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AI in Kenya — which tools does it prefer?

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

73.8%
ChatGPT — the leader
of Kenya’s AI searches
9.2%
Claude — runner-up
rank #2 in Kenya
9.2%
Claude
the pick beyond ChatGPT
20
tools with signal
of 26 tracked · this week

Kenya’s AI-tool searches go first to ChatGPT73.8% of the country’s AI search interest this week, versus 68.0% for ChatGPT worldwide (+5.8pp above the global figure). Claude is second at 9.2%, and beyond ChatGPT the local favourite is Claude (9.2%). 20 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 Kenya’s preference

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

all 26 tools in Kenya — baked in daily

#toolcompanyshare in Kenyaglobal
1ChatGPTOpenAI73.8%68.0%
2ClaudeAnthropic9.2%4.8%
3GeminiGoogle7.8%10.7%
4DeepSeekDeepSeek4.3%2.4%
5GrokxAI0.9%2.4%
6PerplexityPerplexity0.5%0.5%
7NotebookLMGoogle0.5%1.5%
8KimiMoonshot AI0.5%1.6%
9SunoSuno0.4%0.5%
10QwenAlibaba0.4%1.1%
11Character.AICharacter0.3%1.5%
12ElevenLabsElevenLabs0.3%0.5%
13ReplitReplit0.3%0.5%
14Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft0.2%0.5%
15CursorAnysphere0.1%0.0%
16Janitor AIJanitorAI0.1%0.5%
17Leonardo.AiCanva0.1%0.0%
18PoeQuora0.1%0.0%
19LumaLuma AI0.1%0.0%
20VeoGoogle0.1%0.5%
21Meta AIMeta0.0%1.2%
22MidjourneyMidjourney0.0%0.5%
23GitHub CopilotGitHub0.0%0.5%
24RunwayRunway0.0%0.0%
25SoraOpenAI0.0%0.0%
26MistralMistral 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 Kenya’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 Kenya

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 Kenya

Which AI is most popular in Kenya?

ChatGPT — it takes 73.8% of Kenya's AI-tool search interest this week; Claude is second at 9.2%. Shares measure relative Google search interest — preference, not usage counts.

Which AI does Kenya prefer beyond ChatGPT?

Claude: setting ChatGPT aside, it is Kenya's strongest AI preference at 9.2% of the country's AI-tool searches — rank #2 overall.

How does Kenya compare with the rest of the world?

ChatGPT's share in Kenya is 73.8% versus 68.0% worldwide — 5.8pp above its global figure. The full 26-tool ranking above is rebuilt every day from fresh Google Trends data.

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