Cursor statistics, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure Cursor with data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs, in the 4 categories it is listed in: AI coding agent, AI coding assistant, AI code generator and AI code editor. In October 2026 it got about 1.1 million visits from Google, 15% fewer 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 and Ahrefs · not a ranking
Cursor
cursor.comAI code editor with agents that edit across files, run commands and work in the background or the cloud.
- Tested
- Not yet
- Visits from Google
- 1.1M
- -15% vs a year ago
- Searches for its name (US)
- –
- name is a common word
- Domain Rating
- 90
- Ahrefs, 0 to 100
- Referring domains
- 37.7K
- sites linking to it
1Visits from Google to Cursor
Cursor got 1,089,064 visits from Google search in October 2026, 15% fewer than a year ago and 7% more than in September 2026. Its best month in the last 25 was January 2026, with 1,518,118.
- Visits, October 2026
- 1,089,064 worldwide
- US visits
- 128,725 (-42% on a year ago)
- Peak, last 25 months
- 1,518,118 in January 2026
WorldVisits a month from Google to cursor.com, 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
43% of Cursor’s visits come from United States, followed by India, Canada and United Kingdom.
| Country | Visits from Google | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 217,527 | 43% |
| India | 187,187 | 37% |
| Canada | 32,662 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 17,866 | 3% |
| Brazil | 17,323 | 3% |
| France | 15,312 | 3% |
| Germany | 15,190 | 3% |
| Australia | 8,165 | 2% |
Country
- United States
- Visits from Google
- 217,527
- Share
- 43%
- India
- Visits from Google
- 187,187
- Share
- 37%
- Canada
- Visits from Google
- 32,662
- Share
- 6%
- United Kingdom
- Visits from Google
- 17,866
- Share
- 3%
- Brazil
- Visits from Google
- 17,323
- Share
- 3%
- France
- Visits from Google
- 15,312
- Share
- 3%
- Germany
- Visits from Google
- 15,190
- Share
- 3%
- Australia
- Visits from Google
- 8,165
- Share
- 2%
Source: DataForSEO, the eight countries I measure, October 2026. The shares are of those eight.
3How often people search for Cursor
"cursor ai" is also a common word, so its search volume would count other people's searches. Name searches are left out for Cursor.
4Where Cursor sits on Google
Cursor 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 cursor.com at 3,226.
| Category search | Google US position | Tranco rank | Sites measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| “ai agents for coding” | not in the top 100 | 3,226 | 25 |
| “ai coding assistant” | not in the top 100 | 3,202 | 21 |
| “ai code generator” | not in the top 100 | 3,202 | 29 |
| “ai code editor” | not in the top 100 | 3,202 | 10 |
Category search
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 3,226
- Sites measured
- 25
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 3,202
- Sites measured
- 21
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 3,202
- Sites measured
- 29
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 3,202
- Sites measured
- 10
Source: DataForSEO (Google US positions, desktop) and Tranco, October 2026. Each row links to that category’s statistics.
5Links and rating
Ahrefs rates cursor.com 90 out of 100 for the strength of the sites linking to it, and DataForSEO counts 37,743 domains linking to it (34,265 main domains).
- Domain Rating
- 90 / 100 (Ahrefs)
- Referring domains
- 37,743 (DataForSEO)
Where to go next
- AI coding agent statisticsThe AI coding agent market: demand, trends, report and forecast.
- AI coding assistant statisticsThe AI coding assistant market: demand, trends, report and forecast.
- AI code generator statisticsThe AI code generator market: demand, trends, report and forecast.
- AI code editor statisticsThe AI code editor market: demand, trends, report and forecast.
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This page monitors Cursor with measured data. It is not a grade: RankDude grades only what it has tested.