AI interview assistant market, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
The market▲ Growingbut name searches are down 31% since October 2025
- Visits, year on year, without Final Round AI
- +101%
- Visits vs September 2026
- +4.9%
- Name searches vs October 2025
- -31%
Every month I measure Google visits to the 10 AI interview assistant sites I track, and how often people search for them by name. In October 2026 they got about 246,573 visits, 2% fewer than a year ago but 5% more than in September 2026.
Below: who grew fastest (one site is up 150% in a year), where the visitors live and what comes next.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report and Ahrefs · not a ranking
AI interview assistant 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 246,573 visits from Google in October 2026, 2% fewer than a year ago and 5% more than in September 2026. Final Round AI, which takes 57.4% of all the visits, lost more visits on its own than the whole market lost in a year. Without it, visits would be up 100.9% on a year ago instead of down 1.8%. Final Round AI gained more visits in October 2026 (17,541) than the whole market did (11,583); without it, visits to the other sites fell 5.4% on September 2026.
- “ai interview assistant” gets about 1,900 US searches a month. People searched the site names 17,200 times in the US in September 2026, 31% less often than in October 2025.
- No tracked site ranks on Google for “ai interview assistant”. Final Round AI is the most-visited site.
- 41.6% of visits came from the US (26.3% a year ago), then India, Canada and United Kingdom. The five most-visited sites took 98.4% of all visits.
1How many visits
In plain words: These sites got about as many visits from Google as a year ago (-2%), and October 2026 was a better month than September 2026 (+5%). Final Round AI, which takes 57.4% of all the visits, lost more visits on its own than the whole market lost in a year. Without it, visits would be up 100.9% on a year ago instead of down 1.8%. Final Round AI gained more visits in October 2026 (17,541) than the whole market did (11,583); without it, visits to the other sites fell 5.4% on September 2026.
- Visits, October 2026
- 246,573 (-1.8% on a year ago, +4.9% on September 2026)
- US visits
- 102,624 (+55.7% on a year ago)
- 24-month peak
- 471,494 in January 2026
WorldVisits a month to AI interview assistant sites, worldwide
Source: DataForSEO, Google search visits, all tracked sites.
Miles explains
Judge this line on the year, not the last dot: visits are about level with a year ago, and 48% below the January 2026 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 31% less often than in October 2025 (-31%). That is the loyalty number, because nobody types a name by accident.
- Searches for "ai interview assistant"
- 1,900 a month in the US, 8,100 worldwide (12-month average)
- Name searches, September 2026
- 17,200 in the US (-31.1% since October 2025), 75,300 worldwide
USSearches a month for "ai interview assistant", 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 |
|---|---|
| 6,600 | |
| 5,400 | |
| 1,900 | |
| 1,900 | |
| 880 | |
| 260 | |
| 210 | |
| 40 |
Most searched by name, US
- Searches a month
- 6,600
- Searches a month
- 5,400
- Searches a month
- 1,900
- Searches a month
- 1,900
- Searches a month
- 880
- Searches a month
- 260
- Searches a month
- 210
- Searches a month
- 40
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: “interview copilot”.
Miles explains
Name searches are the number I trust most. They are down 31%, 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
No tracked site is on Google’s first page for “ai interview assistant”. Being on that page is the biggest single thing that decides how many visits a site gets.
Ordered by US Google position for “ai interview assistant”, then Tranco rank. A measured order, not a ranking.
