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

AI Character Chat App Industry Report, October 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▲ Growingbut visits without DeepAI are down 9% on a year ago

Visits, year on year, without DeepAI
-9.0%
Visits, last six months
+77%
Name searches vs October 2025
+5.3%

Every key number on the AI character chat app market for October 2026, dated and sourced, so you can quote it. The 17 sites I measure got about 32 million visits from Google, 76% more than a year ago, and the five most-visited sites took 98.9% 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 character chat app industry report: the key numbers for October 2026

Four numbers for October 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 17 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

1Every figure in one table

Measure

  • Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
    Value
    32,486,123
    Period and basis
    October 2026; +76.0% year on year, +2.9% month on month
  • Search visits a month, United States
    Value
    3,965,252
    Period and basis
    October 2026; -23.0% year on year
  • US share of worldwide search visits
    Value
    12.2%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
    Value
    2,207,160
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +5.3% against October 2025
  • Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
    Value
    7,837,000
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +4.7% against October 2025
  • Searches a month for “ai character chat”, US
    Value
    40,500
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Searches a month for “ai character chat”, worldwide
    Value
    90,500
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Referring domains, all tracked sites
    Value
    73,045
    Period and basis
    October 2026; +37.9% year on year
  • Share of worldwide visits held by the five most-visited sites
    Value
    98.9%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Share held by the ten most-visited sites
    Value
    99.7%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai character chat”, US
    Value
    0
    Period and basis
    October 2026; positions 1 to 10
  • Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai character chat”, US
    Value
    1
    Period and basis
    October 2026; any position checked

2How many people visited

In plain words: These sites got more visits from Google than a year ago (+76%), and October 2026 was about the same as September 2026 (+3%). DeepAI, which takes 84.8% of all the visits, gained more visits on its own than the whole market gained in a year. Without it, visits would be down 9.0% on a year ago instead of up 76.0%.

WorldVisits a month to AI character chat app sites, worldwide

013M25M38M50MNov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 2632M
Low 6.8MHigh 32MAverage 20M
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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 76% above a year ago, and this is the highest month in two years. 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 5% more often than in October 2025 (+5%). That is the loyalty number: nobody types a name by accident.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

0625K1.3M1.9M2.5MOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 262.2M
Low 1.9MHigh 2.2MAverage 2.1M
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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 5%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows more people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 12 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 (%)

012.52537.550Nov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 2612.2
Low 10.2High 27.9Average 14
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    5,474,090
    Share of the measured countries
    64.2%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    1,141,731
    Share of the measured countries
    13.4%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    808,283
    Share of the measured countries
    9.5%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    445,187
    Share of the measured countries
    5.2%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    324,788
    Share of the measured countries
    3.8%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    232,731
    Share of the measured countries
    2.7%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    101,143
    Share of the measured countries
    1.2%

Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 12 in every 100 visits. India alone is 64.2% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

DeepAI gets the most visits, SpicyChat is the name people search for most, and Dreamjourney AI is the highest-placed tracked site on Google for “ai character chat”, at position 15. The five most-visited sites take 98.9% of all visits.

By worldwide search visits

By US brand-name searches

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 98.9% 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 Candy AI (+3185%); the steepest fall was at Dippy (-80%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Growing

  • Candy AI
    A year ago
    18,141
    Now
    595,949
    Change
    +3185%
  • Bubio.ai
    A year ago
    5,122
    Now
    49,212
    Change
    +861%
  • DeepAI
    A year ago
    13,018,649
    Now
    27,536,114
    Change
    +112%
  • Chub.ai
    A year ago
    134,804
    Now
    223,339
    Change
    +66%
  • Privee AI
    A year ago
    14,289
    Now
    19,011
    Change
    +33%
  • SpicyChat
    A year ago
    1,735,159
    Now
    2,265,530
    Change
    +31%
  • Tavern AI
    A year ago
    5,476
    Now
    6,211
    Change
    +13%

Declining

  • Dippy
    A year ago
    164,183
    Now
    32,456
    Change
    -80%
  • Anima AI
    A year ago
    186,295
    Now
    54,716
    Change
    -71%
  • Rochat
    A year ago
    19,004
    Now
    5,705
    Change
    -70%
  • Nomi.ai
    A year ago
    135,869
    Now
    44,848
    Change
    -67%
  • Botify AI
    A year ago
    41,853
    Now
    16,477
    Change
    -61%
  • Replika
    A year ago
    113,449
    Now
    51,238
    Change
    -55%
  • CrushOn AI
    A year ago
    2,712,729
    Now
    1,492,455
    Change
    -45%
  • ChatFAI
    A year ago
    121,210
    Now
    69,605
    Change
    -43%

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 Character Chat App Industry Report, October 2026”, published 2 November 2026, https://rankdude.ai/statistics/ai-character-chat/industry-report. Figures are estimates from the sources named beside them.