Traffic through July 2026 · updated 2026-10-01
Grok vs Claude (2026): Traffic, Growth and Key Differences
This page compares Grok and Claude by how much their websites are used: monthly visits to grok.com and claude.ai since Jan 2025 (SimilarWeb estimates, as shown on each tool's TrendBreakouts profile). In July 2026, Claude had 4.6 times as many visits as Grok: 969M against 210M. We rank by use, not quality, and have not tested either tool.
How Grok and Claude differ
Grok leans on real-time information from the web and X, is built into X, and creates images as well as text and code. Claude is aimed at work: writing, analysis, coding and research, and turning ideas into decks, spreadsheets and prototypes. Both run on the web and in mobile apps; Grok's paid SuperGrok plans raise usage limits, and Claude has a free tier and paid plans.
Latest traffic
Which is growing faster?
Claude is growing faster, over both 12 months and the last three months. From Jul 2025 to Jul 2026, Grok went from 202M to 210M visits (+4.4%) and Claude went from 125M to 969M visits (+674.4%). Over the last three months (Apr 2026 to Jul 2026), Grok changed -24.6% and Claude +17.7%.
Grok accounted for 17.8% of the two sites' combined visits in Jul 2026, down from 61.7% a year earlier (Jul 2025). Claude had the rest.
Grok's share of Grok + Claude visits, by month
Grok vs Claude monthly visits
| Month | Grok | Claude | Grok share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 210M | 969M | 17.8% |
| Jun 2026 | 212M | 947M | 18.3% |
| May 2026 | 245M | 953M | 20.4% |
| Apr 2026 | 279M | 824M | 25.3% |
| Mar 2026 | 326M | 614M | 34.7% |
| Feb 2026 | 299M | 290M | 50.7% |
| Jan 2026 | 314M | 203M | 60.7% |
| Dec 2025 | 271M | 173M | 61.1% |
| Nov 2025 | 234M | 180M | 56.5% |
| Oct 2025 | 204M | 197M | 50.9% |
| Sep 2025 | 177M | 157M | 53.0% |
| Jul 2025 | 202M | 125M | 61.7% |
| Jun 2025 | 158M | 113M | 58.3% |
| May 2025 | 179M | 99.7M | 64.2% |
| Apr 2025 | 196M | 95.6M | 67.2% |
| Mar 2025 | 203M | 101M | 66.7% |
| Feb 2025 | 51.5M | 73M | 41.3% |
| Jan 2025 | 1.2M | 76.8M | 1.5% |
Notable shifts, and what they coincide with
Dated events from the companies themselves or major outlets. Traffic moving in the same month does not prove the event caused it.
Grok: 1.2M (Jan 2025) to 203M (Mar 2025) · share of the pair 1.5% to 66.7%
grok.com's rise coincides with the Grok 3 release on Feb 17, 2025, which also brought new features to the Grok web and iOS apps.
Source: TechCrunch, Feb 17, 2025
Grok: 204M (Oct 2025) to 326M (Mar 2026) · share of the pair 50.9% to 34.7%
The Grok 4.1 release (Nov 17, 2025) falls within this climb to grok.com's peak; visits have fallen back since.
Source: xAI, Nov 17, 2025
Claude: 290M (Feb 2026) to 614M (Mar 2026) · share of the pair 49.3% to 65.3%
The jump coincides with Claude reaching No. 1 among free iPhone apps in the US on Mar 1, 2026, amid Anthropic's public dispute with the Pentagon; app downloads kept growing in the following week.
Source: CNBC, Mar 2, 2026; TechCrunch, Mar 6, 2026
What each is for
Grok by xAI (branded SpaceXAI on grok.com)
An AI assistant for chat, image creation and coding that can answer with real-time information from the web and X. It runs at grok.com, in mobile apps and inside X; paid SuperGrok plans raise usage limits.
- Grok traffic profile and alternatives
- No. 4 among the most popular AI tools (Aug 2026)
- Current plans and prices (official page)
Description checked against grok.com on 1 Oct 2026.
Claude by Anthropic
An AI assistant aimed at work: writing, analysis, coding and research, handing off tasks and turning ideas into decks, spreadsheets and prototypes. It runs on the web at claude.ai and in desktop and mobile apps, with a free tier and paid plans.
- Claude traffic profile and alternatives
- No. 2 among the most popular AI tools (Aug 2026)
- Current plans and prices (official page)
Description checked against claude.com/product/overview on 1 Oct 2026.
What these numbers can and cannot tell you
- Estimates. Visits are SimilarWeb estimates of total monthly visits to each website, as shown on the TrendBreakouts profiles. They are comparable across sites but not exact, and different months can come from different SimilarWeb data releases, so treat small month-to-month moves as noise.
- Websites only. Not counted for Grok: Use of Grok inside X (x.com) and in the Grok mobile apps. Not counted for Claude: Use in the Claude desktop and mobile apps, in Claude Code in the terminal, and through the Anthropic API.
- Visits, not people or usage. One person can make many visits, and a long working session counts the same as a quick question.
- Not a quality ranking. More visits means more use of the website, not a better tool for your task.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is more popular, Grok or Claude?
- By website visits, Claude. claude.ai had 969M visits in July 2026, 4.6 times as many visits as grok.com (210M), according to SimilarWeb estimates. Use in mobile apps and through APIs is not counted, so this compares the websites only.
- Is Grok or Claude growing faster?
- Claude is growing faster, over both 12 months and the last three months. From Jul 2025 to Jul 2026, Grok went from 202M to 210M visits (+4.4%) and Claude went from 125M to 969M visits (+674.4%). Over the last three months (Apr 2026 to Jul 2026), Grok changed -24.6% and Claude +17.7%.
- What is the difference between Grok and Claude?
- Grok leans on real-time information from the web and X, is built into X, and creates images as well as text and code. Claude is aimed at work: writing, analysis, coding and research, and turning ideas into decks, spreadsheets and prototypes. Both run on the web and in mobile apps; Grok's paid SuperGrok plans raise usage limits, and Claude has a free tier and paid plans.