How often is the data updated?

Market share is imported automatically every month and the site switches to the latest month. Past months remain as archives so trends can be verified later. Pricing and features are updated when vendors change their public information.

Can these numbers be used as user counts?

No. The market share here is an indicator based on web referral traffic from AI chatbots, not a count of all users. Rankings change with the measurement method, so treat the figures as reference values.

Data & methodology | AI Popularity Score: sources & updates

1. Core data principles

Figures (share, ranking) are imported from public sources, saved to a database as monthly snapshots, and displayed with the source and capture date shown on screen. We never publish AI-estimated figures as-is.

2. Types of metrics

Market share (market_share)
Web-visit share (web_visit)
Search trend (search_trend)
Popularity score (popularity_score)

Our current primary metric is market share (based on web-referral traffic via AI chatbots). It does not fully represent the “usage rate” across all users, and rankings change when the measurement method differs.

3. Data sources

StatCounter Global Stats（AI Chatbot Market Share） — https://gs.statcounter.com/ai-chatbot-market-share
Method: Market share aggregated from web referral traffic via AI chatbots (Desktop & Mobile).
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported (attribution, share-alike; StatCounter Global Stats).
Each AI tool's official site (pricing & features) — https://aishare.itlibra.com
Method: Compiled by our editors from each vendor's public pages (reference values; capture date shown on each page).
License: Reference values based on official public information.

Download the data (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The monthly market-share snapshots behind this site are published in machine-readable form. Use them for research, articles or AI citations — please credit this site and StatCounter. StatCounter data is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (Attribution-ShareAlike), so the distributed data uses the same license; if you publish an adapted version, use the same license.

This is the database snapshot itself; it contains no estimates and no proprietary score. Filter with ?region= and ?period=.

4. AI Popularity Score formula

Our proprietary “AI Popularity Score” is a transparent weighted average using only stored data.

AI Popularity Score = market share 55% + 3-month trend 20% + feature coverage 15% + free tier 10% (reference value, 0–100)

Market share (55%): worldwide market share for the latest month (StatCounter).
3-month trend (20%): share change (pt) over the last 3 months, normalized to 0–100.
Feature coverage (15%): the proportion of supported features such as Japanese, image, voice, search, code and API.
Free tier (10%): whether a free plan is available.

Tools without public market-share statistics (e.g., Grok) are treated as “awaiting statistics” in the score ranking, and reflected as soon as share data becomes available.

5. Update frequency

Market share is updated monthly; pricing, features and news are updated as needed. Each month's share is kept as an archive, so we can continuously provide history, month-over-month change, and fastest risers/biggest drops.

6. Caveats on interpretation

These rankings are reference values based on public market-share data, web-traffic estimates and editorial research, and do not represent a complete count of every user of each AI tool. Rankings change with the measurement method (web-visit share vs. market share, etc.). Always check each official site for the latest information.

⚠ These rankings are reference values based on public market-share data, web-traffic estimates and editorial research, and do not represent a complete count of every user of each AI tool. Rankings change with the measurement method (web-visit share vs. market share, etc.). Always check each official site for the latest information.

Data & methodology