DawnTrend

See which AI trends are actually taking off

DawnTrend is a research site that measures where public attention is moving across AI companies, startups and markets. It uses monthly Google search demand for each company’s own name, from Google search estimates, and compares it with website traffic where that is available. It covers the S&P 500, the Nasdaq-100, the Fortune 100, every Y Combinator company and 80 curated AI companies and topics, grouped into sectors and industries with a fixed formula: the Search Score, from 0 to 100, blends scale, twelve-month momentum and staying power. Browsing is free. A free account adds a daily search allowance, bulk research, website lookups and an API. Search demand measures interest, not revenue, users or adoption. Every figure is an estimate shown with its source, the months it covers and the date it was collected, and none of it is investment advice.

Which AI companies do people search for most?

  • ChatGPT: 1.1B searches a month, 0% over 12 months
  • Google Gemini: 83.1M searches a month, -75% over 12 months
  • Claude AI: 24.9M searches a month, +466% over 12 months
  • Character AI: 24.9M searches a month, -18% over 12 months
  • DeepSeek: 20.4M searches a month, -28% over 12 months
  • Grok: 20.4M searches a month, +6% over 12 months
  • NotebookLM: 16.6M searches a month, +93% over 12 months
  • OpenAI: 7.5M searches a month, -45% over 12 months
  • Meta AI: 5M searches a month, +6% over 12 months
  • ElevenLabs: 5M searches a month, +50% over 12 months
  • Perplexity AI: 4.1M searches a month, -25% over 12 months
  • Nvidia: 4.1M searches a month, -24% over 12 months

Which top AI companies are breaking out right now?

  • Claude AI: 24.9M searches a month, +466% over 12 months, Dawn Score 91
  • NotebookLM: 16.6M searches a month, +93% over 12 months, Dawn Score 70
  • ElevenLabs: 5M searches a month, +50% over 12 months, Dawn Score 69

What can I research on DawnTrend?

  • Dawn Index: every brand scored 0 to 100 on search demand, purchase intent and site visits, products linked to their companies
  • Markets: S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Fortune 100 and all Y Combinator companies by sector
  • Dawn Index AI industries: eight AI industries as indexes that start at 100
  • Site lookup: the keywords a website ranks for, labelled by intent
  • Method: the mental model, the formulas and the limits