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Sentiment and share-of-voice breakdowns from real Babel42 monitors. We publish the numbers and write out the method, so you can judge the reading for yourself rather than take it on trust.

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Which AI is winning the conversation? ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini and Cursor, compared
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Which AI is winning the conversation? ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini and Cursor, compared

We pointed Babel42 at the public chatter about the five AI tools everyone is arguing over, across X, Bluesky, YouTube and Hacker News. Grok owns the raw volume, Cursor and Claude are the best-liked, Bluesky is hostile to nearly all of them, and what each tool is famous for splits along surprisingly clean lines.

16 June 2026
What does the internet think of the UK's social media ban?
12 min read

What does the internet think of the UK's social media ban?

The UK announced an under-16s social media ban, and we listened to the conversation across X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram and Mastodon. The verdict was sceptical: negative posts outnumbered positive ones by roughly four to one, and on X the opposition was close to total.

15 June 2026
What does social media think of the SpaceX IPO?
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What does social media think of the SpaceX IPO?

We tracked the SpaceX IPO across X, Bluesky, Mastodon and Instagram in the build-up to listing. Overall negative sentiment hit 31%, narrowly beating positive, but the four platforms told four very different stories.

12 June 2026