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Updated 11/02/2026 · next update 12/01/2026

AI CAD Tool Industry Report, October 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▼ Shrinkingbut name searches are up 15% since October 2025

Visits, year on year, without AutoCAD
-5.7%
Visits, last six months
-28%
Name searches vs October 2025
+15%

Every key number on the AI CAD tool market for October 2026, dated and sourced, so you can quote it. The 14 sites I measure got about 3.5 million visits from Google, 53% fewer than a year ago, and the five most-visited sites took 99.4% of them.

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

Published 2 November 2026. Data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs · free to quote with a link · not a ranking

AI CAD tool industry report: the key numbers for October 2026

Four numbers for October 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 14 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

1Every figure in one table

Measure

  • Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
    Value
    3,487,315
    Period and basis
    October 2026; -52.9% year on year, -1.4% month on month
  • Search visits a month, United States
    Value
    631,803
    Period and basis
    October 2026; -34.1% year on year
  • US share of worldwide search visits
    Value
    18.1%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
    Value
    795,900
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +14.8% against October 2025
  • Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
    Value
    3,378,020
    Period and basis
    September 2026; 0% against October 2025
  • Searches a month for “ai cad”, US
    Value
    1,000
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Searches a month for “ai cad”, worldwide
    Value
    4,400
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Referring domains, all tracked sites
    Value
    184,971
    Period and basis
    October 2026; first reading, no year-on-year figure yet
  • Share of worldwide visits held by the five most-visited sites
    Value
    99.4%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Share held by the ten most-visited sites
    Value
    100%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai cad”, US
    Value
    1
    Period and basis
    October 2026; positions 1 to 10
  • Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai cad”, US
    Value
    2
    Period and basis
    October 2026; any position checked

Brand-name searches leave out Adam, CadXStudio and Zoo: 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 (-53%), and October 2026 was about the same as September 2026 (-1%). AutoCAD, which takes 66.9% of all the visits, accounts for most of the fall (98% of it). Without it, visits would be down 5.7% on a year ago instead of down 52.9%.

WorldVisits a month to AI CAD tool sites, worldwide

02.5M5.0M7.5M10MNov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 263.5M
Low 3.5MHigh 8.4MAverage 5.6M
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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 53% below a year ago, and 59% below the December 2025 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 15% more often than in October 2025 (+15%). 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 26796K
Low 286KHigh 796KAverage 526K
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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 15%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows more people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 18 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 (%)

06.2512.518.7525Nov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 2618.1
Low 11.9High 22.1Average 19
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    545,294
    Share of the measured countries
    45.2%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    156,840
    Share of the measured countries
    13%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    137,304
    Share of the measured countries
    11.4%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    123,970
    Share of the measured countries
    10.3%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    107,167
    Share of the measured countries
    8.9%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    79,659
    Share of the measured countries
    6.6%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    55,244
    Share of the measured countries
    4.6%

Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 18 in every 100 visits. India alone is 45.2% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

AutoCAD gets the most visits, Onshape is the name people search for most, and DraftAid is the highest-placed tracked site on Google for “ai cad”, at position 9. The five most-visited sites take 99.4% of all visits.

By worldwide search visits

By US brand-name searches

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 99.4% 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 Onshape (+40%); the steepest fall was at Zoo (-66%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Growing

  • Onshape
    A year ago
    297,261
    Now
    416,660
    Change
    +40%
  • Shapr3D
    A year ago
    41,088
    Now
    49,836
    Change
    +21%
  • PTC Creo
    A year ago
    292,428
    Now
    351,519
    Change
    +20%

Declining

  • Zoo
    A year ago
    23,389
    Now
    7,883
    Change
    -66%
  • AutoCAD
    A year ago
    6,188,945
    Now
    2,334,688
    Change
    -62%
  • SOLIDWORKS
    A year ago
    562,846
    Now
    314,618
    Change
    -44%

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

To cite this report: RankDude, “AI CAD Tool Industry Report, October 2026”, published 2 November 2026, https://rankdude.ai/statistics/ai-cad/industry-report. Figures are estimates from the sources named beside them.