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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 84 countries.

2.2%
global share
this week · of AI-tool searches
#4
rank
of 13 tools tracked
-1.2pp
30-day move
global share · percentage points
37.6%
strongest market
Russia

DeepSeek (DeepSeek) holds 2.2% of global AI-tool search interest this week — rank 4 of 13 tools tracked, down 1.2pp over the last 30 days. It is the #1 choice in 1 and top-2 in 3 of the 84 tracked countries. Its strongest market is Russia, where it takes 37.6% of AI-tool searches. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

updated 2026-07-08 · refreshed daily

01 · the trend

share of global AI search interest — 12 months

weekly, 2025-07-06 → 2026-07-05. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

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 the full deep-dive. updated 2026-07-08.

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 84 countries tracked: 37.6% of its AI-tool search interest goes to DeepSeek, versus 2.2% globally. Next come China (21.6%) and Iran (12.8%). This measures share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

Is DeepSeek more popular than ChatGPT?

Not globally: ChatGPT holds 75.3% of AI-tool search interest this week versus DeepSeek's 2.2%. DeepSeek does, however, out-search ChatGPT in 1 of the 84 tracked countries: Russia.

What share of global AI search interest does DeepSeek have?

2.2% this week — rank 4 of the 13 AI tools tracked. Over the last 30 days its global share moved -1.2pp. Shares are anchor-normalized Google search interest, so the 13 tools sum to roughly 100% per country.

Is DeepSeek growing?

Its global search share is down 1.2pp over the last 30 days — DeepSeek now takes 2.2% of AI-tool searches. The tracker refreshes daily, so this answer updates with the data.

compare DeepSeek against all 13 tools on the race chart, or head back to the tracker hub.