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Character.AI — how much is the world using it?

how much of the world’s AI attention goes to Character.AI — tracked daily across 85 countries.

0.8%
global share
this week · of AI-tool searches
#8
rank
of 26 tools tracked
+0.0pp
30-day move
global share · percentage points
4.2%
strongest market
Russia

Character.AI (Character) holds 0.8% of global AI-tool search interest this week — rank 8 of 26 tools tracked, flat over the last 30 days. It is not yet a top-2 choice in any of the 85 tracked countries. Its strongest market is Russia, where it takes 4.2% of AI-tool searches. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

updated 2026-08-01 · search-share data through Jul 19, 2026 · refreshed daily

01 · the trend

share of global AI search interest — 12 months

weekly, 2025-07-27 → 2026-07-19. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

recent Character.AI news — with the market reaction

headlines from official sources, last 60 days; chips show how search share and attention moved in the 7 days after each — correlation, not causation. the full feed is the wire.

02 · momentum

how Character.AI moved — 1d / 7d / 30d

share moves from daily snapshots. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts — snapshot history accumulates from Jul 7, 2026.

03 · where it’s strongest

the countries that prefer Character.AI most

share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

top 10 countries — baked in daily

share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts. country links open that country’s full AI-preference page. updated 2026-08-01.

04 · attention

who’s reading about Character.AI

daily Wikipedia pageviews for “Character.ai” — a full year of public curiosity. source: Wikimedia Pageviews API.

faq

questions people ask about Character.AI

Which country uses Character.AI the most?

Russia shows the strongest Character.AI preference of the 85 countries tracked: 4.2% of its AI-tool search interest goes to Character.AI, versus 0.8% globally. Next come Argentina (3.4%) and Poland (3.2%). This measures share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

Is Character.AI more popular than ChatGPT?

Not globally: ChatGPT holds 74.4% of AI-tool search interest this week versus Character.AI's 0.8%. There is no tracked country where Character.AI out-searches ChatGPT right now.

What share of global AI search interest does Character.AI have?

0.8% this week — rank 8 of the 26 AI tools tracked. Over the last 30 days its global share moved +0.0pp. Shares are anchor-normalized Google search interest, so the 26 tools sum to roughly 100% per country.

Is Character.AI growing?

Roughly flat: +0.0pp over the last 30 days, holding 0.8% of AI-tool searches. The tracker refreshes daily, so this answer updates with the data.

compare Character.AI against all 26 tools on the race chart, or head back to the tracker hub.

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