AI note taker market, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
The market▼ Shrinking
- Visits, year on year
- -44%
- Visits vs September 2026
- -11%
- Name searches vs October 2025
- +1.1%
Every month I measure Google visits to the 39 AI note taker sites I track, and how often people search for them by name. In October 2026 they got about 6.1 million visits, 44% fewer than a year ago and 11% fewer than in September 2026.
Below: who grew fastest (one site is up 877% 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 note taker 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 6,094,400 visits from Google in October 2026, 44% fewer than a year ago and 11% fewer than in September 2026. Notion AI alone takes 60.1% of the visits, so the totals mostly follow it. Without it, visits would be down 55.7% on a year ago instead of down 44.1%.
- “ai note taker” gets about 22,200 US searches a month. People searched the site names 1,446,650 times in the US in September 2026, 1% more often than in October 2025.
- 1 tracked site is on Google’s first page for “ai note taker”; the highest is Krisp at position 2. Notion AI is the most-visited site.
- 13.9% of visits came from the US (11.8% a year ago), then India, Brazil and France. The five most-visited sites took 84.5% of all visits.
1How many visits
In plain words: These sites got fewer visits from Google than a year ago (-44%), and October 2026 was a weaker month than September 2026 (-11%). Notion AI alone takes 60.1% of the visits, so the totals mostly follow it. Without it, visits would be down 55.7% on a year ago instead of down 44.1%.
- Visits, October 2026
- 6,094,400 (-44.1% on a year ago, -11.4% on September 2026)
- US visits
- 848,574 (-34.0% on a year ago)
- 24-month peak
- 11,236,227 in January 2026
WorldVisits a month to AI note taker sites, worldwide
Source: DataForSEO, Google search visits, all tracked sites.
Miles explains
Judge this line on the year, not the last dot: visits are 44% below a year ago, and 46% 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 1% more often than in October 2025 (+1%). That is the loyalty number, because nobody types a name by accident.
- Searches for "ai note taker"
- 22,200 a month in the US, 49,500 worldwide (12-month average)
- Name searches, September 2026
- 1,446,650 in the US (+1.1% since October 2025), 5,510,700 worldwide
USSearches a month for "ai note taker", 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 |
|---|---|
 Otter | 450,000 |
 Calendly | 368,000 |
 Fireflies | 368,000 |
 Plaud | 90,500 |
 Jamie | 33,100 |
 Bluedot | 27,100 |
 Read AI | 27,100 |
 Notion AI | 18,100 |
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: “plaud note pro”, “plaud ai note taker”, “plaud”, “plaud ai”, “plaud note” and “tl;dv”.
Miles explains
Name searches are the number I trust most. They are about level, 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
1 tracked site is on Google’s first page for “ai note taker”; the highest-placed is Krisp, at position 2. Being on that page is the biggest single thing that decides how many visits a site gets.
Ordered by US Google position for “ai note taker”, then Tranco rank. A measured order, not a ranking.
| Site | Google US | Tranco | Move in 41 days | Search visits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Krisp | 2 | 10,396 | ▲ 708 | 84,311 |
| Calendly | – | 416 | ▼ 33 | 546,167 |
| Notion AI | – | 1,411 | ▲ 154 | 3,660,815 |
 Granola | – | 5,329 | ▲ 1,880 | 37,457 |
| Otter | – | 7,734 | ▲ 990 | 198,670 |
| Read AI | – | 16,061 | ▲ 1,513 | 83,678 |
| Fireflies | – | 19,542 | ▲ 1,278 | 86,211 |
 Fathom | – | 19,657 | ▲ 1,443 | 7,168 |
| Plaud | – | 27,001 | ▲ 3,021 | 223,341 |
 Tactiq | – | 35,483 | ▲ 457 | 386,003 |
 tl;dv | – | 42,469 | ▲ 3,958 | 101,913 |
 Fellow | – | 48,064 | ▲ 5,336 | 2 |
 Notta | – | 51,182 | ▲ 3,972 | 332,935 |
 Fellow | – | 69,915 | ▲ 21,280 | 13,237 |
| Jamie | – | 78,061 | ▲ 38,145 | 22,878 |
Site
- Google US
- 2
- Tranco
- 10,396
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 708
- Search visits
- 84,311
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 416
- Move in 41 days
- ▼ 33
- Search visits
- 546,167
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 1,411
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 154
- Search visits
- 3,660,815
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 5,329
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 1,880
- Search visits
- 37,457
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 7,734
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 990
- Search visits
- 198,670
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 16,061
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 1,513
- Search visits
- 83,678
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 19,542
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 1,278
- Search visits
- 86,211
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 19,657
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 1,443
- Search visits
- 7,168
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 27,001
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 3,021
- Search visits
- 223,341
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 35,483
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 457
- Search visits
- 386,003
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 42,469
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 3,958
- Search visits
- 101,913
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 48,064
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 5,336
- Search visits
- 2
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 51,182
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 3,972
- Search visits
- 332,935
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 69,915
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 21,280
- Search visits
- 13,237
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 78,061
- Move in 41 days
- ▲ 38,145
- Search visits
- 22,878
Source: DataForSEO (US Google positions) and Tranco, October 2026. First 15 of 39 sites shown.
Miles explains
No tracked site sits high on Google for “ai note taker”, so most visits here come from people who already know the names.
