Claude statistics, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure Claude with data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs, in the 16 categories it is listed in: AI image generator, AI content generator, AI chatbot, AI translator, AI email writer, AI summarizer, AI grammar checker, AI essay writer, AI script generator, AI book writer, AI job description generator, AI PDF reader, AI research paper writer, AI chart generator, AI blog writer and AI product description generator. In October 2026 it got about 29 million visits from Google, 319% more than a year ago.
Below: visits over two years, where the visitors live, how often people search its name, its Google position for each category search and its links and rating.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report, Ahrefs and SerpApi · not a ranking
Claude
claude.aiAnthropic's general assistant for writing, research, planning and connected tasks across the web, desktop and phone apps.
- Listed in
- AI image generator, AI content generator, AI chatbot, AI translator, AI email writer, AI summarizer, AI grammar checker, AI essay writer, AI script generator, AI book writer, AI job description generator, AI PDF reader, AI research paper writer, AI chart generator, AI blog writer, AI product description generator
- Tested
- Not yet
- Visits from Google
- 29M
- +319% vs a year ago
- Searches for its name (US)
- 9.1M
- a month, September 2026
- Domain Rating
- 92
- Ahrefs, 0 to 100
- Referring domains
- 139K
- sites linking to it
1Visits from Google to Claude
Claude got 28,705,332 visits from Google search in October 2026, 319% more than a year ago and 27% more than in September 2026. October 2026 is its best month in the last 24.
- Visits, October 2026
- 28,705,332 worldwide
- US visits
- 1,618,687 (+211% on a year ago)
- Peak, last 24 months
- 28,705,332 in October 2026
WorldVisits a month from Google to claude.ai, worldwide
Source: DataForSEO, estimated visits from Google search, to October 2026.
USVisits a month from Google, United States
Source: DataForSEO, United States, to October 2026.
2Where the visitors live
38% of Claude’s visits come from United States, followed by India, United Kingdom and Canada.
| Country | Visits from Google | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,562,492 | 38% |
| India | 4,877,346 | 34% |
| United Kingdom | 1,041,625 | 7% |
| Canada | 873,777 | 6% |
| France | 758,222 | 5% |
| Australia | 493,367 | 3% |
| Brazil | 487,270 | 3% |
| Germany | 408,637 | 3% |
Country
- United States
- Visits from Google
- 5,562,492
- Share
- 38%
- India
- Visits from Google
- 4,877,346
- Share
- 34%
- United Kingdom
- Visits from Google
- 1,041,625
- Share
- 7%
- Canada
- Visits from Google
- 873,777
- Share
- 6%
- France
- Visits from Google
- 758,222
- Share
- 5%
- Australia
- Visits from Google
- 493,367
- Share
- 3%
- Brazil
- Visits from Google
- 487,270
- Share
- 3%
- Germany
- Visits from Google
- 408,637
- Share
- 3%
Source: DataForSEO, the eight countries I measure, October 2026. The shares are of those eight.
3How often people search for Claude
People in the US typed “claude” into Google 9,140,000 times in September 2026. Worldwide the name is searched about 37,200,000 times a month on a 12-month average.
USSearches a month for "claude", United States
Source: Google Ads keyword data via DataForSEO, to September 2026.
4Where Claude sits on Google
Claude is not in Google's top 100 for any of the category searches I track it in, and the Tranco list of the most visited sites puts claude.ai at 417.
| Category search | Google US position | Tranco rank | Sites measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| “ai image generator” | not in the top 100 | – | 131 |
| “ai content generator” | not in the top 100 | – | 67 |
| “ai chatbot” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 45 |
| “ai translator” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 37 |
| “ai email writer” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 41 |
| “ai summarizer” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 15 |
| “ai grammar checker” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 21 |
| “ai essay writer” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 27 |
| “ai script generator” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 12 |
| “ai book writer” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 13 |
| “ai job description generator” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 19 |
| “ai pdf reader” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 15 |
| “ai paper writer” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 6 |
| “ai chart generator” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 10 |
| “ai blog writer” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 24 |
| “ai product description generator” | not in the top 100 | 417 | 17 |
Category search
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- –
- Sites measured
- 131
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- –
- Sites measured
- 67
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 45
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 37
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 41
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 15
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 21
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 27
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 12
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 13
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 19
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 15
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 6
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 10
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 24
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 417
- Sites measured
- 17
Source: DataForSEO (Google US positions, desktop) and Tranco, October 2026. Each row links to that category’s statistics.
5Links and rating
Ahrefs rates claude.ai 92 out of 100 for the strength of the sites linking to it, and DataForSEO counts 138,543 domains linking to it (104,235 main domains).
- Domain Rating
- 92 / 100 (Ahrefs)
- Referring domains
- 138,543 (DataForSEO)
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