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AI image generation tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for ai image generation tools, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

▲Midjourney moved #3 → #1
▼Adobe moved #1 → #2
▼Firefly moved #2 → #3
▼Leonardo -2.2pp (41.3% → 39.1%)
▼Adobe -2pp (67.5% → 65.5%)
▼Firefly -2pp (67.5% → 65.5%)
▲Stable Diffusion +1.8pp (33.8% → 35.6%)
▲Midjourney +1.5pp (67.5% → 69%)
▼Recraft -1.5pp (46.3% → 44.8%)

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

▼Flux moved #6 → #9
▼Midjourney moved #1 → #3
▲Canva moved #8 → #6
▲Adobe moved #2 → #1
▲Firefly moved #3 → #2
▲Leonardo moved #9 → #8
▲Canva +7.8pp (38.5% → 46.3%)
▲Recraft +7.8pp (38.5% → 46.3%)
▲Adobe +6pp (61.5% → 67.5%)
▲Firefly +6pp (61.5% → 67.5%)
▲Adobe Firefly +3.8pp (46.2% → 50%)
▲Leonardo +2.8pp (38.5% → 41.3%)
▼Stable Diffusion -2.7pp (36.5% → 33.8%)
▲Midjourney +2.1pp (65.4% → 67.5%)

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

▲Flux moved #9 → #6
▲Midjourney moved #3 → #1
▼Canva moved #6 → #8
▼Adobe moved #1 → #2
▼Firefly moved #2 → #3
▼Leonardo moved #8 → #9
▲Ideogram +3.1pp (56.5% → 59.6%)
▼Canva -2.8pp (41.3% → 38.5%)
▲Midjourney +2.4pp (63% → 65.4%)
▲Stable Diffusion +1.7pp (34.8% → 36.5%)
▼Adobe -1.5pp (63% → 61.5%)
▼Firefly -1.5pp (63% → 61.5%)
▲Flux +1.5pp (37% → 38.5%)

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

▼Midjourney moved #1 → #3
▲Adobe moved #2 → #1
▲Firefly moved #3 → #2
▲Canva moved #7 → #6
▼Recraft moved #6 → #7
▼Adobe Firefly -4.3pp (50% → 45.7%)
▼Recraft -3.8pp (42.9% → 39.1%)
▲Canva +2pp (39.3% → 41.3%)
▼Adobe -1.3pp (64.3% → 63%)
▼Firefly -1.3pp (64.3% → 63%)
▼Midjourney -1.3pp (64.3% → 63%)
▲Flux +1.3pp (35.7% → 37%)

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▼Flux moved #6 → #9
▲Midjourney moved #3 → #1
▲Recraft moved #8 → #6
▼Adobe moved #1 → #2
▼Firefly moved #2 → #3
▲Leonardo moved #9 → #8
▲Recraft +5.8pp (37.1% → 42.9%)
▲Ideogram +5.7pp (51.4% → 57.1%)
▲Leonardo +5pp (34.3% → 39.3%)
▲Midjourney +4.3pp (60% → 64.3%)
▲Firefly +4.3pp (60% → 64.3%)
▲Adobe Firefly +4.3pp (45.7% → 50%)
▼Flux -4.3pp (40% → 35.7%)
▲Stable Diffusion +4.3pp (31.4% → 35.7%)
▲Canva +2.2pp (37.1% → 39.3%)
▲Adobe +1.4pp (62.9% → 64.3%)

