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

> Source: <https://whoisusingai.com/tracker>
> Published: 2026-08-16 12:01:34+00:00

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](/blog) and the [adoption map](/).
