AI in China — Which AI Do People Prefer? (updated daily)

AI in China — which tools does it prefer?

China’s whole AI diet, ranked and refreshed daily — every tracked tool’s share of the country’s search interest.

56.8%

ChatGPT — the leader

of China’s AI searches

15.2%

DeepSeek — runner-up

rank #2 in China

15.2%

DeepSeek

the pick beyond ChatGPT

tools with signal

of 26 tracked · this week

China’s AI-tool searches go first to ChatGPT — 56.8% of the country’s AI search interest this week, versus 68.0% for ChatGPT worldwide (-11.2pp below the global figure). DeepSeek is second at 15.2%, and beyond ChatGPT the local favourite is DeepSeek (15.2%). 25 of the 26 tracked tools register measurable interest here. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

updated 2026-07-23 · refreshed daily

every tracked tool, ranked by China’s preference

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

all 26 tools in China — baked in daily

#	tool	company	share in China	global
1	ChatGPT	OpenAI	56.8%	68.0%
2	DeepSeek	DeepSeek	15.2%	2.4%
3	Grok	xAI	7.2%	2.4%
4	Claude	Anthropic	4.3%	4.8%
5	NotebookLM	Google	3.7%	1.5%
6	Qwen	Alibaba	3.4%	1.1%
7	Midjourney	Midjourney	2.3%	0.5%
8	Kimi	Moonshot AI	1.1%	1.6%
9	GitHub Copilot	GitHub	0.9%	0.5%
10	Gemini	Google	0.8%	10.7%
11	Suno	Suno	0.7%	0.5%
12	ElevenLabs	ElevenLabs	0.6%	0.5%
13	Microsoft Copilot	Microsoft	0.4%	0.5%
14	Janitor AI	JanitorAI	0.4%	0.5%
15	Perplexity	Perplexity	0.3%	0.5%
16	Cursor	Anysphere	0.3%	0.0%
17	Character.AI	Character	0.3%	1.5%
18	Replit	Replit	0.3%	0.5%
19	Veo	Google	0.3%	0.5%
20	Runway	Runway	0.2%	0.0%
21	Mistral	Mistral AI	0.2%	0.0%
22	Leonardo.Ai	Canva	0.1%	0.0%
23	Sora	OpenAI	0.1%	0.0%
24	Poe	Quora	0.1%	0.0%
25	Luma	Luma AI	0.1%	0.0%
26	Meta AI	Meta	0.0%	1.2%

share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts. 0.0% means the tool rounds to zero here — not that nobody searches for it. tool links open each tool’s stats page.

questions people ask about AI in China

Which AI is most popular in China?

ChatGPT — it takes 56.8% of China's AI-tool search interest this week; DeepSeek is second at 15.2%. Shares measure relative Google search interest — preference, not usage counts.

Which AI does China prefer beyond ChatGPT?

DeepSeek: setting ChatGPT aside, it is China's strongest AI preference at 15.2% of the country's AI-tool searches — rank #2 overall.

How does China compare with the rest of the world?

ChatGPT's share in China is 56.8% versus 68.0% worldwide — 11.2pp below its global figure. The full 26-tool ranking above is rebuilt every day from fresh Google Trends data.