AI drug discovery platform market, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
The market▼ Shrinkingbut name searches are up 17% since October 2025
- Visits, year on year
- -49%
- Visits vs September 2026
- -9.7%
- Name searches vs October 2025
- +17%
Every month I measure Google visits to the 17 AI drug discovery platform sites I track, and how often people search for them by name. In October 2026 they got about 11,995 visits, 49% fewer than a year ago and 10% fewer than in September 2026.
Below: where the visitors live and what comes next.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report and Ahrefs · not a ranking
AI drug discovery platform 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 11,995 visits from Google in October 2026, 49% fewer than a year ago and 10% fewer than in September 2026.
- “ai drug discovery” gets about 1,900 US searches a month. People searched the site names 11,680 times in the US in September 2026, 17% more often than in October 2025.
- No tracked site ranks on Google for “ai drug discovery”. Owkin is the most-visited site.
- 38.9% of visits came from the US (20% a year ago), then France, United Kingdom and Canada. The five most-visited sites took 74.7% of all visits.
1How many visits
In plain words: These sites got fewer visits from Google than a year ago (-49%), and October 2026 was a weaker month than September 2026 (-10%).
- Visits, October 2026
- 11,995 (-48.7% on a year ago, -9.7% on September 2026)
- US visits
- 4,666 (-0.2% on a year ago)
- 24-month peak
- 24,049 in November 2025
WorldVisits a month to AI drug discovery platform sites, worldwide
Source: DataForSEO, Google search visits, all tracked sites.
Miles explains
Judge this line on the year, not the last dot: visits are 49% below a year ago, and 50% below the November 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 17% more often than in October 2025 (+17%). That is the loyalty number, because nobody types a name by accident.
- Searches for "ai drug discovery"
- 1,900 a month in the US (12-month average)
- Name searches, September 2026
- 11,680 in the US (+16.5% since October 2025), 28,750 worldwide
USSearches a month for "ai drug discovery", 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 |
|---|---|
 Chai Discovery | 5,400 |
 Owkin | 1,300 |
 Synthesize Bio | 1,300 |
 Inductive Bio | 1,000 |
 BullFrog AI | 720 |
 Causaly | 720 |
 Variational AI | 390 |
 Blank Bio | 210 |
Most searched by name, US
- Searches a month
- 5,400
- Searches a month
- 1,300
- Searches a month
- 1,300
- Searches a month
- 1,000
- Searches a month
- 720
- Searches a month
- 720
- Searches a month
- 390
- Searches a month
- 210
Ordered by US searches for the brand name in September 2026. A measured order, not a ranking.
Miles explains
Name searches are the number I trust most. They are up 17%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows more people coming back on purpose.
3Who is on Google's first page
No tracked site is on Google’s first page for “ai drug discovery”. Being on that page is the biggest single thing that decides how many visits a site gets.
Ordered by US Google position for “ai drug discovery”, then Tranco rank. A measured order, not a ranking.
| Site | Google US | Tranco | Move in 41 days | Search visits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Acellera PlayMolecule | – | 271,527 | ▲ 1,230,834 | 137 |
| Owkin | – | 323,603 | ▼ 32,549 | 3,342 |
 Cradle | – | 1,002,021 | ▲ 33,024 | 875 |
| Causaly | – | 1,112,959 | ▼ 245,662 | 1,427 |
 Numerion Labs | – | 1,171,089 | ▼ 11,578 | 302 |
| Chai Discovery | – | 1,459,703 | ▲ 109,006 | 2,390 |
 Iktos | – | 1,793,963 | ▲ 204,307 | 362 |
| BullFrog AI | – | 1,862,489 | ▲ 2,490,289 | 631 |
| Variational AI | – | 2,982,646 | ▼ 615,335 | 300 |
 Mavatar | – | – | – | 927 |
| Synthesize Bio | – | – | – | 811 |
 TeselaGen | – | – | – | 318 |
| Inductive Bio | – | – | – | 125 |
| Blank Bio | – | – | – | 32 |
 MindRank | – | – | – | 8 |
Site
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 271,527
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 1,230,834
- Search visits
- 137
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 323,603
- Move in 41 days
- ▼ 32,549
- Search visits
- 3,342
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 1,002,021
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 33,024
- Search visits
- 875
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 1,112,959
- Move in 41 days
- ▼ 245,662
- Search visits
- 1,427
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 1,171,089
- Move in 41 days
- ▼ 11,578
- Search visits
- 302
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 1,459,703
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 109,006
- Search visits
- 2,390
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 1,793,963
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 204,307
- Search visits
- 362
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 1,862,489
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 2,490,289
- Search visits
- 631
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 2,982,646
- Move in 41 days
- ▼ 615,335
- Search visits
- 300
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 41 days
- –
- Search visits
- 927
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 41 days
- –
- Search visits
- 811
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 41 days
- –
- Search visits
- 318
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 41 days
- –
- Search visits
- 125
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 41 days
- –
- Search visits
- 32
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 41 days
- –
- Search visits
- 8
Source: DataForSEO (US Google positions) and Tranco, October 2026. First 15 of 17 sites shown.
