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

AI Job Search Tools Industry Report, October 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▼ Shrinking

Visits, year on year
-51%
Visits, last six months
-40%
Name searches vs October 2025
-20%

Every key number on the AI job search tool market for October 2026, dated and sourced, so you can quote it. The 29 sites I measure got about 1.4 million visits from Google, 51% fewer than a year ago, and the five most-visited sites took 75.9% 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 job search tool industry report: the key numbers for October 2026

Four numbers for October 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 29 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

1Every figure in one table

Measure

  • Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
    Value
    1,391,598
    Period and basis
    October 2026; -51.4% year on year, -8.6% month on month
  • Search visits a month, United States
    Value
    298,415
    Period and basis
    October 2026; -38.2% year on year
  • US share of worldwide search visits
    Value
    21.4%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
    Value
    85,940
    Period and basis
    September 2026; -19.8% against October 2025
  • Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
    Value
    507,030
    Period and basis
    September 2026; -10.1% against October 2025
  • Searches a month for “ai job search tools”, US
    Value
    1,900
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Searches a month for “ai job search tools”, worldwide
    Value
    2,900
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Referring domains, all tracked sites
    Value
    136,236
    Period and basis
    October 2026; first reading, no year-on-year figure yet
  • Share of worldwide visits held by the five most-visited sites
    Value
    75.9%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Share held by the ten most-visited sites
    Value
    92%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai job search tools”, US
    Value
    0
    Period and basis
    October 2026; positions 1 to 10
  • Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai job search tools”, US
    Value
    0
    Period and basis
    October 2026; any position checked

Brand-name searches leave out Visage and XOR: the name is shared with an ordinary word or another product.

2How many people visited

In plain words: These sites got fewer visits from Google than a year ago (-51%), and October 2026 was a weaker month than September 2026 (-9%).

WorldVisits a month to AI job search tool sites, worldwide

01.3M2.5M3.8M5.0MNov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 261.4M
Low 1.4MHigh 4.7MAverage 2.8M
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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 51% below a year ago, and 70% below the December 2024 high. 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 20% less often than in October 2025 (-20%). That is the loyalty number: nobody types a name by accident.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

050.0K100K150K200KOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 2685.9K
Low 73.3KHigh 155KAverage 101K
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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 down 20%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows fewer people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 21 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 2621.4
Low 8.3High 23.9Average 17
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    360,181
    Share of the measured countries
    72.2%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    47,662
    Share of the measured countries
    9.6%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    35,771
    Share of the measured countries
    7.2%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    25,080
    Share of the measured countries
    5%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    13,410
    Share of the measured countries
    2.7%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    10,698
    Share of the measured countries
    2.1%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    5,910
    Share of the measured countries
    1.2%

Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 21 in every 100 visits. India alone is 72.2% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

Resume Worded gets the most visits, AIApply is the name people search for most, and no tracked site ranks on Google for “ai job search tools”. The five most-visited sites take 75.9% of all visits.

By worldwide search visits

By US brand-name searches

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 75.9% 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 lockedin-ai (+150%); the steepest fall was at Huntr (-91%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Growing

Declining

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 Job Search Tools Industry Report, October 2026”, published 2 November 2026, https://rankdude.ai/statistics/ai-job-search-tools/industry-report. Figures are estimates from the sources named beside them.