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title: "DeepSeek vs Meta AI: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, DeepSeek or Meta AI? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI chat assistants set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# DeepSeek vs Meta AI: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, DeepSeek or Meta AI? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the AI chat assistants set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: DeepSeek and Meta AI
- **Competitive set**: AI chat assistants
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **DeepSeek Share of Search**: 0.75%
- **Meta AI Share of Search**: 0.22%

## Which is more popular in search, DeepSeek or Meta AI?

- In August 2026, DeepSeek had more branded searches than Meta AI among AI chat assistants worldwide. DeepSeek was estimated to have 18.3M branded searches compared to Meta AI’s 5.4M, and held a 0.75% Share of Search versus Meta AI’s 0.22%.
- DeepSeek was ahead of Meta AI in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, DeepSeek’s estimated Share of Search among AI chat assistants worldwide moved from 1.2% to 0.75%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 28.3M to 18.3M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Meta AI’s estimated Share of Search among AI chat assistants worldwide held steady at 0.22%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.2M to 5.4M.

## How did search popularity change for AI chat assistants worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, DeepSeek fell from 5th to 6th among AI chat assistants worldwide.

## Month by month

| Month | DeepSeek estimated searches | DeepSeek Share of Search | DeepSeek rank | Meta AI estimated searches | Meta AI Share of Search | Meta AI rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 28.3M | 1.2% | 5 | 5.2M | 0.22% | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | 27.8M | 1.3% | 5 | 6.4M | 0.29% | 8 |
| Dec 2025 | 22.8M | 1% | 5 | 5.3M | 0.24% | 8 |
| Jan 2026 | 22.6M | 1% | 5 | 6.4M | 0.29% | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | 18.7M | 0.85% | 6 | 5.2M | 0.24% | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | 22.9M | 0.93% | 6 | 5.3M | 0.21% | 8 |
| Apr 2026 | 27.6M | 1.1% | 6 | 6.4M | 0.25% | 8 |
| May 2026 | 27.5M | 0.95% | 5 | 6.5M | 0.22% | 8 |
| Jun 2026 | 22.5M | 0.87% | 5 | 6.7M | 0.26% | 8 |
| Jul 2026 | 18.4M | 0.75% | 5 | 5.5M | 0.22% | 8 |
| Aug 2026 | 18.3M | 0.75% | 6 | 5.4M | 0.22% | 8 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using DeepSeek’s and Meta AI’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **DeepSeek**: Measured on the search terms “chat deepseek”, “deep seek”, “deep seek ai”, “DeepSeek”, “deepseek ai”, “deepseek ai chat”, “deepseek app”, “deepseek chat”, “deepseek com”, “deepseek download”, “deepseek free”, “deepseek r1” and “deepseek v3”, summed into one figure.
- **Meta AI**: Measured on the search terms “ai meta”, “facebook meta ai”, “Meta AI”, “meta ai app”, “meta ai assistant”, “meta ai chat”, “meta ai chatbot”, “meta ai com”, “meta ai facebook”, “meta ai free”, “meta ai image generator”, “meta ai images”, “meta ai instagram”, “meta ai video”, “meta ai video generator”, “meta ai whatsapp”, “meta.ai” and “whatsapp meta ai”, summed into one figure.

- [DeepSeek profile](/demand/global-en/brands/deepseek)
- [Meta AI profile](/demand/global-en/brands/meta-ai)
- [All AI chat assistants worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/ai-chat-assistants): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, DeepSeek or Meta AI?

In August 2026, DeepSeek had more branded searches than Meta AI among AI chat assistants worldwide. DeepSeek was estimated to have 18.3M branded searches compared to Meta AI’s 5.4M, and held a 0.75% Share of Search versus Meta AI’s 0.22%.

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