Vertical AI agent industry report: the key numbers for September 2026

Four numbers for September 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 46 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.

Visits from Google2.9Mvisits-56% vs a year ago
Name searches, US152Ksearches-23% vs October 2025
Most visited site976KvisitsSciSpace, 33% of all
Expected in October2.9Mvisitslikely 2.6M to 3.1M

1Every figure in one table

Key figures
Measure	Value	Period and basis
Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide	2,928,029	September 2026; -55.6% year on year, -2.4% month on month
Search visits a month, United States	525,706	September 2026; -41.7% year on year
US share of worldwide search visits	18%	September 2026
Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands	152,180	September 2026; -23.3% against October 2025
Brand-name searches a month, worldwide	794,450	September 2026; -24.2% against October 2025
Searches a month for “vertical ai agents”, US	170	Google Ads, 12-month average
Searches a month for “vertical ai agents”, worldwide	720	Google Ads, 12-month average
Referring domains, all tracked sites	203,845	September 2026; first reading, no year-on-year figure yet
Share of worldwide visits held by the five most-visited sites	75.5%	September 2026
Share held by the ten most-visited sites	87%	September 2026
Tracked sites on Google's first page for “vertical ai agents”, US	0	September 2026; positions 1 to 10
Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “vertical ai agents”, US	0	September 2026; any position checked

Measure

Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
Value
2,928,029
Period and basis
September 2026; -55.6% year on year, -2.4% month on month
Search visits a month, United States
Value
525,706
Period and basis
September 2026; -41.7% year on year
US share of worldwide search visits
Value
18%
Period and basis
September 2026
Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
Value
152,180
Period and basis
September 2026; -23.3% against October 2025
Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
Value
794,450
Period and basis
September 2026; -24.2% against October 2025
Searches a month for “vertical ai agents”, US
Value
170
Period and basis
Google Ads, 12-month average
Searches a month for “vertical ai agents”, worldwide
Value
720
Period and basis
Google Ads, 12-month average
Referring domains, all tracked sites
Value
203,845
Period and basis
September 2026; first reading, no year-on-year figure yet
Share of worldwide visits held by the five most-visited sites
Value
75.5%
Period and basis
September 2026
Share held by the ten most-visited sites
Value
87%
Period and basis
September 2026
Tracked sites on Google's first page for “vertical ai agents”, US
Value
0
Period and basis
September 2026; positions 1 to 10
Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “vertical ai agents”, US
Value
0
Period and basis
September 2026; any position checked

Brand-name searches leave out Augury, BlackLine, Consensus, Elicit, Harvey, Jump, Legora, Luminance, Momos, Numeric, Paradigm, Puzzle, Quadratic, Rows, Spellbook and VIKTOR: 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 (-56%), and September 2026 was about the same as August 2026 (-2%).

WorldVisits a month to vertical AI agent sites, worldwide

Low 2.9MHigh 6.8MAverage 4.9M

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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 56% below a year ago, and 57% below the May 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 23% less often than in October 2025 (-23%). That is the loyalty number: nobody types a name by accident.

USSearches a month for the site names, United States

Low 138KHigh 198KAverage 160K

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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 23%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows fewer people coming back on purpose.

4Where the visitors live

About 18 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 (%)

Low 12.8High 24.6Average 17

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US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.

Visits by country, the ten largest outside the US
Country	Search visits a month	Share of the measured countries
India	597,164	69.2%
Canada	69,527	8.1%
United Kingdom	63,794	7.4%
Brazil	43,827	5.1%
Germany	40,158	4.7%
Australia	25,246	2.9%
France	22,851	2.6%

Country

India
Search visits a month
597,164
Share of the measured countries
69.2%
Canada
Search visits a month
69,527
Share of the measured countries
8.1%
United Kingdom
Search visits a month
63,794
Share of the measured countries
7.4%
Brazil
Search visits a month
43,827
Share of the measured countries
5.1%
Germany
Search visits a month
40,158
Share of the measured countries
4.7%
Australia
Search visits a month
25,246
Share of the measured countries
2.9%
France
Search visits a month
22,851
Share of the measured countries
2.6%

Source: DataForSEO, September 2026.

