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

AI Sales Automation Industry Report, October 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▼ Shrinking

Visits, year on year
-46%
Visits, last six months
-38%
Name searches vs October 2025
-19%

Every key number on the AI sales automation market for October 2026, dated and sourced, so you can quote it. The 26 sites I measure got about 1.2 million visits from Google, 46% fewer than a year ago, and the five most-visited sites took 70.6% 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 sales automation industry report: the key numbers for October 2026

Four numbers for October 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 26 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

1Every figure in one table

Measure

  • Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
    Value
    1,226,781
    Period and basis
    October 2026; -45.7% year on year, -2.8% month on month
  • Search visits a month, United States
    Value
    403,230
    Period and basis
    October 2026; -43.2% year on year
  • US share of worldwide search visits
    Value
    32.9%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
    Value
    110,080
    Period and basis
    September 2026; -18.5% against October 2025
  • Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
    Value
    596,240
    Period and basis
    September 2026; -0.2% against October 2025
  • Searches a month for “ai sales automation”, US
    Value
    260
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Searches a month for “ai sales automation”, worldwide
    Value
    720
    Period and basis
    Google Ads, 12-month average
  • Referring domains, all tracked sites
    Value
    124,314
    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
    70.6%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Share held by the ten most-visited sites
    Value
    85.5%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai sales automation”, US
    Value
    1
    Period and basis
    October 2026; positions 1 to 10
  • Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai sales automation”, US
    Value
    1
    Period and basis
    October 2026; any position checked

2How many people visited

In plain words: These sites got fewer visits from Google than a year ago (-46%), and October 2026 was about the same as September 2026 (-3%).

WorldVisits a month to AI sales automation sites, worldwide

01.3M2.5M3.8M5.0MNov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 261.2M
Low 1.2MHigh 3.2MAverage 2.0M
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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 46% below a year ago, and 61% below the January 2025 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 19% less often than in October 2025 (-19%). 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 26110K
Low 93.8KHigh 158KAverage 122K
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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 19%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows fewer people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 33 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 (%)

012.52537.550Nov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 2632.9
Low 29High 38.5Average 34
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    291,277
    Share of the measured countries
    69.4%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    46,392
    Share of the measured countries
    11%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    37,022
    Share of the measured countries
    8.8%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    15,280
    Share of the measured countries
    3.6%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    11,567
    Share of the measured countries
    2.8%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    9,492
    Share of the measured countries
    2.3%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    8,965
    Share of the measured countries
    2.1%

Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 33 in every 100 visits. India alone is 69.4% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

Apollo.io gets the most visits, Apollo.io is the name people search for most, and Salesforge holds Google’s first position for “ai sales automation”. The five most-visited sites take 70.6% of all visits.

By worldwide search visits

  • Apollo.io
    Visits a month
    278,254
  • Seamless.AI
    Visits a month
    223,011
  • Clay
    Visits a month
    160,684
  • Salesforge
    Visits a month
    121,359
  • Instantly
    Visits a month
    82,657
  • Phantombuster
    Visits a month
    48,810
  • Clodura
    Visits a month
    36,225
  • Salesloft
    Visits a month
    34,703
  • Cognism
    Visits a month
    33,657
  • Reply.io
    Visits a month
    28,939

By US brand-name searches

  • Apollo.io
    Searches a month
    40,500
  • Salesloft
    Searches a month
    18,100
  • Seamless.AI
    Searches a month
    9,900
  • Instantly
    Searches a month
    8,100
  • Smartlead
    Searches a month
    6,600
  • lemlist
    Searches a month
    4,400
  • Amplemarket
    Searches a month
    3,600
  • Phantombuster
    Searches a month
    3,600
  • Bardeen
    Searches a month
    2,400
  • Cognism
    Searches a month
    2,400

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 70.6% 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 Salesforge (+329%); the steepest fall was at Bardeen (-74%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Growing

  • Salesforge
    A year ago
    28,282
    Now
    121,359
    Change
    +329%

Declining

  • Bardeen
    A year ago
    99,166
    Now
    25,659
    Change
    -74%
  • Clay
    A year ago
    618,490
    Now
    160,684
    Change
    -74%
  • Smartlead
    A year ago
    44,979
    Now
    12,230
    Change
    -73%
  • Clodura
    A year ago
    123,044
    Now
    36,225
    Change
    -71%
  • Nooks
    A year ago
    74,222
    Now
    21,829
    Change
    -71%
  • Salesloft
    A year ago
    110,034
    Now
    34,703
    Change
    -69%
  • lemlist
    A year ago
    72,120
    Now
    26,187
    Change
    -64%
  • Outreach
    A year ago
    29,050
    Now
    11,343
    Change
    -61%

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

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