Five of the seven AI answer engines Cituna tracks are on their makers’ own lists of supported countries for Saudi Arabia, checked September 23, 2026: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode. Perplexity and Grok publish no country list. Google handles 95.7% of searches in Saudi Arabia, Bing 2.86% (StatCounter, August 2026). Those are the answers a brand can win or lose in Saudi Arabia, so they are the ones to track.
Which AI engines are available in Saudi Arabia
| Engine | Status in Saudi Arabia | 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 Saudi Arabia
Google handles 95.7% of searches in Saudi Arabia and Bing 2.86%, and Google AI Overviews and AI Mode appear inside Google Search.
| Search engine | Share of searches |
|---|---|
| 95.7% | |
| Bing | 2.86% |
| Yandex | 0.84% |
| Yahoo! | 0.30% |
StatCounter Global Stats, all devices, August 2026.
Languages in Saudi Arabia
Buyers in Saudi Arabia search in Arabic. Google’s AI Overviews list covers Arabic, and AI Mode’s list matches it.
AI models and assistants built in Saudi Arabia include ALLaM (SDAIA) and Humain; Cituna does not track them.
How Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia apart:
- Home-grown AI: ALLaM (SDAIA) and Humain, built in Saudi Arabia. Cituna does not track them.
Our table of AI engines by country sets all 89 countries side by side, and our pages for United Arab Emirates and Israel cover two more markets with a picture of their own.
Local sources in Riyadh and Jeddah
Which engines answer is a national question, but the local answer, the reply to "best accountant in Riyadh", draws on local sources. The table lists the ones we verified in Riyadh and Jeddah, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riyadh | Federation of Saudi Chambers | Chamber of commerce or business association | National |
| Riyadh | Argaam | Business news | National |
| Riyadh | Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia (MISA) / Invest Saudi | Official investment or development agency | National |
| Jeddah | Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) | Chamber of commerce or business association | City |
| Jeddah | Al Eqtisadiah (الاقتصادية) | Business news | National |
| Jeddah | Invest Saudi (Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia) | Official investment or development agency | National |
Each link checked on September 23, 2026.
How to track AI visibility in Saudi Arabia
Track the engines available in Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia 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.