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

AI personal assistant market, October 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▲ Growing

Visits, year on year, without OpenClaw
+60%
Visits vs September 2026
+3.6%
Name searches vs October 2025
+217%

Every month I measure Google visits to the 22 AI personal assistant sites I track, and how often people search for them by name. In October 2026 they got about 1.5 million visits, 223% more than a year ago and 4% more 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, Ahrefs and SerpApi · not a ranking

AI personal 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 1,456,575 visits from Google in October 2026, 223% more than a year ago and 4% more than in September 2026. OpenClaw, which first drew search visits in February 2026, accounts for most of the rise (73% of it) and takes 50.7% of the visits. Without it, visits would be up 59.5% on a year ago instead of up 223.3%. Sai by Simular gained more visits in October 2026 (82,429) than the whole market did (50,106); without it, visits to the other sites fell 2.7% on September 2026.
  • “ai personal assistant” gets about 5,400 US searches a month. People searched the site names 95,040 times in the US in September 2026, 217% more often than in October 2025.
  • 1 tracked site is on Google’s first page for “ai personal assistant”; the highest is Sai by Simular at position 1. OpenClaw is the most-visited site.
  • 23.3% of visits came from the US (33.3% a year ago), then India, Canada and United Kingdom. The five most-visited sites took 84.6% of all visits.

1How many visits

In plain words: These sites got more visits from Google than a year ago (+223%), and October 2026 was a better month than September 2026 (+4%). OpenClaw, which first drew search visits in February 2026, accounts for most of the rise (73% of it) and takes 50.7% of the visits. Without it, visits would be up 59.5% on a year ago instead of up 223.3%. Sai by Simular gained more visits in October 2026 (82,429) than the whole market did (50,106); without it, visits to the other sites fell 2.7% on September 2026.

Visits, October 2026
1,456,575 (+223.3% on a year ago, +3.6% on September 2026)
US visits
339,200 (+125.9% on a year ago)
24-month peak
this month, 1,456,575

WorldVisits a month to AI personal assistant sites, worldwide

0500K1.0M1.5M2.0MNov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 261.5M
Low 258KHigh 1.5MAverage 698K
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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 223% above a year ago, and this is the highest month in two years. 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 217% more often than in October 2025 (+217%). That is the loyalty number, because nobody types a name by accident.

Searches for "ai personal assistant"
5,400 a month in the US, 12,100 worldwide (12-month average)
Name searches, September 2026
95,040 in the US (+217.3% since October 2025), 578,590 worldwide

USSearches a month for "ai personal assistant", United States

02.5K5.0K7.5K10.0KOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 265.4K
Low 2.9KHigh 9.9KAverage 5.2K
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Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

0500K1.0M1.5M2.0MOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 2695.0K
Low 26.9KHigh 1.0MAverage 289K
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Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO, to September 2026.

Most searched by name, US

  • OpenClaw
    Searches a month
    74,000
  • Fyxer
    Searches a month
    6,600
  • Akiflow
    Searches a month
    3,600
  • Reclaim.ai
    Searches a month
    3,600
  • Zo Computer
    Searches a month
    1,600
  • SaneBox
    Searches a month
    1,300
  • Saner.AI
    Searches a month
    1,300
  • Carly
    Searches a month
    880

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: “openclaw”.

Miles explains

Name searches are the number I trust most. They are up 217%, 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 personal assistant”, and Sai by Simular holds the first position. Being on that page is the biggest single thing that decides how many visits a site gets.

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

Site

  • Sai by Simular
    Google US
    1
    Tranco
    596,898
    Move in 40 days
    ▼ 39,110
    Search visits
    281,577
  • OpenClaw
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    12,153
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 1,869
    Search visits
    737,966
  • Motion
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    41,580
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 2,648
    Search visits
    78,145
  • Reclaim.ai
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    43,448
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 5,871
    Search visits
    52,825
  • Akiflow
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    123,607
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 12,590
    Search visits
    5,179
  • SaneBox
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    126,642
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 5,466
    Search visits
    4,240
  • Instinct
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    130,233
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 1,179,690
    Search visits
    851
  • Vellum
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    160,220
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 1,958
    Search visits
    26,566
  • Shortwave
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    192,619
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 30,945
    Search visits
    865
  • Tab
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    236,667
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 4,220,776
    Search visits
    1
  • Fyxer
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    252,178
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 47,134
    Search visits
    55,308
  • Zo Computer
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    340,536
    Move in 40 days
    ▼ 9,870
    Search visits
    5,722
  • Zapia
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    390,175
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 52,290
    Search visits
    8,752
  • Poke
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    556,397
    Move in 40 days
    ▼ 88,959
    Search visits
    78,649
  • Carly
    Google US
    –
    Tranco
    650,444
    Move in 40 days
    ▲ 630,561
    Search visits
    46,219

Source: DataForSEO (US Google positions) and Tranco, October 2026. First 15 of 22 sites shown.

