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

AI Receptionist Industry Report, October 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▼ Shrinking

Visits, year on year
-37%
Visits, last six months
-69%
Name searches vs October 2025
+2.2%

Every key number on the AI receptionist market for October 2026, dated and sourced, so you can quote it. The 30 sites I measure got about 578,420 visits from Google, 37% fewer than a year ago, and the five most-visited sites took 92.3% 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 1 November 2026. Data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs · free to quote with a link · not a ranking

AI receptionist industry report: the key numbers for October 2026

Four numbers for October 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 30 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

1Every figure in one table

Measure

  • Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
    Value
    578,420
    Period and basis
    October 2026; -36.5% year on year, -14.1% month on month
  • Search visits a month, United States
    Value
    363,033
    Period and basis
    October 2026; -21.0% year on year
  • US share of worldwide search visits
    Value
    62.8%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
    Value
    19,560
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +2.2% against October 2025
  • Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
    Value
    56,780
    Period and basis
    September 2026; +6.0% against October 2025
  • Searches a month for “ai receptionist”, US
    Value
    –
    Period and basis
    not published this month; see the note under the table
  • Searches a month for “ai receptionist”, worldwide
    Value
    –
    Period and basis
    not published this month; see the note under the table
  • Share of worldwide visits held by the five most-visited sites
    Value
    92.3%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Share held by the ten most-visited sites
    Value
    96.5%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai receptionist”, US
    Value
    0
    Period and basis
    October 2026; positions 1 to 10
  • Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai receptionist”, US
    Value
    1
    Period and basis
    October 2026; any position checked

Google Ads put US searches for "ai receptionist" more than five times higher in July 2026 than in the months before, while Google Trends interest in the US in July 2026 was 70 out of 100, against 78 in June 2026, so the term's search volume is held back on these pages until a later pull confirms it.

Brand-name searches leave out AIRA, BE-A (FLÆ Robotics), Nucleus, Numa, Phonely, Ringly, Rosie, Talkie.ai and Upfirst: 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 (-37%), and October 2026 was a weaker month than September 2026 (-14%). Goodcall alone takes 60.5% of the visits, so the totals mostly follow it. Without it, visits would be down 60.9% on a year ago instead of down 36.5%.

WorldVisits a month to AI receptionist sites, worldwide

0500K1.0M1.5M2.0MNov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 26578K
Low 84.1KHigh 1.9MAverage 771K
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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 37% below a year ago, and 69% below the April 2026 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 2% more often than in October 2025 (+2%). That is the loyalty number: nobody types a name by accident.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

06.3K12.5K18.8K25.0KOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 2619.6K
Low 15.7KHigh 23.1KAverage 19.6K
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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 about level, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows more people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 63 of every 100 visits come from the United States. Outside the US I measure 7 countries one by one; the largest is Canada.

USShare of visits that come from the US (%)

0255075100Nov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 2662.8
Low 38.1High 62.8Average 51
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    31,234
    Share of the measured countries
    57%
  • India
    Search visits a month
    13,544
    Share of the measured countries
    24.7%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    4,290
    Share of the measured countries
    7.8%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    3,285
    Share of the measured countries
    6%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    999
    Share of the measured countries
    1.8%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    886
    Share of the measured countries
    1.6%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    549
    Share of the measured countries
    1%

Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 63 in every 100 visits. Canada alone is 57% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

Goodcall gets the most visits, Avoca AI is the name people search for most, and NextPhone is the highest-placed tracked site on Google for “ai receptionist”, at position 14. The five most-visited sites take 92.3% of all visits.

By worldwide search visits

By US brand-name searches

  • Avoca AI
    Searches a month
    3,600
  • Smith.ai
    Searches a month
    3,600
  • Goodcall
    Searches a month
    2,900
  • Loman AI
    Searches a month
    1,900
  • Slang.ai
    Searches a month
    1,600
  • Abby Connect
    Searches a month
    1,300
  • Arini
    Searches a month
    1,300
  • Sameday AI
    Searches a month
    720
  • Dialzara
    Searches a month
    480
  • NextPhone
    Searches a month
    480

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 92.3% 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 Goodcall (+7%); the steepest fall was at Phonely (-99.7%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Growing

  • Goodcall
    A year ago
    326,265
    Now
    349,761
    Change
    +7%

Declining

  • Phonely
    A year ago
    294,013
    Now
    983
    Change
    -99.7%
  • Newo
    A year ago
    24,049
    Now
    1,204
    Change
    -95%
  • Smith.ai
    A year ago
    35,448
    Now
    17,504
    Change
    -51%
  • Talkie.ai
    A year ago
    102,320
    Now
    55,632
    Change
    -46%
  • Frontdesk (My AI Front Desk)
    A year ago
    105,831
    Now
    81,430
    Change
    -23%

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 Receptionist Industry Report, October 2026”, published 1 November 2026, https://rankdude.ai/statistics/ai-receptionist/industry-report. Figures are estimates from the sources named beside them.

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