Visual Studio Code statistics, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure Visual Studio Code with data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs, in the AI code editor category. In October 2026 it got about 3.3 million visits from Google, 33% 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
Visual Studio Code
visualstudio.comFree code editor and IDE for any language, with built-in AI coding help.
- Listed in
- AI code editor
- Tested
- Not yet
- Visits from Google
- 3.3M
- -33% vs a year ago
- Searches for its name (US)
- 246K
- a month, September 2026
- Domain Rating
- 92
- Ahrefs, 0 to 100
- Referring domains
- 121K
- sites linking to it
1Visits from Google to Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code got 3,347,016 visits from Google search in October 2026, 33% fewer than a year ago and 9% fewer than in September 2026. Its best month in the last 24 was February 2026, with 5,896,757.
- Visits, October 2026
- 3,347,016 worldwide
- US visits
- 334,442 (-54% on a year ago)
- Peak, last 24 months
- 5,896,757 in February 2026
WorldVisits a month from Google to visualstudio.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
40% of Visual Studio Code’s visits come from United States, followed by India, Brazil and Canada.
| Country | Visits from Google | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 584,601 | 40% |
| India | 546,644 | 38% |
| Brazil | 111,026 | 8% |
| Canada | 58,225 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 50,771 | 3% |
| France | 43,500 | 3% |
| Germany | 36,388 | 3% |
| Australia | 22,227 | 2% |
Country
- United States
- Visits from Google
- 584,601
- Share
- 40%
- India
- Visits from Google
- 546,644
- Share
- 38%
- Brazil
- Visits from Google
- 111,026
- Share
- 8%
- Canada
- Visits from Google
- 58,225
- Share
- 4%
- United Kingdom
- Visits from Google
- 50,771
- Share
- 3%
- France
- Visits from Google
- 43,500
- Share
- 3%
- Germany
- Visits from Google
- 36,388
- Share
- 3%
- Australia
- Visits from Google
- 22,227
- Share
- 2%
Source: DataForSEO, the eight countries I measure, October 2026. The shares are of those eight.
3How often people search for Visual Studio Code
People in the US typed “visual studio code” into Google 246,000 times in September 2026. Worldwide the name is searched about 2,740,000 times a month on a 12-month average.
USSearches a month for "visual studio code", United States
Source: Google Ads keyword data via DataForSEO, to September 2026.
4Where Visual Studio Code sits on Google
Visual Studio Code is not in Google's top 100 for "ai code editor", and the Tranco list of the most visited sites puts visualstudio.com at 560.
| Category search | Google US position | Tranco rank | Sites measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| “ai code editor” | not in the top 100 | 560 | 10 |
Category search
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 560
- 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 visualstudio.com 92 out of 100 for the strength of the sites linking to it, and DataForSEO counts 120,937 domains linking to it (106,516 main domains).
- Domain Rating
- 92 / 100 (Ahrefs)
- Referring domains
- 120,937 (DataForSEO)
Where to go next
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This page monitors Visual Studio Code with measured data. It is not a grade: RankDude grades only what it has tested.