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AI in Iran — which tools does it prefer?

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

74.1%
ChatGPT — the leader
of Iran’s AI searches
8.9%
DeepSeek — runner-up
rank #2 in Iran
8.9%
DeepSeek
the pick beyond ChatGPT
22
tools with signal
of 26 tracked · this week

Iran’s AI-tool searches go first to ChatGPT — 74.1% of the country’s AI search interest this week, versus 74.4% for ChatGPT worldwide (-0.3pp below the global figure). DeepSeek is second at 8.9%, and beyond ChatGPT the local favourite is DeepSeek (8.9%). 22 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 Iran’s preference

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

all 26 tools in Iran — baked in daily

#toolcompanyshare in Iranglobal
1ChatGPTOpenAI74.1%74.4%
2DeepSeekDeepSeek8.9%2.1%
3GrokxAI3.6%2.1%
4ClaudeAnthropic3.2%4.1%
5GeminiGoogle2.7%9.6%
6NotebookLMGoogle2.5%1.6%
7QwenAlibaba1.2%0.7%
8ElevenLabsElevenLabs0.7%0.5%
9Character.AICharacter0.4%0.9%
10Leonardo.AiCanva0.4%0.2%
11PerplexityPerplexity0.3%0.3%
12MidjourneyMidjourney0.3%0.2%
13Janitor AIJanitorAI0.3%0.5%
14SunoSuno0.3%0.3%
15RunwayRunway0.2%0.2%
16Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft0.1%0.3%
17GitHub CopilotGitHub0.1%0.2%
18CursorAnysphere0.1%0.2%
19KimiMoonshot AI0.1%0.1%
20LumaLuma AI0.1%0.0%
21ReplitReplit0.1%0.2%
22VeoGoogle0.1%0.2%
23Meta AIMeta0.0%1.1%
24SoraOpenAI0.0%0.1%
25MistralMistral AI0.0%0.0%
26PoeQuora0.0%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 Iran’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 Iran

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 Iran

Which AI is most popular in Iran?

ChatGPT — it takes 74.1% of Iran's AI-tool search interest this week; DeepSeek is second at 8.9%. Shares measure relative Google search interest — preference, not usage counts.

Which AI does Iran prefer beyond ChatGPT?

DeepSeek: setting ChatGPT aside, it is Iran's strongest AI preference at 8.9% of the country's AI-tool searches — rank #2 overall.

How does Iran compare with the rest of the world?

ChatGPT's share in Iran is 74.1% versus 74.4% worldwide — 0.3pp below its global figure. The full 26-tool ranking above is rebuilt every day from fresh Google Trends data.

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