DeepSeek · ai tracker
how much of the world’s AI attention goes to DeepSeek — tracked daily across 87 countries.
DeepSeek (DeepSeek) holds 2.1% of global AI-tool search interest this week — rank 4 of 26 tools tracked, down 0.7pp over the last 30 days. It is a top-2 choice in 3 of the 87 tracked countries. Its strongest market is Russia, where it takes 34.7% of AI-tool searches. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
updated 2026-10-05 · search-share data through Oct 2, 2026 · refreshed daily
01 · the trend
weekly, 2025-10-05 → 2026-09-27. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
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
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
share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
| # | country | share of AI searches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 34.7% |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | 19.0% |
| 3 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 8.9% |
| 4 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 8.1% |
| 5 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 4.8% |
| 6 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 3.6% |
| 7 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 3.6% |
| 8 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 3.6% |
| 9 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 3.6% |
| 10 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 3.6% |
share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts. country links open that country’s full AI-preference page. updated 2026-10-05.
04 · attention
daily Wikipedia pageviews for “DeepSeek” — a full year of public curiosity. source: Wikimedia Pageviews API.
faq
Russia shows the strongest DeepSeek preference of the 87 countries tracked: 34.7% of its AI-tool search interest goes to DeepSeek, versus 2.1% globally. Next come China (19.0%) and Iran (8.9%). This measures share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
Not globally: ChatGPT holds 74.4% of AI-tool search interest this week versus DeepSeek's 2.1%. There is no tracked country where DeepSeek out-searches ChatGPT right now.
2.1% this week — rank 4 of the 26 AI tools tracked. Over the last 30 days its global share moved -0.7pp. Shares are anchor-normalized Google search interest, so the 26 tools sum to roughly 100% per country.
Its global search share is down 0.7pp over the last 30 days — DeepSeek now takes 2.1% 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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