The R1 model from DeepSeek has gained popularity since its launch last month, becoming the most downloaded app in 140 markets worldwide, especially in China where it outshines ByteDance’s Doubao and LLM models ranking number one in popularity.
According to Aicpb.com, in January, DeepSeek had an average of 22.2 million daily active users, surpassing Doubao with around 17 million DAU. Furthermore, within three weeks of its release, DeepSeek saw a high daily user count of 21 million, compared to OpenAI’s ChatGPT which had approximately 1.46 million users per day in its first 20 days.
Despite this, Doubao still leads the Chinese market with a monthly active user count of 78.6 million in January, while DeepSeek is rapidly catching up with 33.7 million monthly users.
The introduction of the open-source V3 and R1 models by DeepSeek has caused a stir in Silicon Valley and Wall Street, making DeepSeek a point of interest in China as well. Manufacturers of GPUs, cloud service providers, businesses, and consumers alike are swiftly turning to DeepSeek’s models.
Source: South China Morning Post
TLDR: DeepSeek’s R1 model is making waves in the global and Chinese markets, surpassing competitors in daily active users and garnering attention from various industries following the introduction of their V3 and R1 models.
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