Google Gemini is a chatbot developed by Google as a director competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Using all of the power and capabilities of Google in artificial intelligence and search, it has been quickly embedded into almost all Google products.
Launched in March 2023 as Bard, the chatbot did not have the best start to public life. Within hours, users had found lots of embarrassing holes in the technology, from the typical hallucinations to racist image results.
Google has ridden the criticism wave, similar to what almost all chatbots have received, and has continued to update Gemini with more targeted filtering and anti-abuse tools.
Alongside having the chatbot as a separate webpage and app, Gemini has also been baked into Google’s search in the form of AI overviews. This was also pushed in response to Microsoft’s ChatGPT integration with Bing, which some considered the next evolution for search engines.
While Gemini had a slow start, it has seen downloads and usage increase in 2024, as Google uses its large ad inventory and search engine to market the AI service.
But questions of stickiness, which cloud ChatGPT as well, remain for Gemini. Google has said 1.5 million developers have used Gemini’s models to create tools and applications, but it is not clear if the chatbot itself will remain an important tool for a broad spectrum of individual users or professionals.
Google Gemini Key Statistics
- Google Gemini has been downloaded over 45 million times since it launched in May 2024
- Gemini has had over 250 million web visits every month in 2024
- We estimate Google Gemini has 42 million active users
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Google Gemini Overview
| Title 1 | Title 2 |
|---|---|
| Launch date | 21 March 2023 |
| HQ | London, UK |
| People | Demis Hassabis (CEO, DeepMind), Lila Ibrahim (COO, DeepMind), Sundar Pichai (CEO, Alphabet) |
| Business type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | AI |
Google Gemini Users
Google Gemini had around 42 million active users in October 2024, which are users that return regularly to use the chatbot on web or mobile.
Google Gemini active users 2024 (mm)
| Month | Users (mm) |
|---|---|
| Febuary 2024 | 23 |
| June 2024 | 37 |
| October 2024 | 42 |
Sources: AppMagic, Similarweb
Google Gemini Downloads
Google Gemini app downloads peaked in August with 17 million downloads of the app.
Google Gemini monthly downloads 2024 (mm)
| Month | Downloads (mm) |
|---|---|
| April | 0.3 |
| May | 3.1 |
| June | 5.4 |
| July | 6.8 |
| August | 17 |
| September | 12.6 |
Source: AppMagic
Google Gemini Web Visits
Google pushed a lot of traffic to Gemini’s webpage through search and Google ads. It has toned down this push in recent months.
Google Gemini monthly web visits 2024 (mm)
| Month | Web visits (mm) |
|---|---|
| February | 316 |
| March | 433 |
| April | 414 |
| May | 313 |
| June | 288 |
| July | 255 |
| August | 267 |
| September | 274 |
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Google Gemini FAQ
What branch of Google runs Gemini?
Gemini is managed by Google Deepmind, a combined unit which includes all of Google’s other AI ventures.
How many developers use Gemini?
Over 1.5 million developers have used Gemini models to create tools and apps, according to Sundar Pichai
How many parameters does Gemini have?
Google has not commented on how many parameters were used in its largest model, but estimates have the figure in the trillions.
