head-to-head · ai tracker
two tools, one question — answered with daily search-interest data across 85 countries.
Right now the world searches for Grok more: 2.4% of global AI-tool search interest this week versus 0.5% for Perplexity — a lead of 1.9pp. Country-by-country, Grok is the preferred pick in 84 of the 85 tracked countries and Perplexity in 1. 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 | Grok | Perplexity | margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 13.0% | 0.0% | +13.0pp |
| 2 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 7.3% | 0.3% | +7.0pp |
| 3 | 🇨🇳 China | 7.2% | 0.3% | +6.9pp |
| 4 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 7.1% | 0.7% | +6.4pp |
| 5 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 6.8% | 0.7% | +6.1pp |
| 6 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 6.0% | 0.0% | +6.0pp |
| 7 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 5.7% | 0.4% | +5.3pp |
| 8 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 5.5% | 0.2% | +5.3pp |
| # | country | Perplexity | Grok | margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 0.3% | 0.0% | +0.3pp |
country links open that country’s full AI-preference page. updated 2026-07-23.
faq
Globally, yes — Grok holds 2.4% of AI-tool search interest this week versus Perplexity's 0.5%, a lead of 1.9pp. Grok is also the preferred pick in 84 of the 85 tracked countries, against 1 for Perplexity. This measures share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.
Perplexity out-searches Grok in 1 of the 85 tracked countries — most strongly in Myanmar (Burma) (0.3% vs 0.0%). The full country split is in the tables above and refreshes daily.
Over the last 30 days Grok's global search share moved +1.0pp and Perplexity'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.
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