AI website builder statistics, September 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure 40 AI website builder sites with data from DataForSEO, Google Trends, Tranco and Ahrefs. They are the sites that rank on Google for "ai website builder" plus the most-visited AI website builder sites overall. In September 2026 they got about 16 million visits from Google, 26% fewer 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 website builders page.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report, Ahrefs and SerpApi · not a ranking
AI website builder 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 40 AI website builder sites I track. Tap one for the details.
- Visits from Google16Mvisits-26% vs a year ago
- Google searches110Ksearchesfor "ai website builder"
- Most visited site5.5MvisitsWix, 35% of all
- Expected in October15Mvisits-2% vs last month
- 15,654,015 Google visits went to the 40 AI website builder sites RankDude tracks in September 2026, 26% fewer than a year earlier.
- Shrinking: the AI website builder market is shrinking.
- 110,000 searches a month for “ai website builder” worldwide, 30% of them in the US (Google Ads, 12-month average).
- 35% of all visits go to Wix, the most-visited AI website builder; the five most-visited take 81.6%.
- 25.7% of visits come from the United States, followed by India, Indonesia and Canada.
- 15,408,388 visits expected in October 2026, likely between 14M and 17M.
Source: DataForSEO, Google Ads and Google Trends, September 2026, compiled by RankDude.
Market demand
1Is the AI website builder market growing in 2026?
Shrinking.
Over two years, visits went from 34M in October 2024 to a high of 34M in October 2024, and stand at 16M in September 2026. Five sites take 81.6% of visits, so one ranking change at the top moves the whole line.
- Visits, year on year
- -26%
- Visits, last six months
- -27%
- Name searches, US
- -2%
- Busiest month (2 years)
- October 2024, 34M visits
| Quarter | Visits from Google | Vs the quarter before |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 49,394,642 | -20% |
| Q2 2026 | 61,475,293 | -6% |
| Q1 2026 | 65,712,151 | +6% |
| Q4 2025 | 62,121,936 | -2% |
| Q3 2025 | 63,108,954 | -0.1% |
| Q2 2025 | 63,144,659 | -21% |
Quarter
- Q3 2026
- Visits from Google
- 49,394,642
- Vs the quarter before
- -20%
- Q2 2026
- Visits from Google
- 61,475,293
- Vs the quarter before
- -6%
- Q1 2026
- Visits from Google
- 65,712,151
- Vs the quarter before
- +6%
- Q4 2025
- Visits from Google
- 62,121,936
- Vs the quarter before
- -2%
- Q3 2025
- Visits from Google
- 63,108,954
- Vs the quarter before
- -0.1%
- Q2 2025
- Visits from Google
- 63,144,659
- Vs the quarter before
- -21%
WorldVisits a month to AI website builder sites, worldwide
Miles explains
I only call a market growing when visits and name searches agree. Here visits are down and name searches are level, so they don’t agree yet.
Search trends
2How many people search for AI website builders in 2026?
“ai website builder” is searched about 110,000 times a month worldwide, 30% of it in the US.
Google Trends barely registered “ai website builder” until June 2025; interest then climbed to its peak in August 2026. Americans make 30% of the searches but only 25.7% of the visits, because the big sites also draw heavily from India, Indonesia and Canada.
- Searches a month, US
- 33,100
- Google Trends now
- 24/100 -8%
- Five-year peak
- 55/100 in August 2026
WorldGoogle Trends interest in "ai website builder", 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 website builder market in September 2026?
Fewer visits than a year ago, name searches holding steady, and the next six months look like a slide.
The fastest growers over the year, Base44, v0 and Lovable, each grew several times over, usually from a small base. The losers, led by Zarla, lost most of their search visits (-92%).
- Visits vs August 2026
- -6%
- Biggest gain this month
- Kleap +85%
- Biggest loss this month
- v0 -30%
Growing fastest, year on year
Base44+4347%
v0+491%
Lovable+296%
Falling fastest, year on year
Zarla-92%
Dorik-77%
10Web-77%
Miles explains
Huge percentages like Base44’s +4347% 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 website builders?
I expect October 2026 to be about the same as September 2026, and the next six months to look down.
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
- 15,408,388 visits
- Likely range
- 14M to 17M
- Expected in April 2027
- 15M -6%
- Past forecasts in range
- 5 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 5 times.
Industry report
5The most-visited AI website builder sites in 2026
The most visited is Wix, with 5.5 million visits a month, 35% of all visits.
Wix and Squarespace together hold 69% of all visits. Below the top five the market is long and thin: the other 35 sites share 18.4%.
- Top five sites
- 81.6% of all visits
- Visits from the US
- 25.7%
- Largest markets outside the US
- India, Indonesia and Canada
- Sites tracked
- 40
Most-visited AI website builder sites, September 2026
Wix35.1%
Squarespace34.2%
Webflow5.4%- Lovable4.3%
Elementor2.7%
Share of all visits from Google. Traffic, not quality. 8 more listed tools are not measured here: 1 is measured in the category of its main product, 5 sit on shared domains whose traffic is not their own and 2 live on domains whose traffic is mostly another product.
Miles explains
Wix alone has 35% of all visits. That’s a big lead, but one Google update can close it fast.
Download the data
6Can I download the AI website builder data?
Yes. Every number on these pages comes from two CSV files, free to download.
Cite as: Miles Foster, “AI Website Builder Statistics, September 2026”, RankDude, https://rankdude.ai/ai-website-builder/statistics
7AI website builder statistics: questions people ask
How many people use AI website builders?
The 40 AI website builder sites RankDude measures got about 16 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 website builder market growing?
No. Visits are down 26% on a year ago. They have fallen 30% since February 2026. Searches for the sites by name are 2% lower than in October 2025. The forecast for October 2026 is about 15 million visits.
Which AI website builder is the most popular?
By visits from Google, Wix is the most visited, with about 5.5 million in September 2026, followed by Squarespace and Webflow. This measures traffic, not quality.
How many people search for "ai website builder"?
About 110,000 searches a month worldwide, about 33,100 of them in the US, on a 12-month average from Google Ads data.
Where do AI website builder users come from?
25.7% of visits come from the United States. Outside the US the largest markets are India, Indonesia and Canada.
Where do these AI website builder 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.