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

▲ INCanva entered the top 10 (#11 → #7)
▼ OUTGPT Image left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Canva moved #11 → #7
▼Stable Diffusion moved #8 → #10
▲Ideogram moved #5 → #4
▼Adobe Firefly moved #4 → #5
▼Recraft moved #7 → #8
▼GPT Image moved #10 → #11
▲Canva +10.6pp (26.5% → 37.1%)
▼Firefly -5.3pp (65.3% → 60%)
▼Adobe Firefly -5.3pp (51% → 45.7%)
▼Stable Diffusion -5.3pp (36.7% → 31.4%)
▼Flux -4.9pp (44.9% → 40%)
▼Adobe -4.4pp (67.3% → 62.9%)
▼GPT Image -2pp (30.6% → 28.6%)
▼Recraft -1.7pp (38.8% → 37.1%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲ INGPT Image entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTDALL-E left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
▼DALL-E moved #10 → #12
▲Adobe moved #2 → #1
▼Firefly moved #1 → #2
▲Ideogram moved #6 → #5
▼Flux moved #5 → #6
▲Recraft moved #8 → #7
▼Stable Diffusion moved #7 → #8
▲GPT Image moved #11 → #10
▼DALL-E -3.9pp (30.4% → 26.5%)
▼Midjourney -3.3pp (62.5% → 59.2%)
▼Flux -3.3pp (48.2% → 44.9%)
▲Ideogram +2.8pp (48.2% → 51%)
▼Firefly -2.6pp (67.9% → 65.3%)
▼Adobe Firefly -2.6pp (53.6% → 51%)
▼Stable Diffusion -2.6pp (39.3% → 36.7%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

▲ INDALL-E entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTGPT Image left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Adobe Firefly moved #6 → #4
▼Flux moved #4 → #5
▼Ideogram moved #5 → #6
▲DALL-E moved #11 → #10
▼GPT Image moved #10 → #11
▼Flux -5.8pp (54% → 48.2%)
▼GPT Image -4.5pp (34.9% → 30.4%)
▼Ideogram -4.2pp (52.4% → 48.2%)
▼Leonardo -4.2pp (38.1% → 33.9%)
▼Stable Diffusion -3.6pp (42.9% → 39.3%)
▲Adobe Firefly +2.8pp (50.8% → 53.6%)
▼Midjourney -2.6pp (65.1% → 62.5%)
▼Recraft -2pp (41.3% → 39.3%)
▲Adobe +1.2pp (66.7% → 67.9%)

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

▲Adobe moved #3 → #2
▼Midjourney moved #2 → #3
▲Flux moved #5 → #4
▼Ideogram moved #4 → #5
▲Adobe +12.2pp (54.5% → 66.7%)
▲Adobe Firefly +9.2pp (41.6% → 50.8%)
▲Flux +3.4pp (50.6% → 54%)
▲Stable Diffusion +2.6pp (40.3% → 42.9%)
▼Midjourney -2.4pp (67.5% → 65.1%)
▲GPT Image +2.4pp (32.5% → 34.9%)
▲Recraft +1pp (40.3% → 41.3%)

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

▲ INGPT Image entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTLeonardo AI left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▼Leonardo moved #6 → #9
▲Adobe Firefly moved #8 → #6
▲Stable Diffusion moved #9 → #7
▲Firefly moved #2 → #1
▼Midjourney moved #1 → #2
▼Recraft moved #7 → #8
▲GPT Image moved #11 → #10
▼Leonardo AI moved #10 → #11
▼Leonardo AI -3.1pp (34.3% → 31.2%)
▲Adobe Firefly +3pp (38.6% → 41.6%)
▼GPT Image -1.8pp (34.3% → 32.5%)
▲Stable Diffusion +1.7pp (38.6% → 40.3%)
▲Adobe +1.6pp (52.9% → 54.5%)
▼Midjourney -1.1pp (68.6% → 67.5%)
▼Leonardo -1pp (40% → 39%)

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202687 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Midjourney69%
#2Adobe65.5%
#3Firefly65.5%
#4Ideogram58.6%
#5Adobe Firefly49.4%
#6Canva46%
#7Recraft44.8%
#8Leonardo39.1%
#9Flux37.9%
#10Stable Diffusion35.6%

Sep 7, 202680 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Adobe67.5%
#2Firefly67.5%
#3Midjourney67.5%
#4Ideogram58.8%
#5Adobe Firefly50%
#6Canva46.3%
#7Recraft46.3%
#8Leonardo41.3%
#9Flux38.8%
#10Stable Diffusion33.8%

