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DeepSeek — how much is the world using it?

how much of the world’s AI attention goes to DeepSeek — tracked daily across 85 countries.

1.9%
global share
this week · of AI-tool searches
#5
rank
of 26 tools tracked
+0.1pp
30-day move
global share · percentage points
31.6%
strongest market
Russia

DeepSeek (DeepSeek) holds 1.9% of global AI-tool search interest this week — rank 5 of 26 tools tracked, up 0.1pp over the last 30 days. It is the #1 choice in 1 and top-2 in 3 of the 85 tracked countries. Its strongest market is Russia, where it takes 31.6% of AI-tool searches. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

updated 2026-08-01 · search-share data through Jul 19, 2026 · refreshed daily

01 · the trend

share of global AI search interest — 12 months

weekly, 2025-07-27 → 2026-07-19. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

recent DeepSeek news — with the market reaction

headlines from official sources, last 60 days; chips show how search share and attention moved in the 7 days after each — correlation, not causation. the full feed is the wire.

02 · momentum

how DeepSeek moved — 1d / 7d / 30d

share moves from daily snapshots. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts — snapshot history accumulates from Jul 7, 2026.

03 · where it’s strongest

the countries that prefer DeepSeek most

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

top 10 countries — baked in daily

share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts. country links open that country’s full AI-preference page. updated 2026-08-01.

04 · attention

who’s reading about DeepSeek

daily Wikipedia pageviews for “DeepSeek” — a full year of public curiosity. source: Wikimedia Pageviews API.

faq

questions people ask about DeepSeek

Which country uses DeepSeek the most?

Russia shows the strongest DeepSeek preference of the 85 countries tracked: 31.6% of its AI-tool search interest goes to DeepSeek, versus 1.9% globally. Next come China (20.0%) and Iran (11.6%). This measures share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

Is DeepSeek more popular than ChatGPT?

Not globally: ChatGPT holds 74.4% of AI-tool search interest this week versus DeepSeek's 1.9%. DeepSeek does, however, out-search ChatGPT in 1 of the 85 tracked countries: Russia.

What share of global AI search interest does DeepSeek have?

1.9% this week — rank 5 of the 26 AI tools tracked. Over the last 30 days its global share moved +0.1pp. Shares are anchor-normalized Google search interest, so the 26 tools sum to roughly 100% per country.

Is DeepSeek growing?

Roughly flat: +0.1pp over the last 30 days, holding 1.9% of AI-tool searches. The tracker refreshes daily, so this answer updates with the data.

compare DeepSeek against all 26 tools on the race chart, or head back to the tracker hub.

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