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Archived edition, September 2026

AI App Builder Industry Report, September 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▲ Growingbut visits are down 6.2% over the last six months

Visits, year on year
+24%
Visits, last six months
-6.2%
Name searches, year on year
+22%

Every key number on the AI app builder market for September 2026, dated and sourced, so you can quote it. The 55 sites I measure got about 5.9 million visits from Google, 24% more than a year ago, and the five most-visited sites took 62.9% of them.

Below: every figure in one table, the most-visited sites, who grew and who shrank and what I expect for October 2026. This is an archived edition, kept as published; the latest one is here.

Published 21 October 2026. Data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs · free to quote with a link · not a ranking

AI app builder industry report: the key numbers for September 2026

Four numbers for September 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 55 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

1Every figure in one table

Measure

  • Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
    Value
    5,933,735
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +23.7% year on year, -0.3% month on month
  • Search visits a month, United States
    Value
    693,692
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +16.0% year on year
  • US share of worldwide search visits
    Value
    11.7%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
    Value
    1,112,500
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +22.1% year on year
  • Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
    Value
    9,115,370
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +4.6% year on year
  • Searches a month for “ai app builder”, US
    Value
    12,100
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Searches a month for “ai app builder”, worldwide
    Value
    40,500
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Referring domains, all tracked sites
    Value
    328,265
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +723.9% year on year
  • Share of worldwide visits held by the five most-visited sites
    Value
    62.9%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Share held by the ten most-visited sites
    Value
    79.9%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai app builder”, US
    Value
    4
    Period and basis
    September 2026; positions 1 to 10
  • Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai app builder”, US
    Value
    6
    Period and basis
    September 2026; any position checked

Brand-name searches leave out B12: the name is shared with an ordinary word or another product.

2How many people visited

In plain words: These sites got more visits from Google than a year ago (+24%), and September 2026 was about the same as August 2026 (-0.3%).

WorldVisits a month to AI app builder sites, worldwide

02.5M5.0M7.5M10MOct 24Dec 24Feb 25Apr 25Jun 25Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 265.9M
Low 4.3MHigh 8.3MAverage 5.8M
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Source: DataForSEO, Google search visits, all tracked sites.

Miles explains

Judge this line on the year, not the last dot: visits are 24% above a year ago, and 29% below the October 2024 high. One site winning or losing a ranking can swing a single month a lot.

3How many people went looking

People typed a site’s name into Google 22% more often than a year ago (+22%). That is the loyalty number: nobody types a name by accident.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

0500K1.0M1.5M2.0MSep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Sep 261.1M
Low 872KHigh 1.2MAverage 1.0M
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US searches a month for the counted brand names, summed. Google Ads data via DataForSEO, to September 2026.

Miles explains

Name searches are the number I trust most. They are up 22%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows more people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 12 of every 100 visits come from the United States. Outside the US I measure 21 countries one by one; the largest is India.

USShare of visits that come from the US (%)

05101520Oct 24Dec 24Feb 25Apr 25Jun 25Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 2611.7
Low 10.5High 15.3Average 13
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    1,757,144
    Share of the measured countries
    76.3%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    158,986
    Share of the measured countries
    6.9%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    107,674
    Share of the measured countries
    4.7%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    106,101
    Share of the measured countries
    4.6%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    58,936
    Share of the measured countries
    2.6%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    45,995
    Share of the measured countries
    2%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    35,978
    Share of the measured countries
    1.6%
  • Indonesia
    Search visits a month
    13,723
    Share of the measured countries
    0.6%
  • Philippines
    Search visits a month
    8,611
    Share of the measured countries
    0.4%
  • Italy
    Search visits a month
    1,768
    Share of the measured countries
    0.1%

Source: DataForSEO, September 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 12 in every 100 visits. India alone is 76.3% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

Replit gets the most visits, Softr is the name people search for most, and Base44 holds Google’s first position for “ai app builder”. The five most-visited sites take 62.9% of all visits.

By worldwide search visits

  • Replit
    Visits a month
    1,111,013
  • Softr
    Visits a month
    906,980
  • Lovable
    Visits a month
    666,173
  • FlutterFlow
    Visits a month
    658,088
  • Base44
    Visits a month
    388,705
  • v0
    Visits a month
    289,766
  • Emergent
    Visits a month
    220,225
  • Bolt.new
    Visits a month
    193,007
  • Bubble
    Visits a month
    155,632
  • Glide
    Visits a month
    151,237

By US brand-name searches

  • Softr
    Searches a month
    450,000
  • Base44
    Searches a month
    368,000
  • Replit
    Searches a month
    201,000
  • FlutterFlow
    Searches a month
    14,800
  • Retool
    Searches a month
    14,800
  • Lovable
    Searches a month
    12,100
  • AppSheet
    Searches a month
    6,600
  • Thunkable
    Searches a month
    5,400
  • Bolt.new
    Searches a month
    4,400
  • Superblocks
    Searches a month
    4,400

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 62.9% of all visits. When one of them gains or loses a big ranking, the whole market total moves with it.

6Who grew and who shrank

The fastest grower in a year was Base44 (+4347%); the steepest fall was at Budibase (-88%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Growing

  • Base44
    A year ago
    8,741
    Now
    388,705
    Change
    +4347%
  • Emergent
    A year ago
    12,485
    Now
    220,225
    Change
    +1664%
  • v0
    A year ago
    49,043
    Now
    289,766
    Change
    +491%
  • FlutterFlow
    A year ago
    165,550
    Now
    658,088
    Change
    +298%
  • Lovable
    A year ago
    168,432
    Now
    666,173
    Change
    +296%
  • WeWeb
    A year ago
    16,723
    Now
    50,084
    Change
    +200%
  • Superblocks
    A year ago
    14,748
    Now
    28,807
    Change
    +95%
  • Trickle
    A year ago
    31,994
    Now
    52,685
    Change
    +65%

Declining

  • Budibase
    A year ago
    58,075
    Now
    6,873
    Change
    -88%
  • Same
    A year ago
    22,259
    Now
    4,765
    Change
    -79%
  • Bravo Studio
    A year ago
    11,372
    Now
    2,626
    Change
    -77%
  • AppSheet
    A year ago
    429,746
    Now
    147,451
    Change
    -66%
  • Appy Pie
    A year ago
    70,345
    Now
    24,099
    Change
    -66%
  • Bubble
    A year ago
    348,536
    Now
    155,632
    Change
    -55%
  • Adalo
    A year ago
    95,986
    Now
    50,384
    Change
    -48%
  • Draftbit
    A year ago
    5,522
    Now
    3,288
    Change
    -41%

Worldwide search visits, September 2026 against a year earlier; sites with at least 5,000 visits a year ago.

Corrected 22 October 2026: the figures were rebuilt from the sources; the year-on-year change in visits moved from +26.6% to +25.1%.

Corrected 22 October 2026: the figures were rebuilt from the sources; the year-on-year change in visits moved from +25.1% to +23.7%.

To cite this report: RankDude, “AI App Builder Industry Report, September 2026”, published 21 October 2026, corrected 22 October 2026, https://rankdude.ai/ai-app-builder/statistics/industry-report/2026-09. Figures are estimates from the sources named beside them.

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