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

AI Receptionist Industry Report, September 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▲ Growingbut visits are down 68% since April 2026

Visits, year on year, without Phonely
+100%
Visits, last six months
-46%
Name searches vs October 2025
+30%

Every key number on the AI receptionist market for September 2026, dated and sourced, so you can quote it. The 15 sites I measure got about 456,825 visits from Google, 7% fewer than a year ago, and the five most-visited sites took 98% 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 receptionist industry report: the key numbers for September 2026

Four numbers for September 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 15 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

1Every figure in one table

Measure

  • Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
    Value
    456,825
    Period and basis
    September 2026; -7.3% year on year, -33.6% month on month
  • Search visits a month, United States
    Value
    274,404
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +0.6% year on year
  • US share of worldwide search visits
    Value
    60.1%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
    Value
    16,210
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +30.1% against October 2025
  • Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
    Value
    105,150
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +20.5% against October 2025
  • Searches a month for “ai receptionist”, US
    Value
    –
    Period and basis
    not published this month; see the note under the table
  • Searches a month for “ai receptionist”, worldwide
    Value
    –
    Period and basis
    not published this month; see the note under the table
  • Referring domains, all tracked sites
    Value
    20,431
    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
    98%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Share held by the ten most-visited sites
    Value
    99.6%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai receptionist”, US
    Value
    0
    Period and basis
    September 2026; positions 1 to 10
  • Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai receptionist”, US
    Value
    1
    Period and basis
    September 2026; any position checked

Google Ads put US searches for "ai receptionist" more than five times higher in July 2026 than in the months before, while Google Trends interest in the US in July 2026 was 70 out of 100, against 78 in June 2026, so the term's search volume is held back on these pages until a later pull confirms it.

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

2How many people visited

In plain words: These sites got fewer visits from Google than a year ago (-7%), and September 2026 was a weaker month than August 2026 (-34%). Phonely lost more visits on its own than the whole market lost in a year. Without it, visits would be up 100.0% on a year ago instead of down 7.3%. Goodcall lost more visits in September 2026 (240,263) than the whole market did (231,474); without it, visits to the other sites rose 20.8% on August 2026.

WorldVisits a month to AI receptionist sites, worldwide

0500K1.0M1.5M2.0MOct 24Dec 24Feb 25Apr 25Jun 25Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 26457K
Low 19.7KHigh 1.4MAverage 479K
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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 7% below a year ago, and 68% below the April 2026 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 30% more often than in October 2025 (+30%). That is the loyalty number: nobody types a name by accident.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

05.0K10.0K15.0K20.0KOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 2616.2K
Low 9.6KHigh 16.9KAverage 13.3K
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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 30%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows more people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 60 of every 100 visits come from the United States. Outside the US I measure 7 countries one by one; the largest is Canada.

USShare of visits that come from the US (%)

0255075100Oct 24Dec 24Feb 25Apr 25Jun 25Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 2660.1
Low 42.6High 71Average 59
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    23,368
    Share of the measured countries
    75.6%
  • India
    Search visits a month
    5,916
    Share of the measured countries
    19.1%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    901
    Share of the measured countries
    2.9%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    254
    Share of the measured countries
    0.8%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    222
    Share of the measured countries
    0.7%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    160
    Share of the measured countries
    0.5%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    87
    Share of the measured countries
    0.3%

Source: DataForSEO, September 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 60 in every 100 visits. Canada alone is 75.6% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

Goodcall gets the most visits, Avoca AI is the name people search for most, and NextPhone is the highest-placed tracked site on Google for “ai receptionist”, at position 14. The five most-visited sites take 98% of all visits.

By worldwide search visits

  • Goodcall
    Visits a month
    405,856
  • ServiceAgent
    Visits a month
    17,538
  • Avoca AI
    Visits a month
    12,381
  • AIRA
    Visits a month
    6,048
  • Ringly
    Visits a month
    5,720
  • Numa
    Visits a month
    2,215
  • Loman AI
    Visits a month
    1,518
  • Phonely
    Visits a month
    1,279
  • Arini
    Visits a month
    1,258
  • Slang.ai
    Visits a month
    1,042

By US brand-name searches

  • Avoca AI
    Searches a month
    3,600
  • Goodcall
    Searches a month
    2,900
  • Loman AI
    Searches a month
    1,900
  • Phonely
    Searches a month
    1,900
  • Slang.ai
    Searches a month
    1,600
  • Arini
    Searches a month
    1,300
  • Ringly
    Searches a month
    1,000
  • Sameday AI
    Searches a month
    720
  • NextPhone
    Searches a month
    480
  • ServiceAgent
    Searches a month
    480

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 98% 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 Goodcall (+90%); the steepest fall was at Phonely (-99.5%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Growing

  • Goodcall
    A year ago
    213,754
    Now
    405,856
    Change
    +90%

Declining

  • Phonely
    A year ago
    264,933
    Now
    1,279
    Change
    -99.5%
  • Numa
    A year ago
    5,469
    Now
    2,215
    Change
    -60%

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 Receptionist Industry Report, September 2026”, published 15 October 2026, https://rankdude.ai/ai-receptionist/statistics/industry-report. Figures are estimates from the sources named beside them.