head-to-head · ai tracker
two tools, one question — answered with daily search-interest data across 87 countries.
Right now the world searches for ChatGPT more: 74.4% of global AI-tool search interest this week versus 0.9% for Character.AI — a lead of 73.5pp. Country-by-country, Character.AI is the preferred pick in 0 of the 87 tracked countries and ChatGPT in 87. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
updated 2026-10-05 · search-share data through Oct 2, 2026 · refreshed daily
01 · the two-horse race
weekly, 2025-10-05 → 2026-09-27. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
02 · momentum
share moves from daily snapshots, side by side. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts — history accumulates from Jul 7, 2026.
03 · who prefers what
every country compared on its own shares; ranked by margin. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
No tracked country prefers Character.AI over ChatGPT this week.
| # | country | ChatGPT | Character.AI | margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 94.0% | 0.0% | +94.0pp |
| 2 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 94.0% | 0.0% | +94.0pp |
| 3 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 93.0% | 0.0% | +93.0pp |
| 4 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 92.0% | 0.0% | +92.0pp |
| 5 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 91.1% | 0.0% | +91.1pp |
| 6 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 91.0% | 0.0% | +91.0pp |
| 7 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 91.0% | 0.0% | +91.0pp |
| 8 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 90.0% | 0.0% | +90.0pp |
country links open that country’s full AI-preference page. updated 2026-10-05.
faq
Not globally — ChatGPT holds 74.4% of AI-tool search interest this week versus Character.AI's 0.9%, a gap of 73.5pp. Character.AI does lead ChatGPT in 0 of the 87 tracked countries, against 87 for ChatGPT. This measures share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
ChatGPT out-searches Character.AI in 87 of the 87 tracked countries — most strongly in Austria (94.0% vs 0.0%), Switzerland (94.0% vs 0.0%), Dominican Republic (93.0% vs 0.0%). The full country split is in the tables above and refreshes daily.
Over the last 30 days Character.AI's global search share moved -0.1pp and ChatGPT's +1.1pp — so ChatGPT has the better momentum right now. Day-to-day search share is noisy; read short windows as weather, not climate.
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