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AI tools for motion designers and animators — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for ai tools for motion designers and animators, 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

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

▲ INLuma Dream Machine entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTKling AI left the ranking (was #10)
▲Luma Dream Machine moved #11 → #10

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 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.

▲Animaker moved #10 → #9
▼Kling AI moved #9 → #10
▲Adobe +4.4pp (34.9% → 39.3%)
▲Luma +1.6pp (27% → 28.6%)
▼Pika -1.2pp (33.3% → 32.1%)
▲Animaker +1.2pp (23.8% → 25%)
▼After Effects -1pp (49.2% → 48.2%)

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

▲Adobe moved #9 → #4
▼Pika moved #4 → #6
▼Cascadeur moved #6 → #7
▼Luma moved #7 → #8
▼Kling AI moved #8 → #9
▲Adobe +8.7pp (26.2% → 34.9%)
▼Pika -7.2pp (40.5% → 33.3%)
▼Runway -4.7pp (71.4% → 66.7%)
▼Kling AI -2pp (27.4% → 25.4%)
▼Firefly -1.6pp (42.9% → 41.3%)
▼Cascadeur -1.6pp (33.3% → 31.7%)
▼Luma -1.6pp (28.6% → 27%)
▲Animaker +1.2pp (22.6% → 23.8%)

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

▲Adobe +2.8pp (23.4% → 26.2%)
▼Firefly -2.6pp (45.5% → 42.9%)
▲Cascadeur +2.1pp (31.2% → 33.3%)
▲Runway +1.3pp (70.1% → 71.4%)
▼Luma -1.3pp (29.9% → 28.6%)
▼Kling AI -1.2pp (28.6% → 27.4%)

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

▲ INAdobe entered the top 10 (#22 → #9)
▼ OUTLuma Dream Machine left the top 10 (#9 → #11)
▲Adobe moved #22 → #9
▲Cascadeur moved #8 → #6
▼Kling AI moved #6 → #8
▼Luma Dream Machine moved #9 → #11
▲Adobe +10.9pp (12.5% → 23.4%)
▼Kling AI -7.1pp (35.7% → 28.6%)
▼Firefly -6.3pp (51.8% → 45.5%)
▼Kling -5.5pp (39.3% → 33.8%)
▼Runway -4.9pp (75% → 70.1%)
▼Pika -4.3pp (44.6% → 40.3%)
▼Luma Dream Machine -2.9pp (25% → 22.1%)
▼After Effects -2.4pp (51.8% → 49.4%)
▼Animaker -1.1pp (23.2% → 22.1%)

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

▲ INLuma Dream Machine entered the top 10 (#11 → #9)
▼ OUTJitter left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
▲Luma Dream Machine moved #11 → #9
▼Jitter moved #10 → #12
▲After Effects moved #3 → #2
▼Firefly moved #2 → #3
▼Animaker moved #9 → #10
▼Jitter -2.9pp (24.3% → 21.4%)
▼Firefly -2.5pp (54.3% → 51.8%)
▼Animaker -2.5pp (25.7% → 23.2%)
▲Cascadeur +1.8pp (28.6% → 30.4%)
▲Kling AI +1.4pp (34.3% → 35.7%)
▼After Effects -1.1pp (52.9% → 51.8%)
▼Pika -1.1pp (45.7% → 44.6%)
▼Luma -1pp (31.4% → 30.4%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

▲ INJitter entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
▼ OUTLuma Dream Machine left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Jitter moved #13 → #10
▲Firefly moved #3 → #2
▼After Effects moved #2 → #3
▲Kling AI moved #7 → #6
▼Luma moved #6 → #7
▼Luma Dream Machine moved #10 → #11
▲Kling AI +3.5pp (30.8% → 34.3%)
▲Jitter +3.4pp (20.9% → 24.3%)
▼Animaker -2.9pp (28.6% → 25.7%)
▲Firefly +2.7pp (51.6% → 54.3%)
▼Pika -2.7pp (48.4% → 45.7%)
▲Runway +1.8pp (72.5% → 74.3%)
▲Kling +1.5pp (38.5% → 40%)
▲After Effects +1.3pp (51.6% → 52.9%)
▲Luma Dream Machine +1.2pp (23.1% → 24.3%)
▼Cascadeur -1.1pp (29.7% → 28.6%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

▲ INLuma Dream Machine entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTSynthesia left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▼Animaker moved #6 → #9
▲Kling AI moved #9 → #7
▲Luma Dream Machine moved #12 → #10
▲Luma moved #7 → #6
▼Synthesia moved #10 → #11
▼Animaker -4.7pp (33.3% → 28.6%)
▲Kling AI +2.2pp (28.6% → 30.8%)
▲Luma Dream Machine +1.2pp (21.9% → 23.1%)
▼Pika -1.1pp (49.5% → 48.4%)

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

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, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Runway66.1%
#2After Effects48.2%
#3Firefly41.1%
#4Adobe39.3%
#5Kling33.9%
#6Pika32.1%
#7Cascadeur32.1%
#8Luma28.6%
#9Animaker25%
#10Luma Dream Machine23.2%

Sep 7, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Runway66.1%
#2After Effects48.2%
#3Firefly41.1%
#4Adobe39.3%
#5Kling33.9%
#6Pika32.1%
#7Cascadeur32.1%
#8Luma28.6%
#9Animaker25%
#10Luma Dream Machine23.2%

Sep 6, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Runway66.1%
#2After Effects48.2%
#3Firefly41.1%
#4Adobe39.3%
#5Kling33.9%
#6Pika32.1%
#7Cascadeur32.1%
#8Luma28.6%
#9Animaker25%
#10Luma Dream Machine23.2%

