AI website builder market forecast, October 2026

AI website builder forecast: the key numbers for October 2026

• Expected in October15Mvisits-2% vs September
• Likely range14M–17Mvisits in October
• Expected in April 202715Mvisits-6% six months out
• Forecasts in range5 of 6monthswhen the method was tested

• The AI website builder sites RankDude tracks got 15,654,015 visits from Google search in September 2026.
• The forecast for October 2026 is 15,408,388 visits, about the same as September 2026, likely between 14M and 17M.
• That is down on October 2025, when the same sites had 20,608,754 visits.

In plain words: Tested on the last 6 months, it missed by 6.1% on average.

Tested on

the last 6 months, as if their numbers were unknown

Average miss

6.1%

Inside the range

5 of 6 months

Direction called right

2 of 6 months

Next month

this section scores the real forecast

The backtest, month by month

Each row uses only data from before that month.

Miles explains

5 of 6 in range is honest, not perfect. The biggest miss was July 2026 (-13%), the kind of month when one big site jumps. That’s why the range is wide.

Visits are down on a year ago (-26%), and the last three months were lower than the three before. Name searches are about level (-2% since October 2025). Recent months are getting weaker; the forecast expects October 2026 to be about the same as September 2026.

Visits, September 2026

15,654,015 (-5.8% on the month before, -25.5% on a year ago)

Last 3 months vs the 3 before

-19.7%

24-month peak

34,420,574 in October 2024

Name searches, US

-1.8% since October 2025

Google Trends, "ai website builder"

24/100 (-7.7% on a year ago)

12-month trend

-2.3% a month; the forecast carries part of the slope, fading

Miles explains

Big green or red bars are usually one site winning or losing a Google ranking, not the whole market moving. What I watch is the last three months against the three before: -20%.

October is usually a quieter month than average (13% below) for searches for “ai website builder”. But the sites’ visits follow rankings more than the calendar, so the pattern is shown and not allowed to move the numbers.

October index

87 (100 = an average month)

On the calendar

the start of the fourth quarter and next year's budget planning

Biggest months

August

Quietest months

October and December

Used in this forecast?

No: average miss 6.1% as chosen, 6.1% without the pattern, 9.4% always with it

Miles explains

I tested the calendar against the last months and it made the forecast worse (9.4% average miss with it, 6.1% without), so I show it but leave it out.

About 15M visits in October 2026, about the same as September 2026. The likely range is 14M to 17M.

Source: DataForSEO and Google Ads.

By April 2027 the forecast expects about 14,737,244 visits a month, -6% on the 15,654,015 of September 2026, so the next six months look like a slide.

The forecast expects none of the ten to rise by more than 3%, and Squarespace (-8%), Elementor (-20%), Framer (-13%), Jimdo (-9%), v0 (-7%) and Divi (-5%) to fall; the rest are within 3% of September 2026. Single sites are harder to forecast than the whole market, so their ranges are wider.

Site-level forecasts for October 2026

Site	September 2026	October 2026 forecast	Range	Change
Wix	5,487,133	5,383,682	4.3M to 6.5M	-1.9%
Squarespace	5,350,402	4,922,370	4.5M to 5.3M	-8.0%
Webflow	850,016	834,825	768K to 902K	-1.8%
Lovable	666,173	658,532	580K to 738K	-1.1%
Elementor	417,745	334,171	247K to 422K	-20.0%
Framer	409,507	354,919	274K to 435K	-13.3%
Base44	388,705	400,373	303K to 497K	+3.0%
Jimdo	309,045	282,467	258K to 307K	-8.6%
v0	289,766	269,228	214K to 324K	-7.1%
Divi	216,844	206,024	141K to 271K	-5.0%

Site

• Wix

  September 2026

  5,487,133

  October 2026 forecast

  5,383,682

  Range

  4.3M to 6.5M

  Change

  -1.9%

• Squarespace

  September 2026

  5,350,402

  October 2026 forecast

  4,922,370

  Range

  4.5M to 5.3M

  Change

  -8.0%

• Webflow

  September 2026

  850,016

  October 2026 forecast

  834,825

  Range

  768K to 902K

  Change

  -1.8%

• Lovable

  September 2026

  666,173

  October 2026 forecast

  658,532

  Range

  580K to 738K

  Change

  -1.1%

• Elementor

  September 2026

  417,745

  October 2026 forecast

  334,171

  Range

  247K to 422K

  Change

  -20.0%

• Framer

  September 2026

  409,507

  October 2026 forecast

  354,919

  Range

  274K to 435K

  Change

  -13.3%

• Base44

  September 2026

  388,705

  October 2026 forecast

  400,373

  Range

  303K to 497K

  Change

  +3.0%

• Jimdo

  September 2026

  309,045

  October 2026 forecast

  282,467

  Range

  258K to 307K

  Change

  -8.6%

• v0

  September 2026

  289,766

  October 2026 forecast

  269,228

  Range

  214K to 324K

  Change

  -7.1%

• Divi

  September 2026

  216,844

  October 2026 forecast

  206,024

  Range

  141K to 271K

  Change

  -5.0%

Source: DataForSEO.

Squarespace and Jimdo are held to their own range from September 2026. Together the ten come to 13,646,591, inside the market forecast of 15,408,388 for every tracked site.

What could knock October 2026 off course:

• A big site winning or losing a page-one position for “ai website builder”.
• A Google update.
• A site going offline.
• A news story that spikes interest for a week and then fades.

None of these are in the numbers until they happen, which is why the range exists.