Sep 6, 202652 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Midjourney65.4%
#2Adobe61.5%
#3Firefly61.5%
#4Ideogram59.6%
#5Adobe Firefly46.2%
#6Flux38.5%
#7Recraft38.5%
#8Canva38.5%
#9Leonardo38.5%
#10Stable Diffusion36.5%

Sep 5, 202652 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Midjourney65.4%
#2Adobe61.5%
#3Firefly61.5%
#4Ideogram59.6%
#5Adobe Firefly46.2%
#6Flux38.5%
#7Recraft38.5%
#8Canva38.5%
#9Leonardo38.5%
#10Stable Diffusion36.5%

Sep 4, 202652 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Midjourney65.4%
#2Adobe61.5%
#3Firefly61.5%
#4Ideogram59.6%
#5Adobe Firefly46.2%
#6Flux38.5%
#7Recraft38.5%
#8Canva38.5%
#9Leonardo38.5%
#10Stable Diffusion36.5%

Sep 3, 202646 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7

#1Adobe63%
#2Firefly63%
#3Midjourney63%
#4Ideogram56.5%
#5Adobe Firefly45.7%
#6Canva41.3%
#7Recraft39.1%
#8Leonardo39.1%
#9Flux37%
#10Stable Diffusion34.8%

Sep 2, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v7

#1Midjourney64.3%
#2Adobe64.3%
#3Firefly64.3%
#4Ideogram57.1%
#5Adobe Firefly50%
#6Recraft42.9%
#7Canva39.3%
#8Leonardo39.3%
#9Flux35.7%
#10Stable Diffusion35.7%

Sep 1, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v7

#1Midjourney64.3%
#2Adobe64.3%
#3Firefly64.3%
#4Ideogram57.1%
#5Adobe Firefly50%
#6Recraft42.9%
#7Canva39.3%
#8Leonardo39.3%
#9Flux35.7%
#10Stable Diffusion35.7%

Aug 31, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v7

#1Midjourney64.3%
#2Adobe64.3%
#3Firefly64.3%
#4Ideogram57.1%
#5Adobe Firefly50%
#6Recraft42.9%
#7Canva39.3%
#8Leonardo39.3%
#9Flux35.7%
#10Stable Diffusion35.7%

Aug 30, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v7

#1Midjourney64.3%
#2Adobe64.3%
#3Firefly64.3%
#4Ideogram57.1%
#5Adobe Firefly50%
#6Recraft42.9%
#7Canva39.3%
#8Leonardo39.3%
#9Flux35.7%
#10Stable Diffusion35.7%

Aug 29, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v7

#1Midjourney64.3%
#2Adobe64.3%
#3Firefly64.3%
#4Ideogram57.1%
#5Adobe Firefly50%
#6Recraft42.9%
#7Canva39.3%
#8Leonardo39.3%
#9Flux35.7%
#10Stable Diffusion35.7%

Aug 28, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v7

#1Midjourney64.3%
#2Adobe64.3%
#3Firefly64.3%
#4Ideogram57.1%
#5Adobe Firefly50%
#6Recraft42.9%
#7Canva39.3%
#8Leonardo39.3%
#9Flux35.7%
#10Stable Diffusion35.7%

Aug 27, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v7

#1Midjourney64.3%
#2Adobe64.3%
#3Firefly64.3%
#4Ideogram57.1%
#5Adobe Firefly50%
#6Recraft42.9%
#7Canva39.3%
#8Leonardo39.3%
#9Flux35.7%
#10Stable Diffusion35.7%

Aug 26, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v7

#1Midjourney64.3%
#2Adobe64.3%
#3Firefly64.3%
#4Ideogram57.1%
#5Adobe Firefly50%
#6Recraft42.9%
#7Canva39.3%
#8Leonardo39.3%
#9Flux35.7%
#10Stable Diffusion35.7%

