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Updated 11/01/2026 · next update 12/01/2026

AI Voice Agents Industry Report, October 2026

Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude

The market▼ Shrinking

Visits, year on year
-49%
Visits, last six months
-56%
Name searches vs October 2025
-4.1%

Every key number on the AI voice agent market for October 2026, dated and sourced, so you can quote it. The 26 sites I measure got about 666,707 visits from Google, 49% fewer than a year ago, and the five most-visited sites took 90.9% of them.

Below: every figure in one table, the most-visited sites, who grew and who shrank and what I expect for November 2026.

Published 1 November 2026. Data from DataForSEO, Tranco and Ahrefs · free to quote with a link · not a ranking

AI voice agent industry report: the key numbers for October 2026

Four numbers for October 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 26 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

1Every figure in one table

Measure

  • Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
    Value
    666,707
    Period and basis
    October 2026; -49.2% year on year, -5.1% month on month
  • Search visits a month, United States
    Value
    160,887
    Period and basis
    October 2026; -56.8% year on year
  • US share of worldwide search visits
    Value
    24.1%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
    Value
    54,710
    Period and basis
    September 2026; -4.1% against October 2025
  • Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
    Value
    568,410
    Period and basis
    September 2026; -16.2% against October 2025
  • Searches a month for “ai voice agents”, US
    Value
    –
    Period and basis
    not published this month; see the note under the table
  • Searches a month for “ai voice agents”, worldwide
    Value
    –
    Period and basis
    not published this month; see the note under the table
  • Share of worldwide visits held by the five most-visited sites
    Value
    90.9%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Share held by the ten most-visited sites
    Value
    96.4%
    Period and basis
    October 2026
  • Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai voice agents”, US
    Value
    1
    Period and basis
    October 2026; positions 1 to 10
  • Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai voice agents”, US
    Value
    2
    Period and basis
    October 2026; any position checked

Google Ads put US searches for "ai voice agents" more than five times higher in July 2026 than in the months before, while Google Trends interest in the US in July 2026 was 45 out of 100, against 85 in June 2026, so the term's search volume is held back on these pages until a later pull confirms it.

Brand-name searches leave out Cresta, Nucleus, Phonely, PolyAI, Regal, Replicant and Ringly: the name is shared with an ordinary word or another product.

2How many people visited

In plain words: These sites got fewer visits from Google than a year ago (-49%), and October 2026 was a weaker month than September 2026 (-5%). PolyAI alone takes 57.5% of the visits, so the totals mostly follow it. Without it, visits would be down 57.4% on a year ago instead of down 49.2%. PolyAI lost more visits in October 2026 (50,094) than the whole market did (35,896); without it, visits to the other sites rose 5.3% on September 2026.

WorldVisits a month to AI voice agent sites, worldwide

0500K1.0M1.5M2.0MNov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 26667K
Low 99.1KHigh 1.7MAverage 894K
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Source: DataForSEO, Google search visits, all tracked sites.

Miles explains

Judge this line on the year, not the last dot: visits are 49% below a year ago, and 61% below the December 2025 high. One site winning or losing a ranking can swing a single month a lot.

3How many people went looking

People typed a site’s name into Google 4% less often than in October 2025 (-4%). That is the loyalty number: nobody types a name by accident.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

025.0K50.0K75.0K100KOct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Sep 2654.7K
Low 47.9KHigh 67.1KAverage 57.4K
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US searches a month for the counted brand names, summed. Google Ads data via DataForSEO, to September 2026.

Miles explains

Name searches are the number I trust most. They are down 4%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows fewer people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 24 of every 100 visits come from the United States. Outside the US I measure 7 countries one by one; the largest is India.

USShare of visits that come from the US (%)

012.52537.550Nov 24Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 2624.1
Low 12High 34.3Average 26
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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Country

  • India
    Search visits a month
    76,946
    Share of the measured countries
    44.2%
  • Canada
    Search visits a month
    35,492
    Share of the measured countries
    20.4%
  • United Kingdom
    Search visits a month
    28,220
    Share of the measured countries
    16.2%
  • Brazil
    Search visits a month
    21,493
    Share of the measured countries
    12.3%
  • Germany
    Search visits a month
    4,555
    Share of the measured countries
    2.6%
  • Australia
    Search visits a month
    4,229
    Share of the measured countries
    2.4%
  • France
    Search visits a month
    3,273
    Share of the measured countries
    1.9%

Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 24 in every 100 visits. India alone is 44.2% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

PolyAI gets the most visits, Retell AI is the name people search for most, and Retell AI holds Google’s first position for “ai voice agents”. The five most-visited sites take 90.9% of all visits.

By worldwide search visits

  • PolyAI
    Visits a month
    383,322
  • Retell AI
    Visits a month
    93,802
  • Insighto AI
    Visits a month
    73,954
  • Vapi
    Visits a month
    43,660
  • Synthflow
    Visits a month
    11,219
  • Bland AI
    Visits a month
    9,512
  • Assort Health
    Visits a month
    7,539
  • Observe.AI
    Visits a month
    7,224
  • Cognigy
    Visits a month
    6,623
  • Cresta
    Visits a month
    5,968

By US brand-name searches

  • Retell AI
    Searches a month
    22,200
  • Vapi
    Searches a month
    12,100
  • Bland AI
    Searches a month
    8,100
  • Assort Health
    Searches a month
    6,600
  • Observe.AI
    Searches a month
    1,900
  • Cognigy
    Searches a month
    1,600
  • Synthflow
    Searches a month
    1,000
  • Trillet
    Searches a month
    320
  • Dapta
    Searches a month
    210
  • Newo
    Searches a month
    210

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 90.9% of all visits. When one of them gains or loses a big ranking, the whole market total moves with it.

6Who grew and who shrank

The fastest grower in a year was Retell AI (+483%); the steepest fall was at Phonely (-99.7%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Growing

  • Retell AI
    A year ago
    16,094
    Now
    93,802
    Change
    +483%
  • Insighto AI
    A year ago
    49,988
    Now
    73,954
    Change
    +48%
  • Synthflow
    A year ago
    8,553
    Now
    11,219
    Change
    +31%

Declining

  • Phonely
    A year ago
    294,013
    Now
    983
    Change
    -99.7%
  • Regal
    A year ago
    38,846
    Now
    1,017
    Change
    -97%
  • Newo
    A year ago
    24,049
    Now
    1,204
    Change
    -95%
  • SquadStack
    A year ago
    31,703
    Now
    4,206
    Change
    -87%
  • Cognigy
    A year ago
    23,986
    Now
    6,623
    Change
    -72%
  • Vapi
    A year ago
    126,975
    Now
    43,660
    Change
    -66%
  • Observe.AI
    A year ago
    20,099
    Now
    7,224
    Change
    -64%
  • Bland AI
    A year ago
    18,454
    Now
    9,512
    Change
    -49%

Worldwide search visits, October 2026 against a year earlier; sites with at least 5,000 visits a year ago.

To cite this report: RankDude, “AI Voice Agents Industry Report, October 2026”, published 1 November 2026, https://rankdude.ai/statistics/ai-voice-agents/industry-report. Figures are estimates from the sources named beside them.

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