Miles explains

The US is the biggest single market, but only about 18 in every 100 visits. India alone is 69.2% of the countries measured outside it.

5The most-visited sites

SciSpace gets the most visits, HireVue is the name people search for most, and no tracked site ranks on Google for “vertical ai agents”. The five most-visited sites take 75.5% of all visits.

Most-visited sites by worldwide search visits
By worldwide search visits	Visits a month
SciSpace	975,874
Consensus	537,616
Elicit	327,346
Julius AI	191,950
HighRadius	177,218
Rows	89,055
ResearchRabbit	77,320
Harvey	65,311
Scite	63,993
GPT for Work	41,849

By worldwide search visits

SciSpace
Visits a month
975,874
Consensus
Visits a month
537,616
Elicit
Visits a month
327,346
Julius AI
Visits a month
191,950
HighRadius
Visits a month
177,218
Rows
Visits a month
89,055
ResearchRabbit
Visits a month
77,320
Harvey
Visits a month
65,311
Scite
Visits a month
63,993
GPT for Work
Visits a month
41,849

Most searched brand names, US
By US brand-name searches	Searches a month
HireVue	18,100
Holistiplan	12,100
Zocks	12,100
EvenUp	9,900
Hippocratic AI	9,900
FloQast	8,100
Hebbia	8,100
SciSpace	8,100
SeekOut	8,100
Abridge	6,600

By US brand-name searches

HireVue
Searches a month
18,100
Holistiplan
Searches a month
12,100
Zocks
Searches a month
12,100
EvenUp
Searches a month
9,900
Hippocratic AI
Searches a month
9,900
FloQast
Searches a month
8,100
Hebbia
Searches a month
8,100
SciSpace
Searches a month
8,100
SeekOut
Searches a month
8,100
Abridge
Searches a month
6,600

Miles explains

The five most-visited sites take 75.5% 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 Hippocratic AI (+115%); the steepest fall was at GPT for Work (-93%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.

Fastest growing sites
Growing	A year ago	Now	Change
Hippocratic AI	8,067	17,341	+115%
Billtrust	10,096	21,251	+111%
Hebbia	7,523	12,439	+65%
FloQast	16,001	23,642	+48%
Numeric	17,778	22,759	+28%
HighRadius	146,866	177,218	+21%

Growing

Hippocratic AI
A year ago
8,067
Now
17,341
Change
+115%
Billtrust
A year ago
10,096
Now
21,251
Change
+111%
Hebbia
A year ago
7,523
Now
12,439
Change
+65%
FloQast
A year ago
16,001
Now
23,642
Change
+48%
Numeric
A year ago
17,778
Now
22,759
Change
+28%
HighRadius
A year ago
146,866
Now
177,218
Change
+21%

Fastest declining sites
Declining	A year ago	Now	Change
GPT for Work	635,677	41,849	-93%
Julius AI	2,054,639	191,950	-91%
BlackLine	88,157	18,310	-79%
Suki	22,508	5,669	-75%
Quadratic	43,756	11,389	-74%
Ylopo	18,159	5,014	-72%
Scite	178,612	63,993	-64%
Observe.AI	20,038	8,295	-59%

Declining

GPT for Work
A year ago
635,677
Now
41,849
Change
-93%
Julius AI
A year ago
2,054,639
Now
191,950
Change
-91%
BlackLine
A year ago
88,157
Now
18,310
Change
-79%
Suki
A year ago
22,508
Now
5,669
Change
-75%
Quadratic
A year ago
43,756
Now
11,389
Change
-74%
Ylopo
A year ago
18,159
Now
5,014
Change
-72%
Scite
A year ago
178,612
Now
63,993
Change
-64%
Observe.AI
A year ago
20,038
Now
8,295
Change
-59%

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

To cite this report: RankDude, “Vertical AI Agents Industry Report, September 2026”, published 15 October 2026, https://rankdude.ai/vertical-ai-agents/statistics/industry-report. Figures are estimates from the sources named beside them.