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Grok vs Perplexity — which is more popular?

two tools, one question — answered with daily search-interest data across 85 countries.

2.4%
Grok · global share
rank #5 of 26 · this week
0.5%
Perplexity · global share
rank #11 of 26 · this week
84
countries prefer Grok
of 85 tracked · vs Perplexity
1
countries prefer Perplexity
of 85 tracked · vs Grok

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

Grok vs Perplexity — 12 months of global search share

weekly, 2025-07-13 → 2026-07-19. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

02 · momentum

how both moved — 1d / 7d / 30d

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

the countries on each side

every country compared on its own shares; ranked by margin. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

where Grok beats Perplexity — top 8 of 84

#countryGrokPerplexitymargin
1🇺🇦 Ukraine13.0%0.0%+13.0pp
2🇵🇱 Poland7.3%0.3%+7.0pp
3🇨🇳 China7.2%0.3%+6.9pp
4🇷🇺 Russia7.1%0.7%+6.4pp
5🇰🇷 South Korea6.8%0.7%+6.1pp
6🇳🇴 Norway6.0%0.0%+6.0pp
7🇯🇵 Japan5.7%0.4%+5.3pp
8🇻🇳 Vietnam5.5%0.2%+5.3pp

where Perplexity beats Grok — top 1 of 1

#countryPerplexityGrokmargin
1🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma)0.3%0.0%+0.3pp

country links open that country’s full AI-preference page. updated 2026-07-23.

faq

questions people ask about Grok vs Perplexity

Is Grok more popular than Perplexity?

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.

Where is Perplexity bigger than Grok?

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.

Is Grok growing faster than Perplexity?

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.

go deeper: Grok stats · Perplexity stats · all 26 tools on one chart.