.



















