Three independent datasets now point the same way: people are using Google's Gemini less, not more.
AI-text detection firm Pangram measured model market share from the writing that users submitted for checking. OpenAI has held above 50 percent every month since Pangram began tracking. Anthropic climbed from 4.3 percent to 14.9 percent, mostly in technical and scientific work. Gemini fell from 12 percent to 1.9 percent in July 2026, a drop Pangram calls a "collapse." OpenRouter's usage rankings show the same direction.
Web analytics firm Similarweb adds a second view. Google's own website share slipped from 27 percent to 26.8 percent last month, though that is still up from 9.4 percent a year earlier. Google says Gemini's app has one billion monthly users, but monthly active users is a weak signal of real engagement.
The numbers help explain a restless few weeks at Google DeepMind, where several senior leaders have departed, including Demis Hassabis. None of the datasets is perfect: Pangram mostly captures writing, OpenRouter skews toward open-weight models, and Similarweb misses mobile apps. Together, though, they describe a model that is being used less even as Google pushes it harder.
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