AI paper checker market, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
The marketâ–Ľ Shrinking
- Visits, year on year, without Grammarly
- -27%
- Visits vs September 2026
- -8.4%
- Name searches vs October 2025
- -33%
Every month I measure Google visits to the 6 AI paper checker sites I track, and how often people search for them by name. In October 2026 they got about 24 million visits, 28% fewer than a year ago and 8% fewer than in September 2026.
Below: who grew fastest (one site is up 15% in a year), where the visitors live and what comes next.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report and Ahrefs · not a ranking
AI paper checker 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 24,336,389 visits from Google in October 2026, 28% fewer than a year ago and 8% fewer than in September 2026. Grammarly, which takes 89.8% of all the visits, fell in line with the market (-29% on a year ago). Grammarly made most of the move in October 2026: it lost 1,803,551 of the market's 2,224,979 visits; without it, visits to the other sites fell 14.5% on September 2026.
- “ai paper checker” gets about 5,400 US searches a month. People searched the site names 2,762,960 times in the US in September 2026, 33% less often than in October 2025.
- No tracked site ranks on Google for “ai paper checker”. Grammarly is the most-visited site.
- 22.8% of visits came from the US (18.1% a year ago), then India, United Kingdom and Canada. The five most-visited sites took 99.5% of all visits.
1How many visits
In plain words: These sites got fewer visits from Google than a year ago (-28%), and October 2026 was a weaker month than September 2026 (-8%). Grammarly, which takes 89.8% of all the visits, fell in line with the market (-29% on a year ago). Grammarly made most of the move in October 2026: it lost 1,803,551 of the market's 2,224,979 visits; without it, visits to the other sites fell 14.5% on September 2026.
- Visits, October 2026
- 24,336,389 (-28.4% on a year ago, -8.4% on September 2026)
- US visits
- 5,556,366 (-9.6% on a year ago)
- 24-month peak
- 38,099,954 in January 2026
WorldVisits a month to AI paper checker sites, worldwide
Source: DataForSEO, Google search visits, all tracked sites.
Miles explains
Judge this line on the year, not the last dot: visits are 28% below a year ago, and 36% 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 33% less often than in October 2025 (-33%). That is the loyalty number, because nobody types a name by accident.
- Searches for "ai paper checker"
- 5,400 a month in the US, 6,600 worldwide (12-month average)
- Name searches, September 2026
- 2,762,960 in the US (-32.9% since October 2025), 5,268,420 worldwide
USSearches a month for "ai paper checker", 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 |
|---|---|
 Grammarly | 2,740,000 |
 Sapling | 14,800 |
 Paperpal | 6,600 |
 Smodin | 1,300 |
 Getsolved | 210 |
 Decopy AI | 50 |
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 down 33%, 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 paper checker”. Being on that page is the biggest single thing that decides how many visits a site gets.
Ordered by US Google position for “ai paper checker”, then Tranco rank. A measured order, not a ranking.
| Site | Google US | Tranco | Move in 41 days | Search visits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grammarly | – | 323 | ▲ 244 | 21,845,704 |
| Paperpal | – | 45,674 | ▲ 6,449 | 733,563 |
| Sapling | – | 71,770 | ▲ 8,184 | 1,027,702 |
| Smodin | – | 121,630 | ▼ 6,077 | 191,309 |
| Decopy AI | – | 279,465 | ▼ 6,883 | 419,298 |
| Getsolved | – | 288,778 | ▲ 128,883 | 118,813 |
Site
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 323
- Move in 41 days
- â–˛ 244
- Search visits
- 21,845,704
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 45,674
- Move in 41 days
- â–˛ 6,449
- Search visits
- 733,563
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 71,770
- Move in 41 days
- â–˛ 8,184
- Search visits
- 1,027,702
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 121,630
- Move in 41 days
- â–Ľ 6,077
- Search visits
- 191,309
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 279,465
- Move in 41 days
- â–Ľ 6,883
- Search visits
- 419,298
- Google US
- –
- Tranco
- 288,778
- Move in 41 days
- â–˛ 128,883
- Search visits
- 118,813
Source: DataForSEO (US Google positions) and Tranco, October 2026. First 6 of 6 sites shown.
Miles explains
No tracked site sits high on Google for “ai paper checker”, so most visits here come from people who already know the names.
4Who grew, who faded
Biggest gain in October 2026: Getsolved (+3%); biggest loss: Decopy AI (-26%). Year-on-year growers are on the demand page.
Biggest moves in October 2026
| Up this month | Sep 26 | Oct 26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getsolved | 115,648 | 118,813 | +2.7% |
Up this month
- Sep 26
- 115,648
- Oct 26
- 118,813
- Change
- +2.7%
Brand demand, since October 2025
Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.
5Where the visitors live
About 23 of every 100 visits come from the United States.
- US share of visits
- 22.8% (18.1% a year ago)
- Largest outside the US
- India, United Kingdom and Canada
- US share of "ai paper checker" searches
- 82%
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 | 3,925,228 | 63.7% |
| United Kingdom | 874,715 | 14.2% |
| Canada | 730,547 | 11.9% |
| Australia | 415,828 | 6.7% |
| Germany | 82,645 | 1.3% |
| France | 74,183 | 1.2% |
| Brazil | 58,635 | 1% |
Country
- India
- Search visits a month
- 3,925,228
- Share of the measured countries
- 63.7%
- United Kingdom
- Search visits a month
- 874,715
- Share of the measured countries
- 14.2%
- Canada
- Search visits a month
- 730,547
- Share of the measured countries
- 11.9%
- Australia
- Search visits a month
- 415,828
- Share of the measured countries
- 6.7%
- Germany
- Search visits a month
- 82,645
- Share of the measured countries
- 1.3%
- France
- Search visits a month
- 74,183
- Share of the measured countries
- 1.2%
- Brazil
- Search visits a month
- 58,635
- Share of the measured countries
- 1%
Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.
Miles explains
The US is the single biggest market, but only about 23 in every 100 visits. India alone is 63.7% of the countries I measure outside it.
6Links and ratings
The tracked sites had 114,925 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 69. Grammarly has the strongest link profile at DR 90.
Source: DataForSEO and Ahrefs, October 2026.