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

AI in Japan — which tools does it prefer?

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

72.1%

ChatGPT — the leader

of Japan’s AI searches

5.1%

Gemini — runner-up

rank #2 in Japan

5.1%

Gemini

the pick beyond ChatGPT

tools with signal

of 26 tracked · this week

Japan’s AI-tool searches go first to ChatGPT — 72.1% of the country’s AI search interest this week, versus 74.4% for ChatGPT worldwide (-2.3pp below the global figure). Gemini is second at 5.1%, and beyond ChatGPT the local favourite is Gemini (5.1%). 24 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

every tracked tool, ranked by Japan’s preference

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

all 26 tools in Japan — baked in daily

#	tool	company	share in Japan	global
1	ChatGPT	OpenAI	72.1%	74.4%
2	Gemini	Google	5.1%	9.6%
3	Grok	xAI	5.1%	2.1%
4	Claude	Anthropic	3.1%	4.1%
5	NotebookLM	Google	3.1%	1.6%
6	Qwen	Alibaba	2.6%	0.7%
7	DeepSeek	DeepSeek	2.5%	2.1%
8	GitHub Copilot	GitHub	1.5%	0.2%
9	Microsoft Copilot	Microsoft	1.2%	0.3%
10	Suno	Suno	0.9%	0.3%
11	ElevenLabs	ElevenLabs	0.8%	0.5%
12	Midjourney	Midjourney	0.5%	0.2%
13	Perplexity	Perplexity	0.3%	0.3%
14	Character.AI	Character	0.2%	0.9%
15	Replit	Replit	0.2%	0.2%
16	Veo	Google	0.2%	0.2%
17	Cursor	Anysphere	0.1%	0.2%
18	Janitor AI	JanitorAI	0.1%	0.5%
19	Leonardo.Ai	Canva	0.1%	0.2%
20	Runway	Runway	0.1%	0.2%
21	Sora	OpenAI	0.1%	0.1%
22	Kimi	Moonshot AI	0.1%	0.1%
23	Mistral	Mistral AI	0.1%	0.0%
24	Luma	Luma AI	0.1%	0.0%
25	Meta AI	Meta	0.0%	1.1%
26	Poe	Quora	0.0%	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.

questions people ask about AI in Japan

Which AI is most popular in Japan?

ChatGPT — it takes 72.1% of Japan's AI-tool search interest this week; Gemini is second at 5.1%. Shares measure relative Google search interest — preference, not usage counts.

Which AI does Japan prefer beyond ChatGPT?

Gemini: setting ChatGPT aside, it is Japan's strongest AI preference at 5.1% of the country's AI-tool searches — rank #2 overall.

How does Japan compare with the rest of the world?

ChatGPT's share in Japan is 72.1% versus 74.4% worldwide — 2.3pp below its global figure. The full 26-tool ranking above is rebuilt every day from fresh Google Trends data.