head-to-head · ai tracker
two tools, one question — answered with daily search-interest data across 85 countries.
Right now the world searches for Grok more: 2.4% of global AI-tool search interest this week versus 1.5% for Character.AI — a lead of 0.9pp. Country-by-country, Character.AI is the preferred pick in 8 of the 85 tracked countries and Grok in 77. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
updated 2026-07-23 · refreshed daily
01 · the two-horse race
weekly, 2025-07-13 → 2026-07-19. 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 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 2.5% | 1.8% | +0.7pp |
| 2 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 3.1% | 2.5% | +0.6pp |
| 3 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 0.6% | 0.0% | +0.6pp |
| 4 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 2.2% | 1.7% | +0.5pp |
| 5 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 2.0% | 1.6% | +0.4pp |
| 6 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 1.1% | 0.9% | +0.2pp |
| 7 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 2.7% | 2.6% | +0.1pp |
| 8 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 1.0% | 0.9% | +0.1pp |
| # | country | Grok | Character.AI | margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 13.0% | 0.0% | +13.0pp |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | 7.2% | 0.3% | +6.9pp |
| 3 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 6.0% | 0.0% | +6.0pp |
| 4 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 6.8% | 1.6% | +5.2pp |
| 5 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 5.7% | 0.6% | +5.1pp |
| 6 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 5.3% | 0.2% | +5.1pp |
| 7 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 5.5% | 1.0% | +4.5pp |
| 8 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 7.3% | 3.0% | +4.3pp |
country links open that country’s full AI-preference page. updated 2026-07-23.
faq
Not globally — Grok holds 2.4% of AI-tool search interest this week versus Character.AI's 1.5%, a gap of 0.9pp. Character.AI does lead Grok in 8 of the 85 tracked countries, against 77 for Grok. This measures share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
Grok out-searches Character.AI in 77 of the 85 tracked countries — most strongly in Ukraine (13.0% vs 0.0%), China (7.2% vs 0.3%), 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 +0.3pp and Grok's +1.0pp — so Grok has the better momentum right now. Day-to-day search share is noisy; read short windows as weather, not climate.
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