AI character chat app search trends
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Search interest■ Steadyand 71% below its May 2023 peak
- Google Trends, year on year
- 0%
- US searches vs October 2025
- +49%
- From the five-year peak
- -71%
This page follows one Google search, “ai character chat”, over five years. Interest is about the same as a year ago, 71% below its peak in May 2023.
Below: the five-year chart, searches month by month, country by country and the searches people make around it.
Google Trends via DataForSEO (pulled 2 November 2026); search volume and visits via DataForSEO · not a ranking
AI character chat app search trends: the key numbers for October 2026
The numbers that sum up searches for “ai character chat”. Tap one for the detail below.
Interest in “ai character chat” is about level with a year ago: 17 out of 100 on Google Trends in October 2026, against 17 a year earlier. The five-year peak was 58, in May 2023.
People search for it about 90,500 times a month worldwide, 40,500 of them in the US (45%). In September 2026, US searches were 40,500, 49% more than in October 2025.
12.2% of visits to the tracked AI character chat app sites come from the US, down from 27.9% a year ago. India, Canada and Brazil come next.
Five years of interest, worldwide and in the US
WorldGoogle Trends interest, worldwide (0–100)
Source: Google Trends, 100 = peak week.
USGoogle Trends interest, United States (0–100)
United States only, same scale.
Miles explains
Here’s how I read these two lines. They don’t show how many people search, only when interest rose and fell. Worldwide, it peaked in May 2023 and sits at 17 now, the same as a year ago. In the US it’s level with or above a year ago, and the Google Ads numbers below tell the same story. When you see a sharp spike, think news story, not new customers. The baseline between the spikes is the demand I actually care about.
What the term is worth, month by month
USSearches a month for "ai character chat", United States
Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.
WorldSearches a month for "ai character chat", worldwide
Worldwide, same source.
Miles explains
This is the number I’d plan with: September 2026 had 40,500 US searches, 49% more than in October 2025. Google Ads rounds these figures into steps, so a small move from one month to the next usually means nothing.
The US against 9 other countries
Searches a month for “ai character chat” in each country with a Google Ads figure, twelve-month average; countries with none are left out. The United States is 44.8% of the worldwide figure; the next 3 countries together are 15.7%.
- United States40,500
- India5,400
- United Kingdom4,400
- Canada4,400
- Australia2,900
- Germany1,600
- Philippines1,600
- Brazil590
- Netherlands480
- France390
Miles explains
The top five countries are United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Worldwide, people search for it about 2.2 times as often as in the US alone, so roughly 55.2% of the searches happen outside the US.
The searches around the term
| Search | US / month | Worldwide / month | US share |
|---|---|---|---|
| “ai character chat” | 40,500 | 90,500 | 45% |
| “ai character chat apps” | 22,200 | 27,100 | 82% |
| “best ai character chat” | 210 | 590 | 36% |
| “free ai character chat” | 2,900 | 6,600 | 44% |
| “ai character chat online” | 170 | 390 | 44% |
| “character ai alternative” | 14,800 | 33,100 | 45% |
| “ai characters” | 33,100 | 301,000 | 11% |
| “best free ai character chat” | 90 | 170 | 53% |
Search
- “ai character chat”
- US / month
- 40,500
- Worldwide / month
- 90,500
- US share
- 45%
- “ai character chat apps”
- US / month
- 22,200
- Worldwide / month
- 27,100
- US share
- 82%
- “best ai character chat”
- US / month
- 210
- Worldwide / month
- 590
- US share
- 36%
- “free ai character chat”
- US / month
- 2,900
- Worldwide / month
- 6,600
- US share
- 44%
- “ai character chat online”
- US / month
- 170
- Worldwide / month
- 390
- US share
- 44%
- “character ai alternative”
- US / month
- 14,800
- Worldwide / month
- 33,100
- US share
- 45%
- “ai characters”
- US / month
- 33,100
- Worldwide / month
- 301,000
- US share
- 11%
- “best free ai character chat”
- US / month
- 90
- Worldwide / month
- 170
- US share
- 53%
Source: Google Ads, 12-month averages. A dash means no volume reported.
Miles explains
The biggest related search is “ai characters”, at 301,000 searches a month worldwide, more than “ai character chat” itself. Rising fastest next to it on Google Trends: “free ai character chat without login”, “free ai character chat no restrictions” and “ai character chat free online”. A sudden riser is usually news, not lasting demand.
Where the visitors to the tracked sites come from
USShare of visits that come from the US (%)
US share of worldwide search visits to all tracked sites, month by month, DataForSEO estimates.
WorldVisits a month from outside the US
Visits from outside the US a month, all tracked sites.
- India64.2%5,474,090
- Canada13.4%1,141,731
- Brazil9.5%808,283
- United Kingdom5.2%445,187
- Germany3.8%324,788
- Australia2.7%232,731
- France1.2%101,143
Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.