| Site | Google US | Tranco | Move in 25 days | Search visits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 170,273 | ▲ 12,692 | 141,425 | |
| – | 458,747 | ▼ 29,619 | 44,124 | |
| – | 1,317,112 | ▼ 66,437 | 50,416 | |
| – | 1,747,236 | ▲ 253,269 | 451 | |
| – | 2,512,422 | ▲ 1,895,350 | 916 | |
| – | 3,274,624 | ▲ 1,140,806 | 5,078 | |
| – | – | – | 1,610 | |
| – | – | – | 1,362 | |
| – | – | – | 693 | |
| – | – | – | 498 |
Site
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 170,273
- Move in 25 days
- ▲ 12,692
- Search visits
- 141,425
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 458,747
- Move in 25 days
- ▼ 29,619
- Search visits
- 44,124
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 1,317,112
- Move in 25 days
- ▼ 66,437
- Search visits
- 50,416
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 1,747,236
- Move in 25 days
- ▲ 253,269
- Search visits
- 451
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 2,512,422
- Move in 25 days
- ▲ 1,895,350
- Search visits
- 916
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 3,274,624
- Move in 25 days
- ▲ 1,140,806
- Search visits
- 5,078
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 25 days
- –
- Search visits
- 1,610
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 25 days
- –
- Search visits
- 1,362
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 25 days
- –
- Search visits
- 693
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- –
- Move in 25 days
- –
- Search visits
- 498
Source: DataForSEO (US Google positions) and Tranco, October 2026. First 10 of 10 sites shown.
Miles explains
No tracked site sits high on Google for “ai interview assistant”, so most visits here come from people who already know the names.
4Who grew, who faded
Biggest gain in October 2026: Final Round AI (+14%); biggest loss: Verve AI (-7%). Year-on-year growers are on the demand page.
Biggest moves in October 2026
| Up this month | Sep 26 | Oct 26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 123,884 | 141,425 | +14.2% |
Up this month
- Sep 26
- 123,884
- Oct 26
- 141,425
- Change
- +14.2%
| Down this month | Sep 26 | Oct 26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53,901 | 50,416 | -6.5% | |
| 46,090 | 44,124 | -4.3% | |
| 5,280 | 5,078 | -3.8% |
Down this month
- Sep 26
- 53,901
- Oct 26
- 50,416
- Change
- -6.5%
- Sep 26
- 46,090
- Oct 26
- 44,124
- Change
- -4.3%
- Sep 26
- 5,280
- Oct 26
- 5,078
- Change
- -3.8%
Brand demand, since October 2025
| Searched less | Oct 25 | Sep 26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,600 | 1,900 | -47.2% | |
| 2,900 | 1,900 | -34.5% | |
| 9,900 | 6,600 | -33.3% | |
| 6,600 | 5,400 | -18.2% |
Searched less
- Oct 25
- 3,600
- Sep 26
- 1,900
- Change
- -47.2%
- Oct 25
- 2,900
- Sep 26
- 1,900
- Change
- -34.5%
- Oct 25
- 9,900
- Sep 26
- 6,600
- Change
- -33.3%
- Oct 25
- 6,600
- Sep 26
- 5,400
- Change
- -18.2%
Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.
5Where the visitors live
About 42 of every 100 visits come from the United States.
- US share of visits
- 41.6% (26.3% a year ago)
- Largest outside the US
- India, Canada and United Kingdom
- US share of "ai interview assistant" searches
- 23%
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 | 53,752 | 76.7% |
| Canada | 7,290 | 10.4% |
| United Kingdom | 4,694 | 6.7% |
| Australia | 1,798 | 2.6% |
| Germany | 1,309 | 1.9% |
| France | 961 | 1.4% |
| Brazil | 237 | 0.3% |
Country
- India
- Search visits a month
- 53,752
- Share of the measured countries
- 76.7%
- Canada
- Search visits a month
- 7,290
- Share of the measured countries
- 10.4%
- United Kingdom
- Search visits a month
- 4,694
- Share of the measured countries
- 6.7%
- Australia
- Search visits a month
- 1,798
- Share of the measured countries
- 2.6%
- Germany
- Search visits a month
- 1,309
- Share of the measured countries
- 1.9%
- France
- Search visits a month
- 961
- Share of the measured countries
- 1.4%
- Brazil
- Search visits a month
- 237
- Share of the measured countries
- 0.3%
Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.
Miles explains
The US is the single biggest market, but only about 42 in every 100 visits. India alone is 76.7% of the countries I measure outside it.
