Windsurf statistics, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure Windsurf with data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs, in the 3 categories it is listed in: AI coding assistant, AI code generator and AI code editor. In October 2026 it got about 52,791 visits from Google, 77% 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
Windsurf
windsurf.comAI code editor whose Cascade agent plans, edits and reviews code across a project.
- Listed in
- AI coding assistant, AI code generator, AI code editor
- Tested
- Not yet
- Visits from Google
- 52.8K
- -77% vs a year ago
- Searches for its name (US)
- 40.5K
- a month, September 2026
- Domain Rating
- 83
- Ahrefs, 0 to 100
- Referring domains
- 14.3K
- sites linking to it
1Visits from Google to Windsurf
Windsurf got 52,791 visits from Google search in October 2026, 77% fewer than a year ago and 31% fewer than in September 2026. Its best month in the last 24 was December 2025, with 248,598.
- Visits, October 2026
- 52,791 worldwide
- US visits
- 6,383 (-66% on a year ago)
- Peak, last 24 months
- 248,598 in December 2025
WorldVisits a month from Google to windsurf.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
49% of Windsurf’s visits come from United States, followed by Germany, India and Brazil.
| Country | Visits from Google | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 14,837 | 49% |
| Germany | 6,230 | 21% |
| India | 4,937 | 16% |
| Brazil | 1,632 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1,200 | 4% |
| Canada | 734 | 2% |
| Australia | 446 | 1% |
| France | 128 | 0% |
Country
- United States
- Visits from Google
- 14,837
- Share
- 49%
- Germany
- Visits from Google
- 6,230
- Share
- 21%
- India
- Visits from Google
- 4,937
- Share
- 16%
- Brazil
- Visits from Google
- 1,632
- Share
- 5%
- United Kingdom
- Visits from Google
- 1,200
- Share
- 4%
- Canada
- Visits from Google
- 734
- Share
- 2%
- Australia
- Visits from Google
- 446
- Share
- 1%
- France
- Visits from Google
- 128
- Share
- 0%
Source: DataForSEO, the eight countries I measure, October 2026. The shares are of those eight.
3How often people search for Windsurf
People in the US typed “windsurf” into Google 40,500 times in September 2026. Worldwide the name is searched about 450,000 times a month on a 12-month average.
USSearches a month for "windsurf", United States
Source: Google Ads keyword data via DataForSEO, to September 2026.
4Where Windsurf sits on Google
Windsurf 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 windsurf.com at 14,245.
| Category search | Google US position | Tranco rank | Sites measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| “ai coding assistant” | not in the top 100 | 14,245 | 21 |
| “ai code generator” | not in the top 100 | 14,245 | 29 |
| “ai code editor” | not in the top 100 | 14,245 | 10 |
Category search
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 14,245
- Sites measured
- 21
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 14,245
- Sites measured
- 29
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 14,245
- 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 windsurf.com 83 out of 100 for the strength of the sites linking to it, and DataForSEO counts 14,272 domains linking to it (12,509 main domains).
- Domain Rating
- 83 / 100 (Ahrefs)
- Referring domains
- 14,272 (DataForSEO)
Where to go next
- 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.
- AI tools statisticsEvery measured AI tool site, one page each.
This page monitors Windsurf with measured data. It is not a grade: RankDude grades only what it has tested.