AI dating app market, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
The market▼ Shrinking
- Visits, year on year, without ROAST
- +1.1%
- Visits vs September 2026
- +43%
- Name searches vs October 2025
- -18%
Every month I measure Google visits to the 9 AI dating app sites I track, and how often people search for them by name. In October 2026 they got about 273,395 visits, 18% fewer than a year ago but 43% more than in September 2026.
Below: who grew fastest (one site is up 27% in a year), who sits highest on Google, where the visitors live and what comes next.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report and Ahrefs · not a ranking
AI dating app 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 273,395 visits from Google in October 2026, 18% fewer than a year ago and 43% more than in September 2026. ROAST lost more visits on its own than the whole market lost in a year. Without it, visits would be up 1.1% on a year ago instead of down 17.5%. Keeper made most of the move in October 2026: it gained 64,982 of the market's 82,566 visits; without it, visits to the other sites rose 16.6% on September 2026.
- “ai dating app” gets about 3,600 US searches a month. People searched the site names 338,170 times in the US in September 2026, 18% less often than in October 2025.
- 1 tracked site is on Google’s first page for “ai dating app”; the highest is RIZZ at position 5. Keeper is the most-visited site.
- 20.9% of visits came from the US (18.4% a year ago), then India, Canada and Brazil. The five most-visited sites took 98.4% of all visits.
1How many visits
In plain words: These sites got fewer visits from Google than a year ago (-18%), and October 2026 was a better month than September 2026 (+43%). ROAST lost more visits on its own than the whole market lost in a year. Without it, visits would be up 1.1% on a year ago instead of down 17.5%. Keeper made most of the move in October 2026: it gained 64,982 of the market's 82,566 visits; without it, visits to the other sites rose 16.6% on September 2026.
- Visits, October 2026
- 273,395 (-17.5% on a year ago, +43.3% on September 2026)
- US visits
- 57,082 (-6.4% on a year ago)
- 24-month peak
- 768,147 in April 2025
WorldVisits a month to AI dating app sites, worldwide
Source: DataForSEO, Google search visits, all tracked sites.
Miles explains
Judge this line on the year, not the last dot: visits are 18% below a year ago, and 64% below the April 2025 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 18% less often than in October 2025 (-18%). That is the loyalty number, because nobody types a name by accident.
- Searches for "ai dating app"
- 3,600 a month in the US, 6,600 worldwide (12-month average)
- Name searches, September 2026
- 338,170 in the US (-17.9% since October 2025), 1,166,030 worldwide
USSearches a month for "ai dating app", 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 |
|---|---|
| 165,000 | |
| 110,000 | |
| 60,500 | |
| 1,900 | |
| 590 | |
| 90 | |
| 50 | |
| 30 |
Ordered by US searches for the brand name in September 2026. A measured order, not a ranking.
Rising next to the term on Google Trends: “hinge ai dating app”.
Miles explains
Name searches are the number I trust most. They are down 18%, 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
1 tracked site is on Google’s first page for “ai dating app”; the highest-placed is RIZZ, at position 5. Being on that page is the biggest single thing that decides how many visits a site gets.
Ordered by US Google position for “ai dating app”, then Tranco rank. A measured order, not a ranking.
| Site | Google US | Tranco | Move in 41 days | Search visits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1,802,907 | ▲ 302,430 | 60,116 | |
| – | 736,650 | ▼ 112,471 | 35,992 | |
| – | 737,058 | ▼ 214,464 | 149,576 | |
| – | 1,457,887 | ▼ 76,024 | 5,478 | |
| – | 1,940,219 | ▲ 245,574 | 17,844 | |
| – | 3,578,936 | ▲ 687,248 | 642 | |
| – | 4,370,420 | ▲ 26,764 | 710 | |
| – | – | – | 2,773 | |
| – | – | – | 264 |
Site
- Google US
- 5
- Tranco
- 1,802,907
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 302,430
- Search visits
- 60,116
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 736,650
- Move in 41 days
- ▼ 112,471
- Search visits
- 35,992
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 737,058
- Move in 41 days
- ▼ 214,464
- Search visits
- 149,576
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 1,457,887
- Move in 41 days
- ▼ 76,024
- Search visits
- 5,478
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 1,940,219
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 245,574
- Search visits
- 17,844
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 3,578,936
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 687,248
- Search visits
- 642
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 4,370,420
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 26,764
- Search visits
- 710
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 41 days
- –
- Search visits
- 2,773
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 41 days
- –
- Search visits
- 264
Source: DataForSEO (US Google positions) and Tranco, October 2026. First 9 of 9 sites shown.
Miles explains
No tracked site sits high on Google for “ai dating app”, so most visits here come from people who already know the names.
4Who grew, who faded
Biggest gain in October 2026: Keeper (+77%); biggest loss: YourMove (-14%). Year-on-year growers are on the demand page.
Biggest moves in October 2026
Brand demand, since October 2025
| Searched more | Oct 25 | Sep 26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | 1,900 | +90.0% |
Searched more
- Oct 25
- 1,000
- Sep 26
- 1,900
- Change
- +90.0%
Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.
5Where the visitors live
About 21 of every 100 visits come from the United States.
- US share of visits
- 20.9% (18.4% a year ago)
- Largest outside the US
- India, Canada and Brazil
- US share of "ai dating app" searches
- 55%
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 | 21,351 | 47.1% |
| Canada | 6,186 | 13.7% |
| Brazil | 4,942 | 10.9% |
| Germany | 4,836 | 10.7% |
| United Kingdom | 4,212 | 9.3% |
| France | 2,189 | 4.8% |
| Australia | 1,571 | 3.5% |
Country
- India
- Search visits a month
- 21,351
- Share of the measured countries
- 47.1%
- Canada
- Search visits a month
- 6,186
- Share of the measured countries
- 13.7%
- Brazil
- Search visits a month
- 4,942
- Share of the measured countries
- 10.9%
- Germany
- Search visits a month
- 4,836
- Share of the measured countries
- 10.7%
- United Kingdom
- Search visits a month
- 4,212
- Share of the measured countries
- 9.3%
- France
- Search visits a month
- 2,189
- Share of the measured countries
- 4.8%
- Australia
- Search visits a month
- 1,571
- Share of the measured countries
- 3.5%
Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.
Miles explains
The US is the single biggest market, but only about 21 in every 100 visits. India alone is 47.1% of the countries I measure outside it.
