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Updated 10/15/2026 · next update 11/01/2026

AI Marketing Automation Industry Report, September 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▼ Shrinkingbut visits are up 33% over the last six months

Visits, year on year, without Brevo
-27%
Visits, last six months
+33%
Name searches vs October 2025
-16%

Every key number on the AI marketing automation market for September 2026, dated and sourced, so you can quote it. The 20 sites I measure got about 5.8 million visits from Google, 34% more than a year ago, and the five most-visited sites took 94.3% of them.

Below: every figure in one table, the most-visited sites, who grew and who shrank and what I expect for October 2026.

Published 15 October 2026. Data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs · free to quote with a link · not a ranking

AI marketing automation industry report: the key numbers for September 2026

Four numbers for September 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 20 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

1Every figure in one table

Measure

  • Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
    Value
    5,818,784
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +33.9% year on year, -1.9% month on month
  • Search visits a month, United States
    Value
    953,600
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +7.0% year on year
  • US share of worldwide search visits
    Value
    16.4%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
    Value
    799,160
    Period and basis
    September 2026; -15.6% against October 2025
  • Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
    Value
    3,045,800
    Period and basis
    September 2026; -1.0% against October 2025
  • Searches a month for “ai marketing automation”, US
    Value
    480
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Searches a month for “ai marketing automation”, worldwide
    Value
    1,600
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Referring domains, all tracked sites
    Value
    1,045,378
    Period and basis
    September 2026; first reading, no year-on-year figure yet
  • Share of worldwide visits held by the five most-visited sites
    Value
    94.3%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Share held by the ten most-visited sites
    Value
    98.1%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai marketing automation”, US
    Value
    3
    Period and basis
    September 2026; positions 1 to 10
  • Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai marketing automation”, US
    Value
    3
    Period and basis
    September 2026; any position checked

Brand-name searches leave out Attentive, Blueshift, Braze, Iterable and Tofu: 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 (+34%), and September 2026 was about the same as August 2026 (-2%). Brevo, which takes 52.3% of all the visits, gained more visits on its own than the whole market gained in a year. Without it, visits would be down 26.7% on a year ago instead of up 33.9%.

WorldVisits a month to AI marketing automation sites, worldwide

05.0M10M15M20MOct 24Dec 24Feb 25Apr 25Jun 25Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 265.8M
Low 3.9MHigh 11MAverage 5.7M
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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 34% above a year ago, and 49% 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 16% less often than in October 2025 (-16%). That is the loyalty number: nobody types a name by accident.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

0250K500K750K1.0MOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 26799K
Low 712KHigh 947KAverage 802K
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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 down 16%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows fewer people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 16 of every 100 visits come from the United States. Outside the US I measure 7 countries one by one; the largest is India.

USShare of visits that come from the US (%)

012.52537.550Oct 24Dec 24Feb 25Apr 25Jun 25Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 2616.4
Low 15.2High 28.8Average 21
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    359,083
    Share of the measured countries
    42.9%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    124,960
    Share of the measured countries
    14.9%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    99,942
    Share of the measured countries
    12%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    99,849
    Share of the measured countries
    11.9%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    56,551
    Share of the measured countries
    6.8%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    54,670
    Share of the measured countries
    6.5%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    41,085
    Share of the measured countries
    4.9%

Source: DataForSEO, September 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 16 in every 100 visits. India alone is 42.9% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

Brevo gets the most visits, Mailchimp is the name people search for most, and Braze is the highest-placed tracked site on Google for “ai marketing automation”, at position 4. The five most-visited sites take 94.3% of all visits.

By worldwide search visits

  • Brevo
    Visits a month
    3,040,826
  • Mailchimp
    Visits a month
    1,569,217
  • Constant Contact
    Visits a month
    577,898
  • Klaviyo
    Visits a month
    193,609
  • ActiveCampaign
    Visits a month
    103,468
  • GetResponse
    Visits a month
    85,221
  • Insider One
    Visits a month
    38,873
  • Braze
    Visits a month
    37,925
  • Omnisend
    Visits a month
    36,004
  • MoEngage
    Visits a month
    26,261

By US brand-name searches

  • Mailchimp
    Searches a month
    368,000
  • Constant Contact
    Searches a month
    246,000
  • Klaviyo
    Searches a month
    90,500
  • Brevo
    Searches a month
    49,500
  • ActiveCampaign
    Searches a month
    14,800
  • Omnisend
    Searches a month
    9,900
  • Keap
    Searches a month
    5,400
  • GetResponse
    Searches a month
    4,400
  • Customer.io
    Searches a month
    2,900
  • Blaze
    Searches a month
    1,600

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 94.3% 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 Brevo (+449%); the steepest fall was at Drip (-86%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Growing

  • Brevo
    A year ago
    553,758
    Now
    3,040,826
    Change
    +449%
  • Klaviyo
    A year ago
    142,439
    Now
    193,609
    Change
    +36%
  • Customer.io
    A year ago
    19,652
    Now
    25,121
    Change
    +28%
  • MoEngage
    A year ago
    23,465
    Now
    26,261
    Change
    +12%
  • Constant Contact
    A year ago
    568,039
    Now
    577,898
    Change
    +2%

Declining

  • Drip
    A year ago
    44,471
    Now
    6,373
    Change
    -86%
  • Omnisend
    A year ago
    131,284
    Now
    36,004
    Change
    -73%
  • Keap
    A year ago
    66,647
    Now
    20,795
    Change
    -69%
  • Blaze
    A year ago
    33,288
    Now
    13,320
    Change
    -60%
  • Iterable
    A year ago
    38,959
    Now
    16,403
    Change
    -58%
  • Attentive
    A year ago
    31,070
    Now
    14,633
    Change
    -53%
  • Mailchimp
    A year ago
    2,378,103
    Now
    1,569,217
    Change
    -34%
  • GetResponse
    A year ago
    128,813
    Now
    85,221
    Change
    -34%

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

To cite this report: RankDude, “AI Marketing Automation Industry Report, September 2026”, published 15 October 2026, https://rankdude.ai/ai-marketing-automation/statistics/industry-report. Figures are estimates from the sources named beside them.