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Show HN: Who is using AI? A daily tracker, 1,600+ city heatmap, DOI dataset

A new daily tracker, 'Who is using AI?', shows ChatGPT leads in 84 of 85 tracked countries, capturing 74.4% of global AI-tool search interest as of July 19, 2026, with Gemini second at 8.7% and Kimi the fastest 30-day climber at +1.2 percentage points. The tracker, updated daily, covers search interest, SDK downloads, open-source momentum, and model downloads, with a heatmap of 1,600+ cities and a DOI dataset.

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Show HN: Who is using AI? A daily tracker, 1,600+ city heatmap, DOI dataset
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a search engine to track AI

which AI is the world actually using? tracked daily — search interest, SDK downloads, OSS momentum, model downloads, attention.

share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

updated 2026-08-01 · search-share data through Jul 19, 2026 · refreshed daily

01 · the world map

tap a country for its full top-5. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts (85 countries with enough search volume; the rest stay neutral).

time machine — drag through the archive; grows daily from Jul 7, 2026.

02 · latest movers

the biggest one-day share swings across every country and tool. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts — history accumulates from Jul 7, 2026.

⚠ search-share data is from Jul 19, 2026 (13 days behind) — Google Trends is rate-limiting our pulls, so the shares and moves below are that day’s, not today’s. Signals (GitHub, Wikipedia, npm/PyPI) are current.

03 · explore the tracker

ChatGPT leads in 84 of the 85 tracked countries — the exception: Russia (where DeepSeek leads). Globally it takes 74.4% of AI-tool search interest this week; Gemini is second at 8.7%. The fastest 30-day climber is Kimi (+1.2pp). Each tool below has its own page with country tables, trends and momentum. share of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.

every page updates daily · latest weekly point: 2026-07-19 · data also feeds the blog and the adoption map.

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