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+Perplexity,Perplexity,moderate,4.5,70,70,,31,2038563,138121735,319,aligned
+Claude,Claude AI,moderate,4.2,11,11,15,90,560196,952576964,39,aligned
+Character.AI,Character AI,moderate,3.1,,,,,2353195,162893310,223,search_not_downloads
+Grammarly,Grammarly,moderate,3,,,,,260801,53976573,510,search_not_downloads
+DeepSeek,DeepSeek,moderate,2.4,4,,4,97,303470,430425473,97,downloads_not_search
+Meta AI,Meta AI,moderate,2,24,24,31,77,,27792052,1390,aligned
+Grok,Grok AI,low,1.4,26,33,26,75,3353546,244858316,92,aligned
+Microsoft Copilot,Microsoft Copilot,low,1.4,24,28,24,77,9012560,131579899,344,downloads_not_search
+Janitor AI,Janitor AI,low,1.4,,,,,,110318994,275,aligned
+Midjourney,Midjourney,low,0.9,,,,,3,10704696,1832,aligned
+QuillBot,QuillBot,low,0.8,,,,,21947,44557587,1032,aligned
+ElevenLabs,ElevenLabs,low,0.7,,,,,138110,35099012,967,aligned
+Cursor,Cursor AI,low,0.6,,,,,,20809908,2328,aligned
+Suno,Suno AI,low,0.5,69,,69,32,1847380,81549885,435,aligned
+Gauth,Gauth,low,0.5,19,19,27,82,1963734,6642951,10047,downloads_not_search
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+Candy AI,Candy AI,minimal,0.3,,,,,,49962953,925,aligned
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+Le Chat (Mistral),Mistral AI,minimal,0.2,,,,,,8157356,8970,aligned
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+Civitai,Civitai,minimal,0.2,,,,,,7548236,6158,aligned
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+Doubao,Doubao,minimal,0.1,19,19,27,82,,161248932,303,downloads_not_search
+Replika,Replika,minimal,0.1,,,,,525018,744243,67335,aligned
+Chai,Chai AI,minimal,0.1,87,,87,14,796995,1264510,42991,aligned
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+PhotoRoom,PhotoRoom,minimal,0.1,,,,,3960267,19469439,3074,aligned
+Fotor,Fotor,minimal,0.1,,,,,732044,9194134,5822,aligned
+Hailuo AI,Hailuo AI,minimal,0.1,,,,,,692493,34802,aligned
+Udio,Udio,minimal,0.1,11,,11,90,9,1692371,24227,downloads_not_search
+Brainly,Brainly,minimal,0.1,,,,,4509935,3841506,16659,aligned
+Photomath,Photomath,minimal,0,1,2,1,100,3155274,,,downloads_not_search

data/search-vs-store-ai-apps-2026-07-01.json

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+  "name": "Search vs. Store: AI App Search Demand vs App Store Rank vs Web Traffic (2026)",
+  "snapshot_date": "2026-07-01",
+  "geo": "US",
+  "rows": 40,
+  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
+  "source": "Crawlora (Google Trends API + App Store charts dataset + SimilarWeb)",
+  "study_url": "https://crawlora.net/blog/search-vs-store-2026",
+  "method": "Google Trends interest (today 12-m, US) per app, anchor-normalized to ChatGPT=100 (mid-volume bridge Perplexity for low-signal apps), then bucketed into coarse tiers because ChatGPT dwarfs the field ~30-1000x and Trends cannot resolve a precise cross-app value. Store standing = current US App Store chart rank (best of iOS/Play, Top Free + Grossing). Search terms are hand-picked per app and listed. Cross-sectional snapshot, not causal; the coefficient is directional only.",
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+DeepSeek,DeepSeek,moderate,2.6,,,,,322757,373469487,113,search_not_downloads
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+Grok,Grok AI,moderate,1.5,2,,2,99,4851379,212330659,103,downloads_not_search
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data/search-vs-store-ai-apps-2026-07-26.json

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+  "snapshot_date": "2026-07-26",
+  "similarweb_as_of": "2026-07-25",
+  "geo": "US",
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+  "source": "Crawlora (Google Trends API + App Store charts dataset + SimilarWeb)",
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