Zed statistics, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure Zed with data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs, in the 3 categories it is listed in: AI coding agent, AI code generator and AI code editor. In October 2026 it got about 68,188 visits from Google, 45% 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
Zed
zed.devFast open-source code editor with built-in agentic editing and support for outside coding agents.
- Listed in
- AI coding agents, AI code generator, AI code editor
- Tested
- Not yet
- Visits from Google
- 68.2K
- -45% vs a year ago
- Searches for its name (US)
- –
- name is a common word
- Domain Rating
- 82
- Ahrefs, 0 to 100
- Referring domains
- 8.7K
- sites linking to it
1Visits from Google to Zed
Zed got 68,188 visits from Google search in October 2026, 45% fewer than a year ago and 19% fewer than in September 2026. Its best month in the last 25 was February 2026, with 151,006.
- Visits, October 2026
- 68,188 worldwide
- US visits
- 17,355 (-49% on a year ago)
- Peak, last 25 months
- 151,006 in February 2026
WorldVisits a month from Google to zed.dev, 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
59% of Zed’s visits come from United States, followed by India, United Kingdom and Germany.
| Country | Visits from Google | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,996 | 59% |
| India | 5,872 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 2,266 | 6% |
| Germany | 1,959 | 6% |
| Canada | 1,760 | 5% |
| Brazil | 1,392 | 4% |
| France | 821 | 2% |
| Australia | 372 | 1% |
Country
- United States
- Visits from Google
- 20,996
- Share
- 59%
- India
- Visits from Google
- 5,872
- Share
- 17%
- United Kingdom
- Visits from Google
- 2,266
- Share
- 6%
- Germany
- Visits from Google
- 1,959
- Share
- 6%
- Canada
- Visits from Google
- 1,760
- Share
- 5%
- Brazil
- Visits from Google
- 1,392
- Share
- 4%
- France
- Visits from Google
- 821
- Share
- 2%
- Australia
- Visits from Google
- 372
- Share
- 1%
Source: DataForSEO, the eight countries I measure, October 2026. The shares are of those eight.
3How often people search for Zed
"zed editor" is also a common word, so its search volume would count other people's searches. Name searches are left out for Zed.
4Where Zed sits on Google
Zed 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 zed.dev at 17,722.
| Category search | Google US position | Tranco rank | Sites measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| “ai agents for coding” | not in the top 100 | 17,722 | 25 |
| “ai code generator” | not in the top 100 | 17,741 | 29 |
| “ai code editor” | not in the top 100 | 17,741 | 10 |
Category search
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 17,722
- Sites measured
- 25
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 17,741
- Sites measured
- 29
- Google US position
- not in the top 100
- Tranco rank
- 17,741
- 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 zed.dev 82 out of 100 for the strength of the sites linking to it, and DataForSEO counts 8,683 domains linking to it (7,676 main domains).
- Domain Rating
- 82 / 100 (Ahrefs)
- Referring domains
- 8,683 (DataForSEO)
Where to go next
- AI coding agent statisticsThe AI coding agent market: demand, trends, report and forecast.
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- AI code editor statisticsThe AI code editor market: demand, trends, report and forecast.
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This page monitors Zed with measured data. It is not a grade: RankDude grades only what it has tested.