- A new study has revealed which U.S. states are searching for AI programs the most, with Michigan ranking 22nd.
- California is the state searching for AI programs the most with 14,854 monthly searches per 100,000 people on average.
- Mississippi ranked last in the study with only 5,013 average monthly keyword searches per 100,000 people.
A recent study reveals that Michigan is the 22nd most AI-obsessed state. Data collection experts at SOAX used Google Keyword Planner to analyze the number of monthly searches for 10 popular AI programs to reveal which states are searching for them the most. Each program was paired with six search variations such as ‘how to use [AI program]’ and ‘[AI program] login’ and the combined number of monthly searches was calculated per 100,000 residents.
– Michigan Findings –
Michigan ranked 22nd in the study with 9,170 average monthly searches per 100,000 people. There are around 920,406 AI program-related searches each month. Michigan’s most searched-for programs were ‘ChatGPT’ (727,768), ‘Character AI’ (158,157), and ‘Google Gemini’ (11,238).
California ranked first in the study with 14,854 average monthly searches per 100,000 people, or 5,787,928 AI program-related searches each month. The state’s most searched-for programs were ‘ChatGPT’ (4,863,678 searches), ‘Character AI’ (677,467 searches), and ‘Google Gemini’ (76,923 searches).
New York ranked second with 14,093 average monthly searches per 100,000 people. There are around 2,758,074 AI program-related searches made in the state each month and the most searched-for terms were also ‘ChatGPT’ (2,339,827 searches), ‘Character AI’ (287,808 searches), and ‘Google Gemini’ (38,239 searches).
Virginia came third with 13,240 average monthly searches per 100,000 people, or 1,153,918 AI program-related searches each month. Following the same pattern, ‘ChatGPT’ (952,981 searches), ‘Character AI’ (147,883 searches), and ‘Google Gemini’ (15,848 searches) were the most searched for terms.
Massachusetts ranked fourth with 13,084 average monthly searches per 100,000 people, or 916,071 AI program-related searches each month.
New Jersey came fifth with 12,957 average monthly keyword searches per 100,000 people, or 1,203,778 AI program-related searches per month.
Other states in the top 10 included Maryland, Washington, Texas, Georgia, and Utah. Mississippi ranked last in the study with 5,013 average monthly keyword searches per 100,000 people or an average of 147,357 searches per month.
The 10 states with the highest rate of searches for AI programs
|
Rank
|
State
|
Population
|
Average monthly AI program keyword searches
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AI program keyword searches per 100,000 residents
|
|
1.
|
California
|
38,965,193
|
5,787,928
|
14,854
|
|
2.
|
New York
|
19,571,216
|
2,758,074
|
14,093
|
|
3.
|
Virginia
|
8,715,698
|
1,153,918
|
13,240
|
|
4.
|
Massachusetts
|
7,001,399
|
916,071
|
13,084
|
|
5.
|
New Jersey
|
9,290,841
|
1,203,778
|
12,957
|
|
6.
|
Maryland
|
6,180,253
|
790,149
|
12,785
|
|
7.
|
Washington
|
7,812,880
|
945,575
|
12,103
|
|
8.
|
Texas
|
30,503,301
|
3,646,868
|
11,956
|
|
9.
|
Georgia
|
11,029,227
|
1,306,705
|
11,848
|
|
10.
|
Utah
|
3,417,734
|
401,062
|
11,735
|
ChatGPT was found to be the most searched-for AI program by far across the US, with 29.1 million searches per month on average. It was followed by Character AI with 5.5 million monthly searches and Google Gemini at 462,384 searches per month.
10 AI programs ranked by the combined number of monthly searches
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Rank
|
AI program
|
Combined average number of monthly searches
|
|
1.
|
ChatGPT
|
29,094,691
|
|
2.
|
Character AI
|
5,455,559
|
|
3.
|
Google Gemini
|
462,384
|
|
4.
|
Claude AI
|
341,205
|
|
5.
|
Perplexity AI
|
270,810
|
|
6.
|
Microsoft Co-Pilot
|
226,411
|
|
7.
|
Meta AI
|
141,143
|
|
8.
|
Jasper AI
|
40,685
|
|
9.
|
Chatsonic
|
12,714
|
|
10.
|
HuggingChat
|
6,887
|
Stepan Solovev, CEO & Co-founder of SOAX commented on the findings:
“This study shows the extent to which each state population is searching for the most popular AI programs, which includes searches for tutorials, cost, and logging into accounts. The sudden advancement in AI technology has seen widespread application across many forms of media and content creation in recent years. “This could explain the highest-ranking position of states like California and New York, due to being known as hubs for entertainment and business respectively. It is likely that these search numbers will continue to rise as AI programs continue to develop and new ways to utilize them are discovered by both businesses and consumers.”
States ranked by highest rate of monthly searches for AI programs
|
Rank
|
State
|
Population
|
Average monthly AI program keyword searches
|
AI program keyword searches per 100,000 residents
|
|
1.
|
California
|
38,965,193
|
5,787,928
|
14,854
|
|
2.
|
New York
|
19,571,216
|
2,758,074
|
14,093
|
|
3.
|
Virginia
|
8,715,698
|
1,153,918
|
13,240
|
|
4.
|
Massachusetts
|
7,001,399
|
916,071
|
13,084
|
|
5.
|
New Jersey
|
9,290,841
|
1,203,778
|
12,957
|
|
6.
|
Maryland
|
6,180,253
|
790,149
|
12,785
|
|
7.
|
Washington
|
7,812,880
|
945,575
|
12,103
|
|
8.
|
Texas
|
30,503,301
|
3,646,868
|
11,956
|
|
9.
|
Georgia
|
11,029,227
|
1,306,705
|
11,848
|
|
10.
|
Utah
|
3,417,734
|
401,062
|
11,735
|
|
11.
|
Florida
|
22,610,726
|
2,650,558
|
11,723
|
|
12.
|
Nevada
|
3,194,176
|
371,175
|
11,620
|
|
13.
|
Connecticut
|
3,617,176
|
413,514
|
11,432
|
|
14.
|
Arizona
|
7,431,344
|
836,319
|
11,254
|
|
15.
|
Colorado
|
5,877,610
|
634,541
|
10,796
|
|
16.
|
Oregon
|
4,233,358
|
454,573
|
10,738
|
|
17.
|
Illinois
|