AI Traffic Report: September 2026
Which AI tools gained and lost real-world usage in September 2026, measured by each tool's rank on the Tranco global web traffic list. Comparing Aug 31, 2026 with Sep 30, 2026 across 100 AI tools.
Key takeaways
- OpenAI / ChatGPT (openai.com) was the most-visited standalone AI tool we track, at #89 on the global Tranco list.
- Cohere was the biggest riser, climbing from #15,557 to #9,293 (+40.3%).
- Pi by Inflection fell the most, from #179,477 to #239,856 (-33.6%).
- AI Models had the strongest momentum (median +2.4%); Marketing & SEO the weakest (median -0.3%).
- 54 of 100 tools gained traffic rank, 29 lost ground and the rest held steady.
- In the top 10, Cursor moved the most: #734 → #821.
Biggest risers
- 1.CohereAI Models · #15,557 → #9,293 +40.3%
- 2.RunwayVideo Production · #8,466 → #6,694 +20.9%
- 3.Mistral AIAI Models · #8,858 → #7,260 +18.0%
- 4.Devin AISoftware Engineering · #17,644 → #14,652 +17.0%
- 5.Seamless.aiSales Intelligence · #96,567 → #82,497 +14.6%
- 6.SynthesiaVideo Production · #10,953 → #9,461 +13.6%
- 7.Reclaim AIProductivity · #49,029 → #43,896 +10.5%
- 8.LovableSoftware Engineering · #3,383 → #3,065 +9.4%
- 9.Freshdesk AICustomer Support · #3,218 → #2,931 +8.9%
- 10.Superhuman AIProductivity · #14,743 → #13,515 +8.3%
Biggest fallers
- 1.Pi by InflectionAI Models · #179,477 → #239,856 -33.6%
- 2.Poe by QuoraAI Models · #12,828 → #15,834 -23.4%
- 3.Sourcegraph CodySoftware Engineering · #26,589 → #32,725 -23.1%
- 4.FlikiVideo Production · #42,257 → #49,254 -16.6%
- 5.Playground AIDesign & Creative · #146,686 → #170,245 -16.1%
- 6.You.comAI Models · #21,035 → #23,877 -13.5%
- 7.CursorSoftware Engineering · #734 → #821 -11.9%
- 8.xAI / GrokAI Models · #4,436 → #4,820 -8.7%
- 9.OutreachSales Intelligence · #12,526 → #13,574 -8.4%
- 10.HeyGenVideo Production · #13,218 → #14,127 -6.9%
Top 20 most-visited AI tools
Lower rank = more traffic. Change compares the end of the month with the start. † AI features ranked by their parent product's whole website (e.g. Copilot on github.com).
| # | Tool | Tranco rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GitHub Copilot† Software Engineering | #29 | Steady |
| 2 | Adobe Firefly† Design & Creative | #67 | +1.5% |
| 3 | OpenAI / ChatGPT AI Models | #89 | -2.3% |
| 4 | Canva AI Studio† Design & Creative | #247 | -3.3% |
| 5 | Zendesk AI† Customer Support | #374 | Steady |
| 6 | Claude AI Models | #427 | +2.1% |
| 7 | Grammarly AI Writing & Content | #565 | +1.9% |
| 8 | Perplexity AI AI Models | #680 | Steady |
| 9 | Cursor Software Engineering | #821 | -11.9% |
| 10 | Figma AI† Design & Creative | #871 | Steady |
| 11 | Character.AI AI Models | #962 | -2.4% |
| 12 | Hugging Face AI Models | #1,106 | +6.0% |
| 13 | DeepSeek AI Models | #1,252 | +4.4% |
| 14 | Intercom AI (Fin)† Customer Support | #1,811 | +3.9% |
| 15 | Notion AI† Productivity | #2,117 | -3.6% |
| 16 | Ahrefs Marketing & SEO | #2,139 | -2.2% |
| 17 | Semrush Marketing & SEO | #2,249 | -2.1% |
| 18 | Suno AI Design & Creative | #2,740 | +5.0% |
| 19 | Zapier AI† Productivity | #2,922 | Steady |
| 20 | Freshdesk AI† Customer Support | #2,931 | +8.9% |
Category momentum
Median change of the tools in each category, strongest first.
| Category | Median change |
|---|---|
| AI Models | +2.4% |
| Sales Intelligence | +2.1% |
| Video Production | +2.0% |
| Writing & Content | +1.7% |
| Productivity | +1.4% |
| Customer Support | +1.2% |
| Design & Creative | +1.0% |
| Software Engineering | +0.4% |
| Data Analytics | +0.1% |
| Marketing & SEO | -0.3% |
Methodology
Ranks come from the Tranco list, a research-grade ranking of the world's most-visited domains that combines several traffic sources and is smoothed over 30 days, so it reflects sustained usage rather than one-day spikes. We record each tool's rank on the last day before the month and on its last day (Aug 31, 2026 → Sep 30, 2026).
Change is shown as a percentage of the starting rank, so moves are comparable between large and small tools. Moves within ±1% count as steady. Tools that share a domain with a larger product (marked †, for example GitHub Copilot on github.com) reflect that whole domain, so they are left out of the "most visited" headlines.
Cite this report
AIWiseRank, "AI Traffic Report: September 2026", https://aiwiserank.com/reports/ai-traffic-report-september-2026Free to quote and republish with a link to this page (CC BY 4.0). Journalists: the CSV above has every tool's numbers.