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title: "Grok vs Meta AI: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Grok 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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# Grok vs Meta AI: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Grok 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**: Grok and Meta AI
- **Competitive set**: AI chat assistants
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Grok Share of Search**: 0.75%
- **Meta AI Share of Search**: 0.22%

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

- In August 2026, Grok had more branded searches than Meta AI among AI chat assistants worldwide. Grok 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%.
- Grok was ahead of Meta AI in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Grok’s estimated Share of Search among AI chat assistants worldwide moved from 0.78% to 0.75%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 19M 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, Grok rose from 6th to 5th among AI chat assistants worldwide.

## Month by month

| Month | Grok estimated searches | Grok Share of Search | Grok rank | Meta AI estimated searches | Meta AI Share of Search | Meta AI rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 19M | 0.78% | 6 | 5.2M | 0.22% | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | 24.1M | 1.1% | 6 | 6.4M | 0.29% | 8 |
| Dec 2025 | 29.3M | 1.3% | 4 | 5.3M | 0.24% | 8 |
| Jan 2026 | 43.6M | 1.9% | 3 | 6.4M | 0.29% | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | 35.6M | 1.6% | 3 | 5.2M | 0.24% | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | 43.2M | 1.8% | 4 | 5.3M | 0.21% | 8 |
| Apr 2026 | 33.4M | 1.3% | 5 | 6.4M | 0.25% | 8 |
| May 2026 | 27.4M | 0.94% | 6 | 6.5M | 0.22% | 8 |
| Jun 2026 | 22.3M | 0.86% | 6 | 6.7M | 0.26% | 8 |
| Jul 2026 | 18.3M | 0.75% | 6 | 5.5M | 0.22% | 8 |
| Aug 2026 | 18.3M | 0.75% | 5 | 5.4M | 0.22% | 8 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Grok’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.

- **Grok**: Measured on the search terms “Grok”, “grok 3”, “grok 4”, “grok ai”, “grok ai free”, “grok ai image”, “grok ai video”, “grok app”, “grok chat”, “grok com”, “grok download”, “grok imagine”, “grok twitter”, “grok x”, “grok xai”, “supergrok”, “x grok” and “xai grok”, 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.

- [Grok profile](/demand/global-en/brands/grok)
- [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, Grok or Meta AI?

In August 2026, Grok had more branded searches than Meta AI among AI chat assistants worldwide. Grok 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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