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

AI friend app market, October 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▼ Shrinkingbut name searches are up 15% since October 2025

Visits, year on year
-59%
Visits vs September 2026
-13%
Name searches vs October 2025
+15%

Every month I measure Google visits to the 9 AI friend app sites I track, and how often people search for them by name. In October 2026 they got about 281,214 visits, 59% fewer than a year ago and 13% fewer than in September 2026.

Below: who grew fastest (one site is up 67% in a year), where the visitors live and what comes next.

Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report and Ahrefs · not a ranking

AI friend 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 281,214 visits from Google in October 2026, 59% fewer than a year ago and 13% fewer than in September 2026.
  • “ai friend app” gets about 1,000 US searches a month. People searched the site names 143,660 times in the US in September 2026, 15% more often than in October 2025.
  • No tracked site ranks on Google for “ai friend app”. Kindroid is the most-visited site.
  • 34.9% of visits came from the US (25.3% a year ago), then India, United Kingdom and Canada. The five most-visited sites took 92% of all visits.

1How many visits

In plain words: These sites got fewer visits from Google than a year ago (-59%), and October 2026 was a weaker month than September 2026 (-13%).

Visits, October 2026
281,214 (-58.8% on a year ago, -13.3% on September 2026)
US visits
98,126 (-43.2% on a year ago)
24-month peak
858,254 in December 2024

WorldVisits a month to AI friend app sites, worldwide

0250K500K750K1.0MNov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 26281K
Low 281KHigh 858KAverage 568K
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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 59% below a year ago, and 67% below the December 2024 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 15% more often than in October 2025 (+15%). That is the loyalty number, because nobody types a name by accident.

Searches for "ai friend app"
1,000 a month in the US, 2,400 worldwide (12-month average)
Name searches, September 2026
143,660 in the US (+15.4% since October 2025), 522,600 worldwide

USSearches a month for "ai friend app", United States

05001.0K1.5K2.0KOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 261.0K
Low 880High 1.3KAverage 1.0K
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Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

050.0K100K150K200KOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 26144K
Low 109KHigh 146KAverage 127K
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Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO, to September 2026.

Most searched by name, US

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 15%, 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 friend app”. Being on that page is the biggest single thing that decides how many visits a site gets.

Ordered by US Google position for “ai friend app”, then Tranco rank. A measured order, not a ranking.

Site

  • Kindroid
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    69,489
    Move in 41 days
    ▲ 13,635
    Search visits
    68,809
  • Replika
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    84,220
    Move in 41 days
    ▲ 6,862
    Search visits
    51,238
  • Pi
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    111,244
    Move in 41 days
    ▼ 1,497
    Search visits
    39,166
  • Nomi.ai
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    120,889
    Move in 41 days
    ▲ 9,315
    Search visits
    44,848
  • SimSimi
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    314,050
    Move in 41 days
    ▼ 67,660
    Search visits
    18,033
  • Anima
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    361,136
    Move in 41 days
    ▼ 10,313
    Search visits
    54,716
  • Kuki AI
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    648,135
    Move in 41 days
    ▼ 3,767
    Search visits
    864
  • Paradot
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    1,516,810
    Move in 41 days
    ▼ 117,522
    Search visits
    2,807
  • Kajiwoto
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    –
    Move in 41 days
    –
    Search visits
    733

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 friend app”, so most visits here come from people who already know the names.

4Who grew, who faded

Biggest gain in October 2026: Replika (+9%); biggest loss: Kindroid (-25%). Year-on-year growers are on the demand page.

Biggest moves in October 2026

Up this month

  • Replika
    Sep 26
    47,230
    Oct 26
    51,238
    Change
    +8.5%
  • SimSimi
    Sep 26
    16,856
    Oct 26
    18,033
    Change
    +7.0%

Down this month

  • Kindroid
    Sep 26
    92,092
    Oct 26
    68,809
    Change
    -25.3%
  • Anima
    Sep 26
    70,225
    Oct 26
    54,716
    Change
    -22.1%
  • Nomi.ai
    Sep 26
    50,007
    Oct 26
    44,848
    Change
    -10.3%
  • Pi
    Sep 26
    43,424
    Oct 26
    39,166
    Change
    -9.8%

Brand demand, since October 2025

Searched more

  • Kindroid
    Oct 25
    49,500
    Sep 26
    90,500
    Change
    +82.8%
  • Nomi.ai
    Oct 25
    22,200
    Sep 26
    33,100
    Change
    +49.1%

Searched less

  • Kajiwoto
    Oct 25
    3,600
    Sep 26
    480
    Change
    -86.7%
  • Kuki AI
    Oct 25
    1,900
    Sep 26
    480
    Change
    -74.7%
  • Replika
    Oct 25
    40,500
    Sep 26
    14,800
    Change
    -63.5%
  • Anima
    Oct 25
    4,400
    Sep 26
    1,900
    Change
    -56.8%

Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.

5Where the visitors live

About 35 of every 100 visits come from the United States.

US share of visits
34.9% (25.3% a year ago)
Largest outside the US
India, United Kingdom and Canada
US share of "ai friend app" searches
42%

USShare of visits that come from the US (%)

012.52537.550Nov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 2634.9
Low 13.6High 34.9Average 25
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    36,479
    Share of the measured countries
    47.1%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    12,753
    Share of the measured countries
    16.5%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    9,287
    Share of the measured countries
    12%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    7,608
    Share of the measured countries
    9.8%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    4,361
    Share of the measured countries
    5.6%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    3,668
    Share of the measured countries
    4.7%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    3,327
    Share of the measured countries
    4.3%

Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the single biggest market, but only about 35 in every 100 visits. India alone is 47.1% of the countries I measure outside it.

6Links and ratings

Other websites link to these sites more than a year ago (+135%).

The tracked sites had 29,585 referring domains between them in October 2026, +134.6% year on year. The average Domain Rating is 55. Replika has the strongest link profile at DR 76.

By Domain Rating (Ahrefs)

By referring domains

Source: DataForSEO and Ahrefs, October 2026.