Miles explains
No tracked site sits high on Google for “ai drug discovery”, so most visits here come from people who already know the names.
4Who grew, who faded
No tracked site gained much in October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chai Discovery | 2,400 | 5,400 | +125.0% |
Searched more
- Oct 25
- 2,400
- Sep 26
- 5,400
- Change
- +125.0%
| Searched less | Oct 25 | Sep 26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synthesize Bio | 1,900 | 1,300 | -31.6% |
| Owkin | 1,600 | 1,300 | -18.7% |
Searched less
- Oct 25
- 1,900
- Sep 26
- 1,300
- Change
- -31.6%
- Oct 25
- 1,600
- Sep 26
- 1,300
- Change
- -18.7%
Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.
5Where the visitors live
About 39 of every 100 visits come from the United States.
- US share of visits
- 38.9% (20% a year ago)
- Largest outside the US
- France, United Kingdom and Canada
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 |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1,496 | 47% |
| United Kingdom | 934 | 29.4% |
| Canada | 321 | 10.1% |
| India | 232 | 7.3% |
| Germany | 170 | 5.3% |
| Australia | 24 | 0.8% |
| Brazil | 3 | 0.1% |
Country
- France
- Search visits a month
- 1,496
- Share of the measured countries
- 47%
- United Kingdom
- Search visits a month
- 934
- Share of the measured countries
- 29.4%
- Canada
- Search visits a month
- 321
- Share of the measured countries
- 10.1%
- India
- Search visits a month
- 232
- Share of the measured countries
- 7.3%
- Germany
- Search visits a month
- 170
- Share of the measured countries
- 5.3%
- Australia
- Search visits a month
- 24
- Share of the measured countries
- 0.8%
- Brazil
- Search visits a month
- 3
- Share of the measured countries
- 0.1%
Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.
Miles explains
The US is the single biggest market, but only about 39 in every 100 visits. France alone is 47% of the countries I measure outside it.
6Links and ratings
The tracked sites had 12,472 referring domains between them in October 2026; this is the first reading, so there is no year-on-year figure yet. The average Domain Rating is 42. Owkin has the strongest link profile at DR 72.
| By Domain Rating (Ahrefs) | DR |
|---|---|
| Owkin | 72 |
| Chai Discovery | 63 |
| Cradle | 55 |
| Causaly | 54 |
| Numerion Labs | 54 |
| Iktos | 50 |
| Inductive Bio | 46 |
| TeselaGen | 43 |
By Domain Rating (Ahrefs)
- DR
- 72
- DR
- 63
- DR
- 55
- DR
- 54
- DR
- 54
- DR
- 50
- DR
- 46
- DR
- 43
| By referring domains | Domains |
|---|---|
| Owkin | 2,466 |
| Cradle | 1,434 |
| Numerion Labs | 1,335 |
| Chai Discovery | 1,068 |
| Iktos | 784 |
 Ainnocence | 739 |
| Causaly | 716 |
| BullFrog AI | 666 |
By referring domains
- Domains
- 2,466
- Domains
- 1,434
- Domains
- 1,335
- Domains
- 1,068
- Domains
- 784
- Domains
- 739
- Domains
- 716
- Domains
- 666
Source: DataForSEO and Ahrefs, October 2026.