head-to-head · ai tracker
two tools, one question — answered with daily search-interest data across 85 countries.
This week it’s a dead heat: DeepSeek and Grok both hold 2.4% of global AI-tool search interest. Country-by-country, DeepSeek is the preferred pick in 26 of the 85 tracked countries and Grok in 47. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
updated 2026-07-23 · refreshed daily
01 · the two-horse race
weekly, 2025-07-13 → 2026-07-19. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
02 · momentum
share moves from daily snapshots, side by side. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts — history accumulates from Jul 7, 2026.
03 · who prefers what
every country compared on its own shares; ranked by margin. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
| # | country | DeepSeek | Grok | margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 29.0% | 7.1% | +21.9pp |
| 2 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 12.5% | 4.5% | +8.0pp |
| 3 | 🇨🇳 China | 15.2% | 7.2% | +8.0pp |
| 4 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 5.4% | 0.9% | +4.5pp |
| 5 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 3.8% | 0.0% | +3.8pp |
| 6 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 4.3% | 0.9% | +3.4pp |
| 7 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 4.4% | 1.7% | +2.7pp |
| 8 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 4.3% | 1.7% | +2.6pp |
| # | country | Grok | DeepSeek | margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 6.0% | 1.0% | +5.0pp |
| 2 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 7.3% | 2.4% | +4.9pp |
| 3 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 13.0% | 9.0% | +4.0pp |
| 4 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 4.9% | 1.4% | +3.5pp |
| 5 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 5.7% | 2.4% | +3.3pp |
| 6 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 4.0% | 1.0% | +3.0pp |
| 7 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 6.8% | 3.8% | +3.0pp |
| 8 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 5.3% | 2.6% | +2.7pp |
country links open that country’s full AI-preference page. updated 2026-07-23.
faq
It's a dead heat this week: both DeepSeek and Grok hold 2.4% of global AI-tool search interest. Country-by-country, DeepSeek leads in 26 of the 85 tracked countries and Grok in 47. This measures share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
Grok out-searches DeepSeek in 47 of the 85 tracked countries — most strongly in Norway (6.0% vs 1.0%), Poland (7.3% vs 2.4%), Ukraine (13.0% vs 9.0%). The full country split is in the tables above and refreshes daily.
Over the last 30 days DeepSeek's global search share moved -0.2pp and Grok's +1.0pp — so Grok has the better momentum right now. Day-to-day search share is noisy; read short windows as weather, not climate.
go deeper: DeepSeek stats · Grok stats · all 26 tools on one chart.