AI website builder statistics, October 2026
Miles FosterOwner and tester, RankDude
Every month I measure 44 AI website builder sites with data from DataForSEO, Google Trends, Tranco and Ahrefs. They are the sites that rank on Google for "ai website builder" plus the most-visited AI website builder sites overall. In October 2026 they got about 21 million visits from Google, 26% fewer than a year ago.
Below: one short section per statistics page, starting with whether the market is growing. The tools I test are on the AI website builders page.
Data from DataForSEO, Tranco, Chrome UX Report, Ahrefs and SerpApi · not a ranking
AI website builder statistics: the key numbers for October 2026
Four numbers for October 2026, each counted over the month. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 44 AI website builder sites I track. Tap one for the details.
- Visits from Google21Mvisits-26% vs a year ago
- Google searches110Ksearchesfor "ai website builder"
- Most visited site5.0MvisitsSquarespace, 24% of all
- Expected in November22Mvisits+6% vs last month
- 20,615,395 Google visits went to the 44 AI website builder sites RankDude tracks in October 2026, 26% fewer than a year earlier.
- Shrinking: the AI website builder market is shrinking.
- 110,000 searches a month for “ai website builder” worldwide, 30% of them in the US (Google Ads, 12-month average).
- 24% of all visits go to Squarespace, the most-visited AI website builder; the five most-visited take 75.8%.
- 19% of visits come from the United States, followed by India, Canada and Brazil.
- 21,853,739 visits expected in November 2026, likely between 20M and 24M.
Source: DataForSEO, Google Ads and Google Trends, October 2026, compiled by RankDude.
Market demand
1Is the AI website builder market growing in 2026?
Shrinking.
Over two years, visits went from 17M in November 2024 to a high of 36M in January 2025, and stand at 21M in October 2026. Five sites take 75.8% of visits, so one ranking change at the top moves the whole line.
- Visits, year on year
- -26%
- Visits, last six months
- -30%
- Name searches, US
- -3%
- Busiest month (2 years)
- January 2025, 36M visits
| Quarter | Visits from Google | Vs the quarter before |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 71,840,965 | -16% |
| Q2 2026 | 85,698,816 | -5% |
| Q1 2026 | 90,353,055 | +7% |
| Q4 2025 | 84,433,176 | -1% |
| Q3 2025 | 85,568,066 | +2% |
| Q2 2025 | 83,667,170 | -13% |
Quarter
- Q3 2026
- Visits from Google
- 71,840,965
- Vs the quarter before
- -16%
- Q2 2026
- Visits from Google
- 85,698,816
- Vs the quarter before
- -5%
- Q1 2026
- Visits from Google
- 90,353,055
- Vs the quarter before
- +7%
- Q4 2025
- Visits from Google
- 84,433,176
- Vs the quarter before
- -1%
- Q3 2025
- Visits from Google
- 85,568,066
- Vs the quarter before
- +2%
- Q2 2025
- Visits from Google
- 83,667,170
- Vs the quarter before
- -13%
WorldVisits a month to AI website builder sites, worldwide
Miles explains
I only call a market growing when visits and name searches agree. Here visits are down and name searches are down, so they agree.
Search trends
2How many people search for AI website builders in 2026?
“ai website builder” is searched about 110,000 times a month worldwide, 30% of it in the US.
Google Trends barely registered “ai website builder” until June 2025; interest then climbed to its peak in August 2026. Americans make 30% of the searches but only 19% of the visits, because the big sites also draw heavily from India, Canada and Brazil.
- Searches a month, US
- 33,100
- Google Trends now
- 11/100 -56%
- Five-year peak
- 55/100 in August 2026
WorldGoogle Trends interest in "ai website builder", worldwide (0–100)
Miles explains
Google Trends shows direction, not volume. Interest is lower than a year ago, and I only trust that when the visits move the same way.
Monthly analysis
3What changed in the AI website builder market in October 2026?
Fewer visits than a year ago, fewer people searching by name, and the next six months look uneven, down and then up.
The fastest growers over the year, Base44, SITE123 and Lovable, each grew several times over, usually from a small base. The losers, led by Zarla, lost most of their search visits (-91%).
- Visits vs September 2026
- -11%
- Biggest gain this month
- SITE123 +324%
- Biggest loss this month
- Zarla -40%
Growing fastest, year on year
Base44+2313%
SITE123+711%
Lovable+239%
Falling fastest, year on year
Zarla-91%
Typedream-80%
10Web-78%
Miles explains
Huge percentages like Base44’s +2313% usually mean one site won a big Google ranking from a small start. I watch whether it holds the next month.
Monthly forecast
4What happens next for AI website builders?
I expect November 2026 to be 6% more than October 2026, and the next six months to look up.
The forecast carries the level of recent months forward with the seasonal pattern, because that version missed least when tested on past months. November is usually a quieter month than average for searches.
- Expected in November 2026
- 21,853,739 visits
- Likely range
- 20M to 24M
- Expected in May 2027
- 25M +22%
- Past forecasts in range
- 4 of 6 months
Visits from Google search to the tracked sites, a month. Hover or tap the chart for each month.
Miles explains
Read the range, not the single number: tested on the last 6 months, my method landed inside its range 4 times.
Industry report
5The most-visited AI website builder sites in 2026
The most visited is Squarespace, with 5 million visits a month, 24% of all visits.
Squarespace and Wix together hold 47% of all visits. Below the top five the market is long and thin: the other 39 sites share 24.2%.
- Top five sites
- 75.8% of all visits
- Visits from the US
- 19%
- Largest markets outside the US
- India, Canada and Brazil
- Sites tracked
- 44
Most-visited AI website builder sites, October 2026
Squarespace24.1%
Wix22.6%
Gamma20.6%
Renderforest4.5%
Replit4.0%
Share of all visits from Google. Traffic, not quality. 8 more listed tools are not measured here: 1 is not in the monthly data pull yet, 1 is measured in the category of its main product, 4 sit on shared domains whose traffic is not their own and 2 live on domains whose traffic is mostly another product.
Miles explains
Squarespace alone has 24% of all visits. That’s a big lead, but one Google update can close it fast.
Download the data
6Can I download the AI website builder data?
Yes. Every number on these pages comes from two CSV files, free to download.
Cite as: Miles Foster, “AI Website Builder Statistics, October 2026”, RankDude, https://rankdude.ai/statistics/ai-website-builder
7AI website builder statistics: questions people ask
How many people use AI website builders?
The 44 AI website builder sites RankDude measures got about 21 million visits from Google in October 2026. That counts visits from Google search only, not every visit, so the real total is higher.
Is the AI website builder market growing?
No. Visits are down 26% on a year ago. They have fallen 33% since February 2026. Searches for the sites by name are 3% lower than in October 2025. The forecast for November 2026 is about 22 million visits.
Which AI website builder is the most popular?
By visits from Google, Squarespace is the most visited, with about 5 million in October 2026, followed by Wix and Gamma. This measures traffic, not quality.
How many people search for "ai website builder"?
About 110,000 searches a month worldwide, about 33,100 of them in the US, on a 12-month average from Google Ads data.
Where do AI website builder users come from?
19% of visits come from the United States. Outside the US the largest markets are India, Canada and Brazil.
Where do these AI website builder statistics come from?
Traffic, rankings and search volume come from DataForSEO, popularity from Tranco and the Chrome UX Report, link strength from Ahrefs and search interest from Google Trends via SerpApi. The figures are pulled once a month, after the month has closed, and each edition is kept as published, apart from any correction, which is dated on the page.