{"slug": "show-hn-who-is-using-ai-a-daily-tracker-1600-city-heatmap-doi-dataset", "title": "Show HN: Who is using AI? A daily tracker, 1,600+ city heatmap, DOI dataset", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "a search engine to track AI\n\nwhich AI is the world actually using? tracked daily — search interest, SDK downloads, OSS momentum, model downloads, attention.\n\nshare of Google search interest — relative preference, not usage counts.\n\nupdated **2026-08-01** · search-share data through **Jul 19, 2026** · refreshed daily\n\n01 · the world map\n\ntap 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).\n\ntime machine — drag through the archive; grows daily from Jul 7, 2026.\n\n02 · latest movers\n\nthe 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.\n\n⚠ 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.\n\n03 · explore the tracker\n\n**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.\n\nevery page updates daily · latest weekly point: 2026-07-19 · data also feeds the [blog](/blog) and the [adoption map](/).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-who-is-using-ai-a-daily-tracker-1600-city-heatmap-doi-dataset", "canonical_source": "https://whoisusingai.com/tracker", "published_at": "2026-08-16 12:01:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-16 12:41:24.311864+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools", "ai-research"], "entities": ["ChatGPT", "Gemini", "Kimi", "DeepSeek", "Google Trends", "GitHub", "Wikipedia", "npm/PyPI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-who-is-using-ai-a-daily-tracker-1600-city-heatmap-doi-dataset", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-who-is-using-ai-a-daily-tracker-1600-city-heatmap-doi-dataset.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-who-is-using-ai-a-daily-tracker-1600-city-heatmap-doi-dataset.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-who-is-using-ai-a-daily-tracker-1600-city-heatmap-doi-dataset.jsonld"}}