Study Reveals Top AI Trends: Chatbots Lead with 260M Searches
A recent study carried out by Linkee has compiled a list of the most popular types of AI uses. Data from Google Trends was analyzed to extract all the AI related search trends and after that they were grouped by categories and total search volume was calculated. The list included data from July 2024.
Chatbots and AI Conversational Tools lead in the ranking of the most popular AI categories with almost 260M searches. This group includes searches for “chat ai,” “chatgpt,” “Google ai,” “Gemini ai,” and others. Although Gemini AI receives fewer searches compared to ChatGPT, it has witnessed the largest jump in interest within this category with a 3150% increase.
Creative AI and Design Tools secure the second spot in popularity among AI categories, with 8.5M searches which is 30 times less than the demand for chatbots. Searches like “AI art”, “ai art generator”, “mid journey” are currently trending and Heygen AI leads the trend in the category with an increase of 5000% which is the highest on the list.
Role-playing AI Chatbots claim the third spot in AI popularity, drawing 5.7M searches monthly. Janitor AI, a character AI chatbot, is leading in this category with an increase of 1450% in interest. The new trend includes interest towards character AI applications and search terms.
Educational Tools rank fourth, getting 4.6M searches. Perplexity AI, AI-powered research and conversational search engine, leads this category with a 123% increase in interest, showing search trends towards using AI for learning and research.
Image Alteration Tools, ranking fifth, received 3.9M searches, with “Undress ai free tools” seeing a massive 3500% increase in interest. The presence of keywords such as “Undress ai free tools,” “remaker ai face swap,” “undetectable ai,” and “remove clothes ai tools” shows concern towards privacy of internet users.
AI Research and Analysis Tools sit in sixth place, attracting 3.25M searches. Scite AI, a platform for researchers to easily find relevant scientific papers, tops this category with a 52% increase in interest.
AI Content Creation and Marketing Tools take the seventh spot, with 2.2M searches. “AI marketing tools” had a 1950% jump in interest over the past months. Search terms for “AI detector” are also trending.
Neurodiversity Support Tools rank eighth with 247K searches. Goblin AI, a collection of small, simple task tools designed to help neurodivergent people, leads with a 126% increase in interest in this category.
Productivity AI Apps are in ninth place rounding up the list, with 62K monthly searches. Calendar.ai, with an increase of 256% in interest leads in the category. Similar search terms are also trending.
Here are the results summed up:
| Category | Keywords (Apps or Software) | Total Search Volume | Trend change (%) | Highest Trend |
| Chatbots and AI Conversational Tools | chat ai, chatgpt, gpt, other ai tools like chatgpt, claude, claude ai, Google ai, bing ai, google gemini ai, google ai tools, bing image creator | 259,065,690 | 3150 | Gemini AI |
| Creative AI and Design Tools | AI art, ai art generator, midjourney, artificial intelligence art app, image generator ai, photo ai, vectorizer ai, pencil ai 변환, ideograma ai, krea ai, suno ai, ai image tools, ai video tools, ai design tools, vizard ai, heygen ai, suno ai, gamma ai | 8,567,100 | 5000 | Heygen AI |
| Role-playing AI Chatbots | my ai, you ai, ai voice, ai app, venus chub ai, Janitor ai, crushon ai | 5,740,500 | 1450 | Janitor AI |
| Educational and Research Tools | chatpdf, research rabbit, perplexity ai | 4,680,000 | 123 | perplexity ai |
| Image Alteration Tools | Undress ai free tools, remaker ai face swap, remaker ai face swap free, undetectable ai, remove clothes ai tools, ai voice, remaker ai, | 3,974,850 | 3500 | Undress ai free tools |
| AI Research and Analysis Tools | scite ai, zerogpt, adobe firefly | 3,256,000 | 52 | Scite ai |
| AI Content Creation and Marketing Tools | AI marketing tools, ai writing tools, ai detector | 2,272,100 | 1950 | AI marketing tools |
| Neurodiversity Support Tools | goblin tools ai, neurolist AI, Otter.AI | 247,300 | 126 | goblin ai |
| Productivity AI Apps | Fireflies.ai, Synthesia etc, Calendar.ai | 62,100 | 256 | Calendar.ai |
For the full research please follow this link: https://docs.google.com/