head-to-head · ai tracker
two tools, one question — answered with daily search-interest data across 87 countries.
Right now the world searches for Grok more: 2.1% of global AI-tool search interest this week versus 0.9% for Character.AI — a lead of 1.2pp. Country-by-country, Character.AI is the preferred pick in 1 of the 87 tracked countries and Grok in 83. 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.
| # | country | Character.AI | Grok | margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 0.6% | 0.0% | +0.6pp |
| # | country | Grok | Character.AI | margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 9.0% | 0.0% | +9.0pp |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | 8.0% | 0.0% | +8.0pp |
| 3 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 6.0% | 0.0% | +6.0pp |
| 4 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 9.6% | 4.0% | +5.6pp |
| 5 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 5.7% | 0.4% | +5.3pp |
| 6 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 7.4% | 2.3% | +5.1pp |
| 7 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 5.1% | 0.2% | +4.9pp |
| 8 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 4.3% | 0.1% | +4.2pp |
country links open that country’s full AI-preference page. updated 2026-10-05.
faq
Not globally — Grok holds 2.1% of AI-tool search interest this week versus Character.AI's 0.9%, a gap of 1.2pp. Character.AI does lead Grok in 1 of the 87 tracked countries, against 83 for Grok. This measures share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
Grok out-searches Character.AI in 83 of the 87 tracked countries — most strongly in Israel (9.0% vs 0.0%), China (8.0% vs 0.0%), Norway (6.0% 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 Grok's +0.3pp — so Grok has the better momentum right now. Day-to-day search share is noisy; read short windows as weather, not climate.
go deeper: Character.AI stats · Grok stats · all 26 tools on one chart.