AI image editor statistics, September 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure 68 AI image editor sites with data from DataForSEO, Google Trends, Tranco and Ahrefs. They are the sites that rank on Google for "ai image editor" plus the most-visited AI image editor sites overall. In September 2026 they got about 122 million visits from Google, 5% more than a year ago.
Below: one short section per statistics page, starting with whether the market is growing. The tools I test are on the AI image editors page.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report, Ahrefs and SerpApi · not a ranking
AI image editor statistics: the key numbers for September 2026
Four numbers for September 2026, each counted over the month. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 68 AI image editor sites I track. Tap one for the details.
- Visits from Google122Mvisits+5% vs a year ago
- Google searches550Ksearchesfor "ai image editor"
- Most visited site41Mvisitsremove.bg, 34% of all
- Expected in October123Mvisits+1% vs last month
- 122,079,022 Google visits went to the 68 AI image editor sites RankDude tracks in September 2026, 5% more than a year earlier (8% fewer without remove.bg).
- Shrinking: the AI image editor market is shrinking.
- 550,000 searches a month for “ai image editor” worldwide, 37% of them in the US (Google Ads, 12-month average).
- 34% of all visits go to remove.bg, the most-visited AI image editor; the five most-visited take 72.3%.
- 4.3% of visits come from the United States, followed by India, Indonesia and the Philippines.
- 122,706,849 visits expected in October 2026, likely between 113M and 133M.
Source: DataForSEO, Google Ads and Google Trends, September 2026, compiled by RankDude.
Market demand
1Is the AI image editor market growing in 2026?
Shrinking.
Over two years, visits went from 175M in October 2024 to a high of 181M in December 2024, and stand at 122M in September 2026. Much of the year’s change is one site, remove.bg, which is why I also look at the market without it.
- Visits, year on year
- -8%
- Visits, last six months
- -15%
- Name searches, US
- -12%
- Busiest month (2 years)
- December 2024, 181M visits
| Quarter | Visits from Google | Vs the quarter before |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 377,483,175 | -11% |
| Q2 2026 | 422,310,703 | -3% |
| Q1 2026 | 434,232,831 | +10% |
| Q4 2025 | 395,004,479 | +11% |
| Q3 2025 | 354,958,145 | -4% |
| Q2 2025 | 368,988,705 | -14% |
Quarter
- Q3 2026
- Visits from Google
- 377,483,175
- Vs the quarter before
- -11%
- Q2 2026
- Visits from Google
- 422,310,703
- Vs the quarter before
- -3%
- Q1 2026
- Visits from Google
- 434,232,831
- Vs the quarter before
- +10%
- Q4 2025
- Visits from Google
- 395,004,479
- Vs the quarter before
- +11%
- Q3 2025
- Visits from Google
- 354,958,145
- Vs the quarter before
- -4%
- Q2 2025
- Visits from Google
- 368,988,705
- Vs the quarter before
- -14%
WorldVisits a month to AI image editor sites, worldwide
Miles explains
I only call a market growing when visits and name searches agree. Here visits are down and name searches are down, so they agree.
Search trends
2How many people search for AI image editors in 2026?
“ai image editor” is searched about 550,000 times a month worldwide, 37% of it in the US.
Google Trends barely registered “ai image editor” until May 2023; interest then climbed to its peak in May 2026. Americans make 37% of the searches but only 4.3% of the visits, because the big sites also draw heavily from India, Indonesia and Philippines.
- Searches a month, US
- 201,000
- Google Trends now
- 69/100 -7%
- Five-year peak
- 96/100 in May 2026
WorldGoogle Trends interest in "ai image editor", worldwide (0–100)
Miles explains
Google Trends shows direction, not volume. Interest is lower than a year ago, and I only trust that when the visits move the same way.
Monthly analysis
3What changed in the AI image editor market in September 2026?
More visits than a year ago only because of remove.bg, but fewer people searching by name, and the next six months look flat.
The fastest growers over the year, Evoto, Slazzer and Imagen, grew fastest, mostly from a smaller base. The losers, led by Mokker AI, lost most of their search visits (-98%).
- Visits vs August 2026
- -3%
- Biggest gain this month
- Pokecut +21%
- Biggest loss this month
- Hotpot.ai -71%
Growing fastest, year on year
Evoto+274%
Slazzer+98%
Imagen+67%
Falling fastest, year on year
Mokker AI-98%
FilterPixel-96%
Hotpot.ai-90%
Miles explains
Huge percentages like Evoto’s +274% usually mean one site won a big Google ranking from a small start. I watch whether it holds the next month.
Monthly forecast
4What happens next for AI image editors?
I expect October 2026 to be about the same as September 2026, and the next six months to look flat.
The forecast carries the level of recent months forward, not the trend line, because that version missed least when tested on past months. October is usually a quieter month than average for searches, but the calendar did not improve the forecast, so it is left out.
- Expected in October 2026
- 122,706,849 visits
- Likely range
- 113M to 133M
- Expected in April 2027
- 123M +1%
- Past forecasts in range
- 6 of 6 months
Visits from Google search to the tracked sites, a month. Hover or tap the chart for each month.
Miles explains
Read the range, not the single number: tested on the last 6 months, my method landed inside its range 6 times.
Industry report
5The most-visited AI image editor sites in 2026
The most visited is remove.bg, with 41 million visits a month, 34% of all visits.
remove.bg and Picsart together hold 50% of all visits. Below the top five the market is long and thin: the other 63 sites share 27.7%.
- Top five sites
- 72.3% of all visits
- Visits from the US
- 4.3%
- Largest markets outside the US
- India, Indonesia and Philippines
- Sites tracked
- 68
Most-visited AI image editor sites, September 2026
remove.bg33.9%
Picsart16.4%
Photoroom12.7%
Cutout.Pro4.9%
Pixlr4.4%
Share of all visits from Google. Traffic, not quality. 19 more listed tools are not measured here: 2 are measured in the category of their main product, 16 sit on shared domains whose traffic is not their own and 1 lives on a domain whose traffic is mostly another product.
Miles explains
remove.bg alone has 34% of all visits. That’s a big lead, but one Google update can close it fast.
Download the data
6Can I download the AI image editor data?
Yes. Every number on these pages comes from two CSV files, free to download.
Cite as: Miles Foster, “AI Image Editor Statistics, September 2026”, RankDude, https://rankdude.ai/ai-image-editor/statistics
7AI image editor statistics: questions people ask
How many people use AI image editors?
The 68 AI image editor sites RankDude measures got about 122 million visits from Google in September 2026. That counts visits from Google search only, not every visit, so the real total is higher.
Is the AI image editor market growing?
No. Visits are up 5% on a year ago, but only because of remove.bg; without it they are down 8.3%. They have fallen 17% since February 2026. Searches for the sites by name are 12% lower than in October 2025. The forecast for October 2026 is about 123 million visits.
Which AI image editor is the most popular?
By visits from Google, remove.bg is the most visited, with about 41 million in September 2026, followed by Picsart and Photoroom. This measures traffic, not quality.
How many people search for "ai image editor"?
About 550,000 searches a month worldwide, about 201,000 of them in the US, on a 12-month average from Google Ads data.
Where do AI image editor users come from?
4.3% of visits come from the United States. Outside the US the largest markets are India, Indonesia and Philippines.
Where do these AI image editor statistics come from?
Traffic, rankings and search volume come from DataForSEO, popularity from Tranco and the Chrome UX Report, link strength from Ahrefs and search interest from Google Trends via SerpApi. The figures are pulled once a month, after the month has closed, and each edition is kept as published, apart from any correction, which is dated on the page.