AI career coach market, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
The market▼ Shrinkingbut visits without Careerfittest are up 70% on a year ago
- Visits, year on year, without Careerfittest
- +70%
- Visits vs September 2026
- +21%
- Name searches vs October 2025
- -19%
Every month I measure Google visits to the 5 AI career coach sites I track, and how often people search for them by name. In October 2026 they got about 6,032 visits, about as many as a year ago but 21% more than in September 2026.
Below: where the visitors live and what comes next.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report and Ahrefs · not a ranking
AI career coach market: the key numbers for October 2026
Four numbers for October 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.
- The tracked sites got 6,032 visits from Google in October 2026, about as many as a year ago and 21% more than in September 2026. Careerfittest, which takes 49.4% of all the visits, lost more visits on its own than the whole market lost in a year. Without it, visits would be up 69.8% on a year ago instead of down 0.4%. Careerfittest gained more visits in October 2026 (1,336) than the whole market did (1,028); without it, visits to the other sites fell 9.2% on September 2026.
- “ai career coach” gets about 390 US searches a month. People searched the site names 1,340 times in the US in September 2026, 19% less often than in October 2025.
- No tracked site ranks on Google for “ai career coach”. Careerfittest is the most-visited site.
- 28.9% of visits came from the US (47.5% a year ago), then India, Canada and United Kingdom.
1How many visits
In plain words: These sites got about as many visits from Google as a year ago (-0.4%), and October 2026 was a better month than September 2026 (+21%). Careerfittest, which takes 49.4% of all the visits, lost more visits on its own than the whole market lost in a year. Without it, visits would be up 69.8% on a year ago instead of down 0.4%. Careerfittest gained more visits in October 2026 (1,336) than the whole market did (1,028); without it, visits to the other sites fell 9.2% on September 2026.
- Visits, October 2026
- 6,032 (-0.4% on a year ago, +20.5% on September 2026)
- US visits
- 1,745 (-39.4% on a year ago)
- 24-month peak
- 9,256 in January 2026
WorldVisits a month to AI career coach sites, worldwide
Source: DataForSEO, Google search visits, all tracked sites.
Miles explains
Judge this line on the year, not the last dot: visits are about level with a year ago, and 35% below the January 2026 high. One site winning or losing a ranking can swing a single month a lot.
2How many people went looking
People typed a site’s name into Google 19% less often than in October 2025 (-19%). That is the loyalty number, because nobody types a name by accident.
- Searches for "ai career coach"
- 390 a month in the US, 1,000 worldwide (12-month average)
- Name searches, September 2026
- 1,340 in the US (-19.3% since October 2025), 6,730 worldwide
USSearches a month for "ai career coach", United States
Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.
USSearches a month for the site names, United States
Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO, to September 2026.
| Most searched by name, US | Searches a month |
|---|---|
 Rocky.ai | 1,300 |
 COACH by CareerVillage | 20 |
 Careerfittest | 10 |
 GenZCareer | 10 |
Most searched by name, US
- Searches a month
- 1,300
- Searches a month
- 20
- Searches a month
- 10
- Searches a month
- 10
Ordered by US searches for the brand name in September 2026. A measured order, not a ranking.
Miles explains
Name searches are the number I trust most. They are down 19%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows fewer people coming back on purpose.
3Who is on Google's first page
No tracked site is on Google’s first page for “ai career coach”. Being on that page is the biggest single thing that decides how many visits a site gets.
Ordered by US Google position for “ai career coach”, then Tranco rank. A measured order, not a ranking.
| Site | Google US | Tranco | Move in 12 days | Search visits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky.ai | – | 2,292,838 | ▼ 258,258 | 639 |
| COACH by CareerVillage | – | 2,880,492 | ▲ 1,603,592 | 1,669 |
| Careerfittest | – | – | – | 2,978 |
| GenZCareer | – | – | – | 742 |
 LinkLaunch.AI | – | – | – | 4 |
Site
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 2,292,838
- Move in 12 days
- ▼ 258,258
- Search visits
- 639
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 2,880,492
- Move in 12 days
- ▲ 1,603,592
- Search visits
- 1,669
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 12 days
- –
- Search visits
- 2,978
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 12 days
- –
- Search visits
- 742
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 12 days
- –
- Search visits
- 4
Source: DataForSEO (US Google positions) and Tranco, October 2026. First 5 of 5 sites shown.
Miles explains
No tracked site sits high on Google for “ai career coach”, so most visits here come from people who already know the names.
4Who grew, who faded
No tracked site gained much in October 2026. Year-on-year growers are on the demand page.
Biggest moves in October 2026
Brand demand, since October 2025
Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.
5Where the visitors live
About 29 of every 100 visits come from the United States.
- US share of visits
- 28.9% (47.5% a year ago)
- Largest outside the US
- India, Canada and United Kingdom
- US share of "ai career coach" searches
- 39%
USShare of visits that come from the US (%)
US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.
| Country | Search visits a month | Share of the measured countries |
|---|---|---|
| India | 539 | 60.9% |
| Canada | 151 | 17.1% |
| United Kingdom | 118 | 13.3% |
| Australia | 36 | 4.1% |
| France | 21 | 2.4% |
| Germany | 18 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.2% |
Country
- India
- Search visits a month
- 539
- Share of the measured countries
- 60.9%
- Canada
- Search visits a month
- 151
- Share of the measured countries
- 17.1%
- United Kingdom
- Search visits a month
- 118
- Share of the measured countries
- 13.3%
- Australia
- Search visits a month
- 36
- Share of the measured countries
- 4.1%
- France
- Search visits a month
- 21
- Share of the measured countries
- 2.4%
- Germany
- Search visits a month
- 18
- Share of the measured countries
- 2%
- Brazil
- Search visits a month
- 2
- Share of the measured countries
- 0.2%
Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.
Miles explains
The US is the single biggest market, but only about 29 in every 100 visits. India alone is 60.9% of the countries I measure outside it.
6Links and ratings
The tracked sites had 2,291 referring domains between them in October 2026; this is the first reading, so there is no year-on-year figure yet. The average Domain Rating is 22. Rocky.ai has the strongest link profile at DR 47.
| By Domain Rating (Ahrefs) | DR |
|---|---|
| Rocky.ai | 47 |
| COACH by CareerVillage | 41 |
| Careerfittest | 22 |
| GenZCareer | 0.8 |
| LinkLaunch.AI | 0.2 |
By Domain Rating (Ahrefs)
- DR
- 47
- DR
- 41
- DR
- 22
- DR
- 0.8
- DR
- 0.2
| By referring domains | Domains |
|---|---|
| Careerfittest | 1,082 |
| Rocky.ai | 725 |
| COACH by CareerVillage | 414 |
| LinkLaunch.AI | 43 |
| GenZCareer | 27 |
By referring domains
- Domains
- 1,082
- Domains
- 725
- Domains
- 414
- Domains
- 43
- Domains
- 27
Source: DataForSEO and Ahrefs, October 2026.