Five of the seven AI answer engines Cituna tracks are on their makers’ own lists of supported countries for India, checked September 23, 2026: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode. Perplexity and Grok publish no country list. Google handles 97.7% of searches in India, Bing 1.26% (StatCounter, August 2026). Those are the answers a brand can win or lose in India, so they are the ones to track.
Which AI engines are available in India
| Engine | Status in India | 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 India
Google handles 97.7% of searches in India and Bing 1.26%, and Google AI Overviews and AI Mode appear inside Google Search.
| Search engine | Share of searches |
|---|---|
| 97.7% | |
| Bing | 1.26% |
| DuckDuckGo | 0.48% |
| Yahoo! | 0.38% |
StatCounter Global Stats, all devices, August 2026.
Languages in India
Buyers in India search in English and Hindi. Google’s AI Overviews list covers English and Hindi, and AI Mode’s list matches it.
AI models and assistants built in India include Krutrim and Sarvam AI; Cituna does not track them.
How India 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 India apart:
- Home-grown AI: Krutrim and Sarvam AI, built in India. Cituna does not track them.
Our table of AI engines by country sets all 89 countries side by side, and our pages for Singapore and Hong Kong cover two more markets with a picture of their own.
Local sources in 6 cities in India
Which engines answer is a national question, but the local answer, the reply to "best accountant in Mumbai", draws on local sources. The table lists the ones we verified in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai | Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry | Chamber of commerce or business association | Metro area |
| Mumbai | The Free Press Journal | Business news | City |
| Mumbai | Sulekha.com | Business directory | National |
| Mumbai | Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) | Official investment or development agency | Metro area |
| Bengaluru | Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) | Chamber of commerce or business association | Metro area |
| Bengaluru | Sulekha.com | Business directory | National |
| Bengaluru | Invest Karnataka (Karnataka Udyog Mitra, Dept of Industries & Commerce, Govt of Karnataka) | Official investment or development agency | Metro area |
| Delhi | PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) | Chamber of commerce or business association | Metro area |
| Delhi | Sulekha.com | Business directory | National |
| Delhi | Delhi Tourism (DTTDC – Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation) | Official investment or development agency | City |
| Hyderabad | Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTCCI) | Chamber of commerce or business association | Metro area |
| Hyderabad | Telangana Today – Business | Business news | Metro area |
| Hyderabad | T-Hub | Tech and startup news | City |
| Hyderabad | JustDial | Business directory | National |
| Hyderabad | TG-iPASS (Telangana State Industrial Project Approval and Self Certification System) | Official investment or development agency | Metro area |
| Chennai | Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) | Chamber of commerce or business association | City |
| Chennai | The Hindu BusinessLine | Business news | National |
| Chennai | JustDial | Business directory | National |
| Chennai | TIDCO (Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited) | Official investment or development agency | Metro area |
| Pune | Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) | Chamber of commerce or business association | City |
| Pune | TiE Pune (The Indus Entrepreneurs) | Tech and startup news | City |
| Pune | Sulekha | Business directory | National |
| Pune | Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) | Official investment or development agency | Metro area |
Each link checked on September 23, 2026.
How to track AI visibility in India
Track the engines available in India 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 India 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.