head-to-head · ai tracker
two tools, one question — answered with daily search-interest data across 87 countries.
This week it’s a dead heat: DeepSeek and Grok both hold 2.1% of global AI-tool search interest. Country-by-country, DeepSeek is the preferred pick in 22 of the 87 tracked countries and Grok in 48. 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 two-horse race
weekly, 2025-10-05 → 2026-09-27. 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 | 34.7% | 5.4% | +29.3pp |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | 19.0% | 8.0% | +11.0pp |
| 3 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 8.9% | 3.6% | +5.3pp |
| 4 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 2.8% | 0.0% | +2.8pp |
| 5 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 3.6% | 0.9% | +2.7pp |
| 6 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 3.5% | 0.9% | +2.6pp |
| 7 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 2.7% | 0.9% | +1.8pp |
| 8 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 2.7% | 0.9% | +1.8pp |
| # | country | Grok | DeepSeek | margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 9.0% | 2.0% | +7.0pp |
| 2 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 6.0% | 1.0% | +5.0pp |
| 3 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 7.4% | 2.5% | +4.9pp |
| 4 | 🇺🇸 United States | 4.4% | 0.9% | +3.5pp |
| 5 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 5.7% | 2.4% | +3.3pp |
| 6 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 4.0% | 1.0% | +3.0pp |
| 7 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 4.0% | 1.0% | +3.0pp |
| 8 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 3.5% | 0.9% | +2.6pp |
country links open that country’s full AI-preference page. updated 2026-10-05.
faq
It's a dead heat this week: both DeepSeek and Grok hold 2.1% of global AI-tool search interest. Country-by-country, DeepSeek leads in 22 of the 87 tracked countries and Grok in 48. This measures share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
Grok out-searches DeepSeek in 48 of the 87 tracked countries — most strongly in Israel (9.0% vs 2.0%), Norway (6.0% vs 1.0%), Poland (7.4% vs 2.5%). The full country split is in the tables above and refreshes daily.
Over the last 30 days DeepSeek's global search share moved -0.7pp and Grok's +0.3pp — 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.