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

AI coding tools search trends

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

Search interest▼ Fallingand 84% below its April 2026 peak

Google Trends, year on year
-48%
From the five-year peak
-84%

This page follows one Google search, “ai coding tools”, over five years. Interest is 48% lower than a year ago, 84% below its peak in April 2026.

Below: the five-year chart, country by country and the searches people make around it.

Google Trends via DataForSEO (pulled 2 November 2026); search volume and visits via DataForSEO · not a ranking

AI coding tools search trends: the key numbers for October 2026

The numbers that sum up searches for “ai coding tools”. Tap one for the detail below.

Interest in “ai coding tools” is down 48% on a year ago: 14 out of 100 on Google Trends in October 2026, against 27 a year earlier. The five-year peak was 87, in April 2026.

Google Ads put US searches for "ai coding tools" more than five times higher in May 2026 than in the months before, while Google Trends interest in the US in May 2026 was 75 out of 100, against 76 in April 2026, so the term's search volume is held back on these pages until a later pull confirms it.

9.5% of visits to the tracked AI coding tools sites come from the US, up from 6.2% a year ago. India, Brazil and Canada come next.

Five years of interest, worldwide and in the US

WorldGoogle Trends interest, worldwide (0–100)

0255075100Oct 21May 22Dec 22Jul 23Feb 24Sep 24Apr 25Nov 25Jun 26Oct 2614
Low 0High 87Average 13
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Source: Google Trends, 100 = peak week.

USGoogle Trends interest, United States (0–100)

0255075100Oct 21May 22Dec 22Jul 23Feb 24Sep 24Apr 25Nov 25Jun 26Oct 2616
Low 0High 85Average 14
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United States only, same scale.

Miles explains

Here’s how I read these two lines. They don’t show how many people search, only when interest rose and fell. Worldwide, it peaked in April 2026 and sits at 14 now, lower than a year ago. In the US it’s lower than a year ago. When you see a sharp spike, think news story, not new customers. The baseline between the spikes is the demand I actually care about.

9 countries outside the US

Searches a month for “ai coding tools” in each country with a Google Ads figure, twelve-month average; countries with none are left out. The US is not in the table: its figure is held back this month, as explained at the top of the page.

  1. India6,600
  2. Canada1,300
  3. Australia1,000
  4. Philippines590
  5. United Kingdom320
  6. Germany210
  7. Netherlands90
  8. France40
  9. Brazil30

Miles explains

Outside the US, the top five countries are India, Canada, Australia, Philippines and United Kingdom.

The searches around the term

Search

    Source: Google Ads, 12-month averages. A dash means no volume reported.

    Miles explains

    Rising fastest next to it on Google Trends: “antigravity”, “ai coding tools merging” and “claude code”. A sudden riser is usually news, not lasting demand.

    Where the visitors to the tracked sites come from

    USShare of visits that come from the US (%)

    02.557.510Nov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 269.5
    Low 4.6High 9.5Average 7
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    US share of worldwide search visits to all tracked sites, month by month, DataForSEO estimates.

    WorldVisits a month from outside the US

    0125M250M375M500MNov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 26462M
    Low 215MHigh 462MAverage 395M
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    Visits from outside the US a month, all tracked sites.

    1. India66.3%82,143,301
    2. Brazil12.9%15,933,645
    3. Canada7.4%9,226,701
    4. Germany5.3%6,510,690
    5. France3.8%4,682,960
    6. United Kingdom2.6%3,212,455
    7. Australia1.8%2,246,565

    Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.