The Demand Index weekly
No Gulf market publishes per-model EV sales — not Kuwait, not Saudi, not the UAE. So instead of inventing numbers, we publish the other side of the market: demand, as we actually measure it on our own platform.
302
models indexed
16.5%
leader: Tesla Model Y
19 October 2026
week measured
| # | Name | Share of demand | Points | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tesla Model Y24 views · 3 owners | 16.5% | 165 | no change |
| 2 | Xiaomi YU7 Max18 views · 1 owner | 6.1% | 61 | 1up 1 |
| 3 | MG 8 PHEV6 views · 1 owner | 5.4% | 54 | 1down 1 |
| 4 | BYD Song Plus DM-i5 views · 1 owner | 5.3% | 53 | new |
| 5 | Deepal S074 views · 1 owner | 5.3% | 53 | 1down 1 |
| 6 | BYD Ti 7 DM1 view · 1 owner | 5.1% | 51 | new |
| 7 | Tesla Model 334 views | 2.2% | 22 | 5up 5 |
| 8 | BYD Seal28 views | 1.8% | 18 | 3down 3 |
| 9 | Tesla Model Y L (6-seat)28 views | 1.8% | 18 | no change |
| 10 | Zeekr 9X28 views | 1.8% | 18 | 3up 3 |
| 11 | Xiaomi SkyNomad N90 Max25 views | 1.6% | 16 | 5down 5 |
| 12 | Fangchengbao Bao 8 (Leopard 8 / Denza B8)24 views | 1.5% | 15 | 12up 12 |
| 13 | Deepal G31816 views | 1% | 10 | 3up 3 |
| 14 | Fangchengbao Bao 5 (Leopard 5 / Denza B5)16 views | 1% | 10 | 15up 15 |
| 15 | Avatr 12 REEV Max13 views | 0.8% | 8 | 6up 6 |
| 16 | XPeng GX13 views | 0.8% | 8 | 11up 11 |
| 17 | Fangchengbao Ti7 — BYD Ti7 (GCC AWD)12 views | 0.8% | 8 | 1up 1 |
| 18 | Geely Galaxy Galaxy M911 views | 0.7% | 7 | new |
| 19 | Zeekr X10 views | 0.6% | 6 | new |
| 20 | BYD Tang L EV9 views | 0.6% | 6 | new |
| 21 | Fangchengbao Tai 3 (Leopard Titanium 3)8 views | 0.5% | 5 | 4up 4 |
| 22 | Jetour G7008 views | 0.5% | 5 | 22up 22 |
| 23 | Lynk & Co 9008 views | 0.5% | 5 | 3up 3 |
| 24 | Zeekr 7X8 views | 0.5% | 5 | new |
| 25 | Avatr 07 BEV AWD7 views | 0.4% | 4 | new |
| 26 | Jetour T1 i-DM7 views | 0.4% | 4 | new |
| 27 | XPeng MONA M037 views | 0.4% | 4 | 17down 17 |
| 28 | AVATR 06T Elite EV6 views | 0.4% | 4 | new |
| 29 | Deepal S056 views | 0.4% | 4 | 15down 15 |
| 30 | Deepal S096 views | 0.4% | 4 | new |
The method — and what it is not
Not sales. This measures interest and intent, not registered vehicles. Any table claiming per-model Gulf sales is an undocumented estimate.
Gulf scope (models): Price watches 35% · views 30% · owners 20% · community posts 15%. A watch outweighs a view because it is a decision — someone left a contact to be told when the price drops.
Global scope (brands): Coverage volume in our news corpus, which reads international sources. Ranked per brand and not per model on purpose: an article is about the brand, and fanning it across its models would manufacture precision the source does not contain.
Shares, not raw counts: Each signal becomes its share of the week's total, is weighted, then scaled to 1,000 points — so the number stays comparable as traffic grows. A signal that hasn't reached a minimum event count is dropped for that week rather than amplifying noise.
Week of 19 October 2026: 950 measured signals.