Three of the seven AI answer engines Cituna tracks are on their makers’ own lists of supported countries for Hong Kong, checked September 23, 2026: Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode. ChatGPT and Claude are not on the list for Hong Kong. Perplexity and Grok publish no country list. Google handles 91% of searches in Hong Kong, Bing 3.25% (StatCounter, August 2026). Those are the answers a brand can win or lose in Hong Kong, so they are the ones to track.
Which AI engines are available in Hong Kong
| Engine | Status in Hong Kong | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Not 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 | Not 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.
OpenAI says that using ChatGPT from outside its listed countries and territories may get an account blocked or suspended.
Search engines in Hong Kong
Google handles 91% of searches in Hong Kong and Bing 3.25%, and Google AI Overviews and AI Mode appear inside Google Search.
| Search engine | Share of searches |
|---|---|
| 91% | |
| Bing | 3.25% |
| Yahoo! | 3.00% |
| Cốc Cốc | 1.12% |
StatCounter Global Stats, all devices, August 2026.
Languages in Hong Kong
Buyers in Hong Kong search in Cantonese, Chinese (Traditional) and English. Google’s AI Overviews list covers Chinese (Traditional) and English but not Cantonese, and AI Mode’s list matches it.
How Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong apart:
- Its engine picture, from each maker’s own list as checked on September 23, 2026: ChatGPT and Claude are not on their makers’ lists for Hong Kong.
Our table of AI engines by country sets all 89 countries side by side, and our pages for Russia and Germany cover two more markets with a picture of their own.
How to track AI visibility in Hong Kong
Track the engines available in Hong Kong on a schedule, not once; our trackers for Perplexity, Gemini, 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 Hong Kong 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.