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

AI Companions Industry Report, October 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▲ Growing

Visits, year on year, without DeepAI
+59%
Visits, last six months
+53%
Name searches vs October 2025
+44%

Every key number on the AI companions market for October 2026, dated and sourced, so you can quote it. The 99 sites I measure got about 48 million visits from Google, 85% more than a year ago, and the five most-visited sites took 89.7% 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 companions industry report: the key numbers for October 2026

Four numbers for October 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 99 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

1Every figure in one table

Measure

  • Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
    Value
    48,367,156
    Period and basis
    October 2026; +84.9% year on year, +1.2% month on month
  • Search visits a month, United States
    Value
    8,211,941
    Period and basis
    October 2026; +73.4% year on year
  • US share of worldwide search visits
    Value
    17%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
    Value
    10,598,240
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +43.6% against October 2025
  • Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
    Value
    35,556,330
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +51.5% against October 2025
  • Searches a month for “ai companions”, US
    Value
    14,800
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Searches a month for “ai companions”, worldwide
    Value
    40,500
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Referring domains, all tracked sites
    Value
    204,740
    Period and basis
    October 2026; +94.6% year on year
  • Share of worldwide visits held by the five most-visited sites
    Value
    89.7%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Share held by the ten most-visited sites
    Value
    93.4%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Tracked sites with a free tier
    Value
    18
    Period and basis
    from each site's published pricing
  • Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai companions”, US
    Value
    0
    Period and basis
    October 2026; positions 1 to 10
  • Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai companions”, US
    Value
    0
    Period and basis
    October 2026; any position checked

Brand-name searches leave out Luna AI, Paradot and Pi: the name is shared with an ordinary word or another product.

2How many people visited

In plain words: These sites got more visits from Google than a year ago (+85%), and October 2026 was about the same as September 2026 (+1%). DeepAI, which takes 56.9% of all the visits, accounts for most of the rise (65% of it). Without it, visits would be up 58.6% on a year ago instead of up 84.9%.

WorldVisits a month to AI companions sites, worldwide

013M25M38M50MNov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 2648M
Low 10MHigh 48MAverage 29M
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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 85% 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 44% more often than in October 2025 (+44%). That is the loyalty number: nobody types a name by accident.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

05.0M10M15M20MOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 2611M
Low 7.4MHigh 12MAverage 10.0M
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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 44%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows more people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 17 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 2617
Low 14.2High 20.1Average 17
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    5,858,747
    Share of the measured countries
    52.6%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    1,530,402
    Share of the measured countries
    13.7%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    1,197,765
    Share of the measured countries
    10.8%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    1,014,568
    Share of the measured countries
    9.1%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    684,839
    Share of the measured countries
    6.2%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    448,715
    Share of the measured countries
    4%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    397,089
    Share of the measured countries
    3.6%

Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 17 in every 100 visits. India alone is 52.6% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

DeepAI gets the most visits, PolyBuzz is the name people search for most, and no tracked site ranks on Google for “ai companions”. The five most-visited sites take 89.7% of all visits.

By worldwide search visits

By US brand-name searches

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 89.7% 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 OurDream.ai (+1230%); the steepest fall was at Kuki AI (-97%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Growing

  • OurDream.ai
    A year ago
    24,062
    Now
    319,942
    Change
    +1230%
  • HammerAI
    A year ago
    18,711
    Now
    135,363
    Change
    +623%
  • Nastia
    A year ago
    51,608
    Now
    369,772
    Change
    +617%
  • BabeChat
    A year ago
    25,421
    Now
    165,465
    Change
    +551%
  • Romantic AI
    A year ago
    43,961
    Now
    271,751
    Change
    +518%
  • Candy AI
    A year ago
    97,567
    Now
    595,949
    Change
    +511%
  • HiWaifu
    A year ago
    39,072
    Now
    153,680
    Change
    +293%
  • Flipped
    A year ago
    31,393
    Now
    118,652
    Change
    +278%

Declining

  • Kuki AI
    A year ago
    31,425
    Now
    864
    Change
    -97%
  • anime.gf
    A year ago
    125,806
    Now
    9,397
    Change
    -93%
  • YourMove
    A year ago
    57,369
    Now
    5,478
    Change
    -91%
  • SoulFun
    A year ago
    17,237
    Now
    1,788
    Change
    -90%
  • Paradot
    A year ago
    18,821
    Now
    2,807
    Change
    -85%
  • Chai
    A year ago
    328,520
    Now
    65,831
    Change
    -80%
  • Dippy
    A year ago
    158,431
    Now
    32,456
    Change
    -80%
  • Pi
    A year ago
    174,864
    Now
    39,166
    Change
    -78%

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