Aug 25, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v7

#1Midjourney64.3%
#2Adobe64.3%
#3Firefly64.3%
#4Ideogram57.1%
#5Adobe Firefly50%
#6Recraft42.9%
#7Canva39.3%
#8Leonardo39.3%
#9Flux35.7%
#10Stable Diffusion35.7%

Aug 24, 202635 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Adobe62.9%
#2Firefly60%
#3Midjourney60%
#4Ideogram51.4%
#5Adobe Firefly45.7%
#6Flux40%
#7Canva37.1%
#8Recraft37.1%
#9Leonardo34.3%
#10Stable Diffusion31.4%

Aug 23, 202635 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Adobe62.9%
#2Firefly60%
#3Midjourney60%
#4Ideogram51.4%
#5Adobe Firefly45.7%
#6Flux40%
#7Canva37.1%
#8Recraft37.1%
#9Leonardo34.3%
#10Stable Diffusion31.4%

Aug 22, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7

#1Adobe67.3%
#2Firefly65.3%
#3Midjourney59.2%
#4Adobe Firefly51%
#5Ideogram51%
#6Flux44.9%
#7Recraft38.8%
#8Stable Diffusion36.7%
#9Leonardo34.7%
#10GPT Image30.6%

Aug 21, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7

#1Firefly67.9%
#2Adobe67.9%
#3Midjourney62.5%
#4Adobe Firefly53.6%
#5Flux48.2%
#6Ideogram48.2%
#7Stable Diffusion39.3%
#8Recraft39.3%
#9Leonardo33.9%
#10DALL-E30.4%

Aug 20, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7

#1Firefly68.3%
#2Adobe66.7%
#3Midjourney65.1%
#4Flux54%
#5Ideogram52.4%
#6Adobe Firefly50.8%
#7Stable Diffusion42.9%
#8Recraft41.3%
#9Leonardo38.1%
#10GPT Image34.9%

Aug 19, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7

#1Firefly68.3%
#2Adobe66.7%
#3Midjourney65.1%
#4Flux54%
#5Ideogram52.4%
#6Adobe Firefly50.8%
#7Stable Diffusion42.9%
#8Recraft41.3%
#9Leonardo38.1%
#10GPT Image34.9%

Aug 18, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7

#1Firefly67.5%
#2Midjourney67.5%
#3Adobe54.5%
#4Ideogram53.2%
#5Flux50.6%
#6Adobe Firefly41.6%
#7Stable Diffusion40.3%
#8Recraft40.3%
#9Leonardo39%
#10GPT Image32.5%

Aug 17, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-7

#1Firefly67.5%
#2Midjourney67.5%
#3Adobe54.5%
#4Ideogram53.2%
#5Flux50.6%
#6Adobe Firefly41.6%
#7Stable Diffusion40.3%
#8Recraft40.3%
#9Leonardo39%
#10GPT Image32.5%

Aug 16, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-7

#1Firefly67.5%
#2Midjourney67.5%
#3Adobe54.5%
#4Ideogram53.2%
#5Flux50.6%
#6Adobe Firefly41.6%
#7Stable Diffusion40.3%
#8Recraft40.3%
#9Leonardo39%
#10GPT Image32.5%

Aug 15, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-7

#1Firefly67.5%
#2Midjourney67.5%
#3Adobe54.5%
#4Ideogram53.2%
#5Flux50.6%
#6Adobe Firefly41.6%
#7Stable Diffusion40.3%
#8Recraft40.3%
#9Leonardo39%
#10GPT Image32.5%

Aug 14, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-7

#1Midjourney68.6%
#2Firefly67.1%
#3Adobe52.9%
#4Ideogram52.9%
#5Flux51.4%
#6Leonardo40%
#7Recraft40%
#8Adobe Firefly38.6%
#9Stable Diffusion38.6%
#10Leonardo AI34.3%

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Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/ai-image-generation-tools/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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