AI character chat app market forecast, November 2026

AI character chat app forecast: the key numbers for November 2026

• Expected in November33Mvisits+2% vs October
• Likely range23M–42Mvisits in November
• Expected in May 202734Mvisits+5% six months out
• Forecasts in range4 of 6monthswhen the method was tested

• The AI character chat app sites RankDude tracks got 32,486,123 visits from Google search in October 2026.
• The forecast for November 2026 is 32,963,590 visits, about the same as October 2026, likely between 23M and 42M.
• That is up on November 2025, when the same sites had 19,180,046 visits.

In plain words: Tested on the last 6 months, it missed by 12.5% on average.

Tested on

the last 6 months, as if their numbers were unknown

Average miss

12.5%

Inside the range

4 of 6 months

Direction called right

4 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

4 of 6 in range is honest, not perfect. The biggest miss was May 2026 (+35%), the kind of month when one big site jumps. That’s why the range is wide.

Visits are up on a year ago (+76%), and the last three months were higher than the three before. Name searches are up (+5% since October 2025). Recent months are getting stronger; the forecast expects November 2026 to be about the same as October 2026.

Visits, October 2026

32,486,123 (+2.9% on the month before, +76.0% on a year ago)

Last 3 months vs the 3 before

+16.9%

24-month peak

32,486,123 in October 2026

Name searches, US

+5.3% since October 2025

Google Trends, "ai character chat"

17/100 (0% on a year ago)

12-month trend

+5.7% 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: +17%.

November is usually a quieter month than average (2% below) for searches for “ai character chat”. But the sites’ visits follow rankings more than the calendar, so the pattern is shown and not allowed to move the numbers.

November index

98 (100 = an average month)

On the calendar

Black Friday and Cyber Monday and Thanksgiving (US)

Quietest months

February

Used in this forecast?

No: average miss 12.5% as chosen, 12.5% without the pattern, 15.1% always with it

Miles explains

I tested the calendar against the last months and it made the forecast worse (15.1% average miss with it, 12.5% without), so I show it but leave it out.

About 33M visits in November 2026, about the same as October 2026. The likely range is 23M to 42M.

Source: DataForSEO and Google Ads.

By May 2027 the forecast expects about 34,044,203 visits a month, +5% on the 32,486,123 of October 2026, so the next six months look like growth.

The forecast expects Candy AI (+3%), Chub.ai (+4%), ChatFAI (+6%), Anima AI (+3%) and Bubio.ai (+6%) to rise, and none to fall by more than 3%; the rest are within 3% of October 2026. Single sites are harder to forecast than the whole market, so their ranges are wider.

Site-level forecasts for November 2026

Site	October 2026	November 2026 forecast	Range	Change
DeepAI	27,536,114	27,940,912	15M to 41M	+1.5%
SpicyChat	2,265,530	2,285,050	1.8M to 2.8M	+0.9%
CrushOn AI	1,492,455	1,513,247	852K to 2.2M	+1.4%
Candy AI	595,949	614,884	565K to 665K	+3.2%
Chub.ai	223,339	233,272	180K to 287K	+4.4%
ChatFAI	69,605	73,705	63.8K to 83.6K	+5.9%
Anima AI	54,716	56,512	43.3K to 69.7K	+3.3%
Replika	51,238	50,570	42.1K to 59.0K	-1.3%
Bubio.ai	49,212	52,033	20.8K to 83.3K	+5.7%
Nomi.ai	44,848	45,038	37.2K to 52.9K	+0.4%

Site

• DeepAI

  October 2026

  27,536,114

  November 2026 forecast

  27,940,912

  Range

  15M to 41M

  Change

  +1.5%

• SpicyChat

  October 2026

  2,265,530

  November 2026 forecast

  2,285,050

  Range

  1.8M to 2.8M

  Change

  +0.9%

• CrushOn AI

  October 2026

  1,492,455

  November 2026 forecast

  1,513,247

  Range

  852K to 2.2M

  Change

  +1.4%

• Candy AI

  October 2026

  595,949

  November 2026 forecast

  614,884

  Range

  565K to 665K

  Change

  +3.2%

• Chub.ai

  October 2026

  223,339

  November 2026 forecast

  233,272

  Range

  180K to 287K

  Change

  +4.4%

• ChatFAI

  October 2026

  69,605

  November 2026 forecast

  73,705

  Range

  63.8K to 83.6K

  Change

  +5.9%

• Anima AI

  October 2026

  54,716

  November 2026 forecast

  56,512

  Range

  43.3K to 69.7K

  Change

  +3.3%

• Replika

  October 2026

  51,238

  November 2026 forecast

  50,570

  Range

  42.1K to 59.0K

  Change

  -1.3%

• Bubio.ai

  October 2026

  49,212

  November 2026 forecast

  52,033

  Range

  20.8K to 83.3K

  Change

  +5.7%

• Nomi.ai

  October 2026

  44,848

  November 2026 forecast

  45,038

  Range

  37.2K to 52.9K

  Change

  +0.4%

Source: DataForSEO.

Together the ten come to 32,865,223, inside the market forecast of 32,963,590 for every tracked site.

Miles explains

ChatFAI has the biggest expected rise (+6%). Single sites are much harder to call than the whole market, so read these as direction, not promises.

What could knock November 2026 off course:

• A big site winning or losing a page-one position for “ai character chat”.
• 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.