Find the Best Character AI bots

Character.AI is a platform for chatting with AI-powered characters. It uses large language models to simulate dialogues with user-created characters. These can be “real” characters, fictional, historical, etc. These bots are created mainly for entertainment and education.

Most users come on character.ai to chat with their favourite fictional characters, but some of these bots also be fun ways to learn new skills, such as a new language or practice conversational skills. Many also interact with these bots for a sense of companionship and a space to share their thoughts freely. Just keep in mind that, even more so than other AI chatbots due to their user-generated nature, these bots are not reliable sources of information but exists for creative and educational purposes.

Character.ai is currently one of the fastest growing generative AI products worldwide , and the fun nature of chatting to fictional characters has quickly become one of the most popular uses of chatbots for Gen-Z. However, finding interesting, well-made chatbots to converse with directly on the c.ai website isn’t necessarily an easy task. The categories appear a bit hidden, there’s no sorting functionality for the bots, and many bots on the site are of low quality and rarely used.

Thus, in this list I’m including only the most popular bots on Character.ai, with clear categorisation and sorting. I’ve also marked some of my favourites (totally based on my own personal preference), that I found to be the most fun or informative. To see this list, just select “Dario’s Picks” in the category filter at the top of the page.

I hope this list makes it easy for you to find interesting, high-quality bots to chat to.

Character.ai can be accessed for free either through their website (works best on desktop) or their mobile app, which is available on the App Store and Google Play. The mobile apps works really well; in fact, Character.ai’s app for Android was recently recognized as the Best AI App of 2023.

Another great thing about Character.ai is that it’s free. You just need to sign up, and you can start chatting away to any number of bots. The platform also offers a paid plan (character.ai+ for 9.99$/month) which gives you additional benefits including priority access so you can skip the waiting room, faster response times, early access to new features and access to the c.ai+ Community. You also get a neat c.ai+ supporter badge on your user profile.

As a creator, unlike Poe bots (and soon GPTs), Character.ai doesn’t have a system in place to monetise your bots.

I think it would be cool for creators to be able to earn money off their bots if it’s bringing users to the platform (like Poe is doing). However, given the limitations for monetising the bots on this platform, it implies that bots on c.ai are generally made for creative expression , which I think is great! Also, as a user, there's no concern about being charged after a certain number of messages, which is obviously a plus as well.

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