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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.

69.6%
ChatGPT — the leader
of Iran’s AI searches
12.5%
DeepSeek — runner-up
rank #2 in Iran
12.5%
DeepSeek
the pick beyond ChatGPT
22
tools with signal
of 26 tracked · this week

Iran’s AI-tool searches go first to ChatGPT69.6% of the country’s AI search interest this week, versus 68.0% for ChatGPT worldwide (+1.6pp above the global figure). DeepSeek is second at 12.5%, and beyond ChatGPT the local favourite is DeepSeek (12.5%). 22 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

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
1ChatGPTOpenAI69.6%68.0%
2DeepSeekDeepSeek12.5%2.4%
3GrokxAI4.5%2.4%
4ClaudeAnthropic3.1%4.8%
5GeminiGoogle2.7%10.7%
6NotebookLMGoogle2.2%1.5%
7QwenAlibaba1.0%1.1%
8ElevenLabsElevenLabs0.6%0.5%
9MidjourneyMidjourney0.5%0.5%
10Character.AICharacter0.4%1.5%
11Leonardo.AiCanva0.4%0.0%
12KimiMoonshot AI0.4%1.6%
13PerplexityPerplexity0.3%0.5%
14Janitor AIJanitorAI0.3%0.5%
15SunoSuno0.3%0.5%
16VeoGoogle0.3%0.5%
17RunwayRunway0.2%0.0%
18LumaLuma AI0.2%0.0%
19Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft0.1%0.5%
20GitHub CopilotGitHub0.1%0.5%
21CursorAnysphere0.1%0.0%
22ReplitReplit0.1%0.5%
23Meta AIMeta0.0%1.2%
24SoraOpenAI0.0%0.0%
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 69.6% of Iran's AI-tool search interest this week; DeepSeek is second at 12.5%. 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 12.5% 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 69.6% versus 68.0% worldwide — 1.6pp above 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.