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Which AI tools people are using right now

The line shows how many people are currently looking up the tool. The percentage tells you whether interest is growing or fading this week. The 0–100 value sums up overall popularity — higher means more widely used.

Midjourney

Popularity over the last days

100
+5.26 %
Popularity: 100

Cursor

Popularity over the last days

96
+4.35 %
Popularity: 96

GitHub Copilot

Popularity over the last days

95
+4.40 %
Popularity: 95

ChatGPT

Popularity over the last days

94
+5.62 %
Popularity: 94

ElevenLabs

Popularity over the last days

93
+6.90 %
Popularity: 93

Stable Diffusion

Popularity over the last days

92
+0.00 %
Popularity: 92

DALL·E 4

Popularity over the last days

88
+8.64 %
Popularity: 88

Claude

Popularity over the last days

86
+3.61 %
Popularity: 86

Runway

Popularity over the last days

83
+0.00 %
Popularity: 83

Synthesia

Popularity over the last days

82
-1.20 %
Popularity: 82

Perplexity

Popularity over the last days

81
-1.22 %
Popularity: 81

Google Gemini

Popularity over the last days

80
+6.67 %
Popularity: 80

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  • #1 Claude 100
  • #2 Cursor 82
  • #3 Google Gemini 64
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Top tools right now

The highest-rated and most-used AI applications.

  • DeepL

    Text & Language

    DeepL outperforms Google Translate on nuance, tone and specialist language — the market leader in neural translation.

    4.9 (2,800 reviews)
    TranslationNeural MTWriting assistant
    freemium · from $8 8w ago
  • GitHub Copilot

    Coding & Development

    Copilot speeds up development with AI autocompletion right in the editor. Chat, Workspace, CLI and more — the standard tool for devs.

    4.5 (2,400 reviews)
    Code assistantGitHubOpenAI
    paid · from $10 8w ago
  • Notion AI

    Business & Productivity

    Notion AI is the built-in AI assistant for Notion workspaces — context-aware, cross-document, with Q&A on your own content.

    4.4 (2,400 reviews)
    Notion AIKnowledge managementWorkspace
    paid · from $10 3w ago
  • Canva Magic Media

    Images & Graphics

    Magic Media is Canva's built-in AI image generator — solid quality, native design workflow, ideal for marketing teams and SMBs.

    4.3 (2,100 reviews)
    CanvaMagic MediaImage generator
    freemium · from $12 3w ago
  • Midjourney

    Images & Graphics

    Midjourney v7 produces the visually strongest AI images — now with personalization, draft mode, a native web app and improved anatomy.

    4.8 (2,100 reviews)
    Image generatorArtWeb app
    paid · from $10 4w ago
  • Flux Pro

    Images & Graphics

    Flux.1 by Black Forest Labs leads on prompt adherence, text-in-image and ships with open weights for self-hosting.

    4.7 (1,850 reviews)
    Image GenerationOpen SourceFlux
    api-based 4w ago

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How AI is already reshaping industries

Six industries, six tool stacks, six measurable impact numbers — every metric publicly sourced.

The pain

It's 10:47 PM. The briefing Slack pings again — "Variant 12, because the CEO wants it more emotional." You rewrite the headline for the fourth time. Strategy? You had one. Three months ago. You still remember it.

The impact
5.4 hrs

average weekly time saved per marketer through GenAI — across B2B and B2C teams.

That's 22 hours per month. A full weekend. Every month. Back to you.

Source: HubSpot State of AI in Marketing 2024
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Which AI tools are worth using in 2026?

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