Five of the seven AI answer engines Cituna tracks are on their makers’ own lists of supported countries for France, checked September 23, 2026: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode. Perplexity and Grok publish no country list. Google handles 88.7% of searches in France, Bing 5.17% (StatCounter, August 2026). Those are the answers a brand can win or lose in France, so they are the ones to track.
Which AI engines are available in France
| Engine | Status in France | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Available: on the maker’s list | OpenAI, ChatGPT supported countries |
| Perplexity | No country list published | Perplexity Terms of Service (no country list) |
| Gemini | Available: on the maker’s list | Google, where you can use the Gemini web app |
| Claude | Available: on the maker’s list | Anthropic, supported countries and regions |
| Grok | No country list published | xAI Terms of Service (no country list) |
| Google AI Overviews | Available: on the maker’s list | Google, AI Overviews availability |
| Google AI Mode | Available: on the maker’s list | Google, AI Mode availability |
Each row is what the maker’s own page said on September 23, 2026. Lists change, so follow the source before you rely on one.
Search engines in France
Google handles 88.7% of searches in France and Bing 5.17%, and Google AI Overviews and AI Mode appear inside Google Search.
| Search engine | Share of searches |
|---|---|
| 88.7% | |
| Bing | 5.17% |
| Yahoo! | 2.57% |
| Ecosia | 1.41% |
StatCounter Global Stats, all devices, August 2026.
Languages in France
Buyers in France search in French. Google’s AI Overviews list covers French, and AI Mode’s list matches it.
AI models and assistants built in France include Mistral (Le Chat); Cituna does not track them.
How France differs from most markets
84 of the 89 countries we check share one picture: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode are on their makers’ lists, and Perplexity and Grok have no published country list. What sets France apart:
- Home-grown AI: Mistral (Le Chat), built in France. Cituna does not track it.
Our table of AI engines by country sets all 89 countries side by side, and our pages for Ukraine and Iran cover two more markets with a picture of their own.
Local sources in Paris and Lyon
Which engines answer is a national question, but the local answer, the reply to "best accountant in Paris", draws on local sources. The table lists the ones we verified in Paris and Lyon, each a place worth being listed on; which of them each engine cites for your category is what a scan of your own prompts shows.
| City | Source | What it is | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | CCI Paris Île-de-France | Chamber of commerce or business association | Metro area |
| Paris | Les Echos | Business news | National |
| Paris | Maddyness | Tech and startup news | National |
| Paris | PagesJaunes | Business directory | National |
| Paris | Choose Paris Region | Official investment or development agency | Metro area |
| Lyon | CCI Lyon Métropole Saint-Étienne Roanne | Chamber of commerce or business association | Metro area |
| Lyon | Lyon Entreprises | Business news | City |
| Lyon | French Tech Saint-Étienne Lyon | Tech and startup news | Metro area |
| Lyon | PagesJaunes | Business directory | National |
| Lyon | ONLYLYON Invest (formerly Aderly) | Official investment or development agency | Metro area |
Each link checked on September 23, 2026.
How to track AI visibility in France
Track the engines available in France on a schedule, not once; our trackers for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode show what each answer contains.
Cituna tracks all seven engines, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode, from the $39 Starter, and joins the result to Google Search Console so a movement in France can be checked against real clicks. Then it does the work: it generates the fix for each gap, its AutoSEO writes and publishes the articles that answer the questions you are missing, and Claude or any other AI agent can work through the results over MCP. The most useful output is usually not the score but the competitor list, because it tells you which brands are being named in your place in this market.
Drafted with AI assistance from our own research and Search Console data, and reviewed by Rahul A before publishing. Rules and prices change; check the linked official source before you act.