Miles explains

No tracked site sits high on Google for “ai personal assistant”, so most visits here come from people who already know the names.

4Who grew, who faded

Biggest gain in October 2026: Sai by Simular (+41%); biggest loss: SaneBox (-26%). Year-on-year growers are on the demand page.

Biggest moves in October 2026

Up this month

  • Sai by Simular
    Sep 26
    199,148
    Oct 26
    281,577
    Change
    +41.4%
  • Lifestack
    Sep 26
    19,046
    Oct 26
    26,074
    Change
    +36.9%
  • Vellum
    Sep 26
    20,196
    Oct 26
    26,566
    Change
    +31.5%
  • Carly
    Sep 26
    39,859
    Oct 26
    46,219
    Change
    +16.0%

Down this month

  • SaneBox
    Sep 26
    5,731
    Oct 26
    4,240
    Change
    -26.0%
  • Fyxer
    Sep 26
    63,331
    Oct 26
    55,308
    Change
    -12.7%
  • Reclaim.ai
    Sep 26
    58,670
    Oct 26
    52,825
    Change
    -10.0%
  • Akiflow
    Sep 26
    5,739
    Oct 26
    5,179
    Change
    -9.8%
  • Poke
    Sep 26
    86,639
    Oct 26
    78,649
    Change
    -9.2%
  • Motion
    Sep 26
    84,221
    Oct 26
    78,145
    Change
    -7.2%

Brand demand, since October 2025

Searched less

  • SaneBox
    Oct 25
    3,600
    Sep 26
    1,300
    Change
    -63.9%
  • Reclaim.ai
    Oct 25
    8,100
    Sep 26
    3,600
    Change
    -55.6%
  • Akiflow
    Oct 25
    5,400
    Sep 26
    3,600
    Change
    -33.3%
  • Fyxer
    Oct 25
    8,100
    Sep 26
    6,600
    Change
    -18.5%

Source: Google Ads via DataForSEO.

5Where the visitors live

About 23 of every 100 visits come from the United States.

US share of visits
23.3% (33.3% a year ago)
Largest outside the US
India, Canada and United Kingdom
US share of "ai personal assistant" searches
45%

USShare of visits that come from the US (%)

012.52537.550Nov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 2623.3
Low 17.9High 33.4Average 27
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    294,722
    Share of the measured countries
    61.6%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    59,260
    Share of the measured countries
    12.4%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    34,350
    Share of the measured countries
    7.2%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    27,772
    Share of the measured countries
    5.8%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    24,775
    Share of the measured countries
    5.2%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    19,804
    Share of the measured countries
    4.1%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    17,882
    Share of the measured countries
    3.7%

Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the single biggest market, but only about 23 in every 100 visits. India alone is 61.6% of the countries I measure outside it.

6Links and ratings

Referring domains were not measured for October 2026. The average Domain Rating is 62. OpenClaw has the strongest link profile at DR 88.

By Domain Rating (Ahrefs)

  • OpenClaw
    DR
    88
  • Motion
    DR
    82
  • Reclaim.ai
    DR
    82
  • SaneBox
    DR
    75
  • Vellum
    DR
    75
  • Akiflow
    DR
    73
  • Fyxer
    DR
    72
  • Instinct
    DR
    69

Source: DataForSEO and Ahrefs, October 2026.

AI personal assistant analysis, month by month

This page is rewritten every month from that month’s frozen snapshot. Edition 2, for October 2026, was published on 1 November 2026; the next one replaces it on 1 December 2026. The months before it, in brief:

  1. Edition 1 · September 2026

    The AI personal assistant market in September 2026: what the data says

    Every number I track for the AI personal assistant sites I follow, read as one month. Search visits up 233.9% on a year ago and up 24.7% on the month before, with the Google positions, the demand and who moved.

    Visits
    1.4M
    Year on year
    +234%
    Name searches
    95.0K

    Published 15 October 2026 · visits +24.7% on the month before