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AI in France — which tools does it prefer?

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

79.9%
ChatGPT — the leader
of France’s AI searches
7.1%
Claude — runner-up
rank #2 in France
7.1%
Claude
the pick beyond ChatGPT
20
tools with signal
of 26 tracked · this week

France’s AI-tool searches go first to ChatGPT — 79.9% of the country’s AI search interest this week, versus 74.4% for ChatGPT worldwide (+5.5pp above the global figure). Claude is second at 7.1%, and beyond ChatGPT the local favourite is Claude (7.1%). 20 of the 26 tracked tools register measurable interest here. 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 ranking

every tracked tool, ranked by France’s preference

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

all 26 tools in France — baked in daily

#toolcompanyshare in Franceglobal
1ChatGPTOpenAI79.9%74.4%
2ClaudeAnthropic7.1%4.1%
3GeminiGoogle3.5%9.6%
4GrokxAI2.6%2.1%
5NotebookLMGoogle1.4%1.6%
6MistralMistral AI1.0%0.0%
7DeepSeekDeepSeek0.9%2.1%
8QwenAlibaba0.7%0.7%
9Character.AICharacter0.4%0.9%
10ElevenLabsElevenLabs0.4%0.5%
11PerplexityPerplexity0.3%0.3%
12Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft0.3%0.3%
13MidjourneyMidjourney0.3%0.2%
14GitHub CopilotGitHub0.2%0.2%
15Janitor AIJanitorAI0.2%0.5%
16SunoSuno0.2%0.3%
17CursorAnysphere0.1%0.2%
18Leonardo.AiCanva0.1%0.2%
19ReplitReplit0.1%0.2%
20VeoGoogle0.1%0.2%
21Meta AIMeta0.0%1.1%
22RunwayRunway0.0%0.2%
23SoraOpenAI0.0%0.1%
24KimiMoonshot AI0.0%0.1%
25PoeQuora0.0%0.0%
26LumaLuma AI0.0%0.0%

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.

02 · the timeline

how France’s preferences moved

daily share per tool from the snapshot archive. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts — history accumulates from Jul 7, 2026.

03 · momentum

1d / 7d / 30d moves in France

which tools are gaining and losing ground here. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

faq

questions people ask about AI in France

Which AI is most popular in France?

ChatGPT — it takes 79.9% of France's AI-tool search interest this week; Claude is second at 7.1%. Shares measure relative Google search interest — preference, not usage counts.

Which AI does France prefer beyond ChatGPT?

Claude: setting ChatGPT aside, it is France's strongest AI preference at 7.1% of the country's AI-tool searches — rank #2 overall.

How does France compare with the rest of the world?

ChatGPT's share in France is 79.9% versus 74.4% worldwide — 5.5pp above its global figure. The full 26-tool ranking above is rebuilt every day from fresh Google Trends data.

slice it yourself: France in the compare deep-dive · developer scene: France on the adoption map · raw history: series/FR.json.