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Updated 10/22/2026 · next update 11/01/2026

AI Video Generator Industry Report, September 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▼ Shrinkingbut name searches are up 9.8% on a year ago

Visits, year on year
-18%
Visits, last six months
-19%
Name searches, year on year
+9.8%

Every key number on the AI video generator market for September 2026, dated and sourced, so you can quote it. The 49 sites I measure got about 22 million visits from Google, 18% fewer than a year ago, and the five most-visited sites took 51.1% 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 22 October 2026. Data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs · free to quote with a link · not a ranking

AI video generator industry report: the key numbers for September 2026

Four numbers for September 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 49 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

1Every figure in one table

Measure

  • Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
    Value
    22,209,423
    Period and basis
    September 2026; -17.7% year on year, -6.2% month on month
  • Search visits a month, United States
    Value
    1,557,250
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +6.2% year on year
  • US share of worldwide search visits
    Value
    7%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
    Value
    1,313,930
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +9.8% year on year
  • Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
    Value
    15,015,610
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +8.8% year on year
  • Searches a month for “ai video generator”, US
    Value
    246,000
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Searches a month for “ai video generator”, worldwide
    Value
    1,500,000
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Referring domains, all tracked sites
    Value
    421,787
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +981.4% year on year
  • Share of worldwide visits held by the five most-visited sites
    Value
    51.1%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Share held by the ten most-visited sites
    Value
    74%
    Period and basis
    September 2026
  • Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai video generator”, US
    Value
    4
    Period and basis
    September 2026; positions 1 to 10
  • Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai video generator”, US
    Value
    6
    Period and basis
    September 2026; any position checked

2How many people visited

In plain words: These sites got fewer visits from Google than a year ago (-18%), and September 2026 was a weaker month than August 2026 (-6%).

WorldVisits a month to AI video generator sites, worldwide

013M25M38M50MOct 24Dec 24Feb 25Apr 25Jun 25Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 2622M
Low 15MHigh 29MAverage 23M
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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 18% below a year ago, and 24% below the February 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 10% more often than a year ago (+10%). 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 261.3M
Low 1.1MHigh 1.4MAverage 1.2M
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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 10%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows more people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 7 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 (%)

05101520Oct 24Dec 24Feb 25Apr 25Jun 25Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 267
Low 5.4High 10.9Average 7
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    7,173,360
    Share of the measured countries
    82.7%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    556,985
    Share of the measured countries
    6.4%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    264,420
    Share of the measured countries
    3%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    236,035
    Share of the measured countries
    2.7%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    190,958
    Share of the measured countries
    2.2%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    185,900
    Share of the measured countries
    2.1%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    66,998
    Share of the measured countries
    0.8%

Source: DataForSEO, September 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 7 in every 100 visits. India alone is 82.7% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

invideo gets the most visits, Higgsfield is the name people search for most, and Higgsfield holds Google’s first position for “ai video generator”. The five most-visited sites take 51.1% of all visits.

By worldwide search visits

  • invideo
    Visits a month
    3,000,195
  • PixVerse
    Visits a month
    2,240,993
  • Higgsfield
    Visits a month
    2,156,557
  • Kling AI
    Visits a month
    2,112,351
  • Magic Hour
    Visits a month
    1,840,316
  • Runway
    Visits a month
    1,309,557
  • Pollo AI
    Visits a month
    1,184,295
  • HeyGen
    Visits a month
    1,175,712
  • Hailuo AI
    Visits a month
    770,573
  • AI Studios
    Visits a month
    651,653

By US brand-name searches

  • Higgsfield
    Searches a month
    368,000
  • D-ID
    Searches a month
    201,000
  • HeyGen
    Searches a month
    201,000
  • Kling AI
    Searches a month
    135,000
  • Runway
    Searches a month
    60,500
  • Synthesia
    Searches a month
    60,500
  • invideo
    Searches a month
    40,500
  • PixVerse
    Searches a month
    40,500
  • Pollo AI
    Searches a month
    27,100
  • Hailuo AI
    Searches a month
    22,200

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 51.1% 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 JoggAI (+729%); the steepest fall was at Yepic AI (-88%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Growing

  • JoggAI
    A year ago
    18,797
    Now
    155,869
    Change
    +729%
  • Wan
    A year ago
    72,698
    Now
    493,075
    Change
    +578%
  • Morph Studio
    A year ago
    23,557
    Now
    130,248
    Change
    +453%
  • DomoAI
    A year ago
    117,017
    Now
    506,229
    Change
    +333%
  • Higgsfield
    A year ago
    640,995
    Now
    2,156,557
    Change
    +236%
  • Kling AI
    A year ago
    821,298
    Now
    2,112,351
    Change
    +157%
  • faceless.video
    A year ago
    38,688
    Now
    57,934
    Change
    +50%
  • Magic Hour
    A year ago
    1,397,751
    Now
    1,840,316
    Change
    +32%

Declining

  • Yepic AI
    A year ago
    14,332
    Now
    1,712
    Change
    -88%
  • Argil
    A year ago
    33,712
    Now
    4,415
    Change
    -87%
  • AutoShorts.ai
    A year ago
    46,798
    Now
    7,982
    Change
    -83%
  • StoryShort
    A year ago
    28,604
    Now
    5,021
    Change
    -82%
  • Vidnoz
    A year ago
    2,948,362
    Now
    556,287
    Change
    -81%
  • Animoto
    A year ago
    404,153
    Now
    87,698
    Change
    -78%
  • Akool
    A year ago
    439,326
    Now
    103,625
    Change
    -76%
  • Kaiber
    A year ago
    91,760
    Now
    27,051
    Change
    -71%

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 Video Generator Industry Report, September 2026”, published 22 October 2026, https://rankdude.ai/ai-video-generator/statistics/industry-report. Figures are estimates from the sources named beside them.