4Who grew, who faded
Biggest gain in October 2026: Summary AI (+77%); biggest loss: Read AI (-38%). Year-on-year growers are on the demand page.
Biggest moves in October 2026
| Up this month | Sep 26 | Oct 26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Summary AI | 13,621 | 24,045 | +76.5% |
 Noota | 22,591 | 33,039 | +46.2% |
| tl;dv | 77,153 | 101,913 | +32.1% |
| Plaud | 195,133 | 223,341 | +14.5% |
 Grain | 7,322 | 7,690 | +5.0% |
 Sybill | 8,799 | 9,105 | +3.5% |
| Down this month | Sep 26 | Oct 26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read AI | 133,814 | 83,678 | -37.5% |
 Leexi | 8,559 | 5,589 | -34.7% |
 Meeting.ai | 12,984 | 8,882 | -31.6% |
| Otter | 265,705 | 198,670 | -25.2% |
 Fathom AI Notetaker | 51,525 | 39,778 | -22.8% |
 Sally | 10,167 | 8,099 | -20.3% |
Down this month
- Sep 26
- 133,814
- Oct 26
- 83,678
- Change
- -37.5%
- Sep 26
- 8,559
- Oct 26
- 5,589
- Change
- -34.7%
- Sep 26
- 12,984
- Oct 26
- 8,882
- Change
- -31.6%
- Sep 26
- 265,705
- Oct 26
- 198,670
- Change
- -25.2%
- Sep 26
- 51,525
- Oct 26
- 39,778
- Change
- -22.8%
- Sep 26
- 10,167
- Oct 26
- 8,099
- Change
- -20.3%
Brand demand, since October 2025
| Searched more | Oct 25 | Sep 26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plaud | 40,500 | 90,500 | +123.5% |
| Summary AI | 6,600 | 8,100 | +22.7% |
| Otter | 368,000 | 450,000 | +22.3% |
| Bluedot | 22,200 | 27,100 | +22.1% |
Searched more
- Oct 25
- 40,500
- Sep 26
- 90,500
- Change
- +123.5%
- Oct 25
- 6,600
- Sep 26
- 8,100
- Change
- +22.7%
- Oct 25
- 368,000
- Sep 26
- 450,000
- Change
- +22.3%
- Oct 25
- 22,200
- Sep 26
- 27,100
- Change
- +22.1%
| Searched less | Oct 25 | Sep 26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sembly AI | 1,300 | 480 | -63.1% |
| Fathom AI Notetaker | 5,400 | 2,400 | -55.6% |
 MeetGeek | 2,900 | 1,300 | -55.2% |
| Meeting.ai | 2,900 | 1,600 | -44.8% |
| Krisp | 22,200 | 14,800 | -33.3% |
| Tactiq | 9,900 | 6,600 | -33.3% |
Searched less
- Oct 25
- 1,300
- Sep 26
- 480
- Change
- -63.1%
- Oct 25
- 5,400
- Sep 26
- 2,400
- Change
- -55.6%
- Oct 25
- 2,900
- Sep 26
- 1,300
- Change
- -55.2%
- Oct 25
- 2,900
- Sep 26
- 1,600
- Change
- -44.8%
- Oct 25
- 22,200
- Sep 26
- 14,800
- Change
- -33.3%
- Oct 25
- 9,900
- Sep 26
- 6,600
- Change
- -33.3%
Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.
5Where the visitors live
About 14 of every 100 visits come from the United States.
- US share of visits
- 13.9% (11.8% a year ago)
- Largest outside the US
- India, Brazil and France
- US share of "ai note taker" searches
- 45%
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 | 591,209 | 33.5% |
| Brazil | 423,332 | 24% |
| France | 226,408 | 12.8% |
| United Kingdom | 198,087 | 11.2% |
| Canada | 156,505 | 8.9% |
| Germany | 92,963 | 5.3% |
| Australia | 74,730 | 4.2% |
Country
- India
- Search visits a month
- 591,209
- Share of the measured countries
- 33.5%
- Brazil
- Search visits a month
- 423,332
- Share of the measured countries
- 24%
- France
- Search visits a month
- 226,408
- Share of the measured countries
- 12.8%
- United Kingdom
- Search visits a month
- 198,087
- Share of the measured countries
- 11.2%
- Canada
- Search visits a month
- 156,505
- Share of the measured countries
- 8.9%
- Germany
- Search visits a month
- 92,963
- Share of the measured countries
- 5.3%
- Australia
- Search visits a month
- 74,730
- Share of the measured countries
- 4.2%
Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.
Miles explains
The US is the single biggest market, but only about 14 in every 100 visits. India alone is 33.5% of the countries I measure outside it.
6Links and ratings
The tracked sites had 243,860 referring domains between them in October 2026 (33 of the 39 sites measured); this is the first reading, so there is no year-on-year figure yet. The average Domain Rating is 64. Calendly has the strongest link profile at DR 95.
| By Domain Rating (Ahrefs) | DR |
|---|---|
| Calendly | 95 |
| Notion AI | 90 |
| Otter | 86 |
| Fireflies | 82 |
| Krisp | 80 |
| Granola | 78 |
| Fathom AI Notetaker | 77 |
| Fathom | 77 |
Source: DataForSEO and Ahrefs, October 2026.