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If you look at ChatGPT search volume, you can see massive dips during the summer when school is out: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&

If you look at ChatGPT search volume, you can see massive dips during the summer when school is out: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=chatgpt&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge... Which suggests that the most common use is as a tutor / cheating on homework.

azinman2 2y ago
What I see is it going from 58 to 40 (the scale is ???), and it’s only continued to rise over time. So that maybe a common use (~30%), but it’s not the only use. Most of those kids will continue to use it as they graduate, having embedded it in their workflow (unfortunately many will probably fully outsource all thinking to it, having learned a lot less since it did it all for them).
Cumpiler69 2y ago
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anshumankmr 2y ago
This ignores people who open ChatGPT.com or use the app
- mbreese 2y ago
  But it ignores them equally throughout the year… It’s not an exact measure, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a useful metric. So long as the measurement is unbiased and captures enough of the traffic, it can still be useful. The troughs in that graph are all during prime US school/college vacation times: Summer, Winter, and Spring breaks. And then magnitude of the fall corresponds to how long the breaks typically are. To me, that makes a lot of sense.
  - famouswaffles 2y ago
    Yeah but it's old. There was no dip in 2024, only a steady increase.
    - throwaway0123_5 2y ago
      It seems like there was a dip in mid-May and that it didn't go back up until mid/late-August? That corresponds pretty closely to US summer breaks. Also a huge spike in early December followed up a huge drop, final exams and then winter break?
      - famouswaffles 2y ago
        I was going off visits to the site - https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/ai-news/chatgpt-topped-3-billion-visits-in-september/ https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/ai-news/chatgpt-top...
famouswaffles 2y ago
That dip didn't exist in 2024. Site visits just increased steadily throughout last year with no summer dips.

azinman2 2y ago

What I see is it going from 58 to 40 (the scale is ???), and it’s only continued to rise over time. So that maybe a common use (~30%), but it’s not the only use. Most of those kids will continue to use it as they graduate, having embedded it in their workflow (unfortunately many will probably fully outsource all thinking to it, having learned a lot less since it did it all for them).

Cumpiler69 2y ago

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anshumankmr 2y ago

This ignores people who open ChatGPT.com or use the app

mbreese 2y ago
But it ignores them equally throughout the year… It’s not an exact measure, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a useful metric. So long as the measurement is unbiased and captures enough of the traffic, it can still be useful. The troughs in that graph are all during prime US school/college vacation times: Summer, Winter, and Spring breaks. And then magnitude of the fall corresponds to how long the breaks typically are. To me, that makes a lot of sense.
- famouswaffles 2y ago
  Yeah but it's old. There was no dip in 2024, only a steady increase.
  - throwaway0123_5 2y ago
    It seems like there was a dip in mid-May and that it didn't go back up until mid/late-August? That corresponds pretty closely to US summer breaks. Also a huge spike in early December followed up a huge drop, final exams and then winter break?
    - famouswaffles 2y ago
      I was going off visits to the site - https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/ai-news/chatgpt-topped-3-billion-visits-in-september/ https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/ai-news/chatgpt-top...

famouswaffles 2y ago

That dip didn't exist in 2024. Site visits just increased steadily throughout last year with no summer dips.