Sep 5, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Runway66.1%
#2After Effects48.2%
#3Firefly41.1%
#4Adobe39.3%
#5Kling33.9%
#6Pika32.1%
#7Cascadeur32.1%
#8Luma28.6%
#9Animaker25%
#10Kling AI25%

Sep 4, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Runway66.1%
#2After Effects48.2%
#3Firefly41.1%
#4Adobe39.3%
#5Kling33.9%
#6Pika32.1%
#7Cascadeur32.1%
#8Luma28.6%
#9Animaker25%
#10Kling AI25%

Sep 3, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v4-7

#1Runway66.7%
#2After Effects49.2%
#3Firefly41.3%
#4Adobe34.9%
#5Kling33.3%
#6Pika33.3%
#7Cascadeur31.7%
#8Luma27%
#9Kling AI25.4%
#10Animaker23.8%

Sep 2, 202684 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v4-7

#1Runway71.4%
#2After Effects50%
#3Firefly42.9%
#4Pika40.5%
#5Kling33.3%
#6Cascadeur33.3%
#7Luma28.6%
#8Kling AI27.4%
#9Adobe26.2%
#10Animaker22.6%

Sep 1, 202684 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v4-7

#1Runway71.4%
#2After Effects50%
#3Firefly42.9%
#4Pika40.5%
#5Kling33.3%
#6Cascadeur33.3%
#7Luma28.6%
#8Kling AI27.4%
#9Adobe26.2%
#10Animaker22.6%

Aug 31, 202684 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7

#1Runway71.4%
#2After Effects50%
#3Firefly42.9%
#4Pika40.5%
#5Kling33.3%
#6Cascadeur33.3%
#7Luma28.6%
#8Kling AI27.4%
#9Adobe26.2%
#10Animaker22.6%

Aug 30, 202684 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-7

#1Runway71.4%
#2After Effects50%
#3Firefly42.9%
#4Pika40.5%
#5Kling33.3%
#6Cascadeur33.3%
#7Luma28.6%
#8Kling AI27.4%
#9Adobe26.2%
#10Animaker22.6%

Aug 29, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1Runway70.1%
#2After Effects49.4%
#3Firefly45.5%
#4Pika40.3%
#5Kling33.8%
#6Cascadeur31.2%
#7Luma29.9%
#8Kling AI28.6%
#9Adobe23.4%
#10Animaker22.1%

Aug 28, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Runway75%
#2After Effects51.8%
#3Firefly51.8%
#4Pika44.6%
#5Kling39.3%
#6Kling AI35.7%
#7Luma30.4%
#8Cascadeur30.4%
#9Luma Dream Machine25%
#10Animaker23.2%

Aug 27, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Runway75%
#2After Effects51.8%
#3Firefly51.8%
#4Pika44.6%
#5Kling39.3%
#6Kling AI35.7%
#7Luma30.4%
#8Cascadeur30.4%
#9Luma Dream Machine25%
#10Animaker23.2%

Aug 26, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Runway74.3%
#2Firefly54.3%
#3After Effects52.9%
#4Pika45.7%
#5Kling40%
#6Kling AI34.3%
#7Luma31.4%
#8Cascadeur28.6%
#9Animaker25.7%
#10Jitter24.3%

Aug 25, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Runway74.3%
#2Firefly54.3%
#3After Effects52.9%
#4Pika45.7%
#5Kling40%
#6Kling AI34.3%
#7Luma31.4%
#8Cascadeur28.6%
#9Animaker25.7%
#10Jitter24.3%

Aug 24, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Runway74.3%
#2Firefly54.3%
#3After Effects52.9%
#4Pika45.7%
#5Kling40%
#6Kling AI34.3%
#7Luma31.4%
#8Cascadeur28.6%
#9Animaker25.7%
#10Jitter24.3%

Aug 23, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Runway74.3%
#2Firefly54.3%
#3After Effects52.9%
#4Pika45.7%
#5Kling40%
#6Kling AI34.3%
#7Luma31.4%
#8Cascadeur28.6%
#9Animaker25.7%
#10Jitter24.3%

Aug 22, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7

#1Runway72.5%
#2After Effects51.6%
#3Firefly51.6%
#4Pika48.4%
#5Kling38.5%
#6Luma31.9%
#7Kling AI30.8%
#8Cascadeur29.7%
#9Animaker28.6%
#10Luma Dream Machine23.1%

Aug 21, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7

#1Runway72.5%
#2After Effects51.6%
#3Firefly51.6%
#4Pika48.4%
#5Kling38.5%
#6Luma31.9%
#7Kling AI30.8%
#8Cascadeur29.7%
#9Animaker28.6%
#10Luma Dream Machine23.1%

Aug 20, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7

#1Runway72.5%
#2After Effects51.6%
#3Firefly51.6%
#4Pika48.4%
#5Kling38.5%
#6Luma31.9%
#7Kling AI30.8%
#8Cascadeur29.7%
#9Animaker28.6%
#10Luma Dream Machine23.1%

Aug 19, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7

#1Runway72.5%
#2After Effects51.6%
#3Firefly51.6%
#4Pika48.4%
#5Kling38.5%
#6Luma31.9%
#7Kling AI30.8%
#8Cascadeur29.7%
#9Animaker28.6%
#10Luma Dream Machine23.1%

Aug 18, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7

#1Runway72.5%
#2After Effects51.6%
#3Firefly51.6%
#4Pika48.4%
#5Kling38.5%
#6Luma31.9%
#7Kling AI30.8%
#8Cascadeur29.7%
#9Animaker28.6%
#10Luma Dream Machine23.1%

Aug 17, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-7

#1Runway72.5%
#2After Effects51.6%
#3Firefly51.6%
#4Pika48.4%
#5Kling38.5%
#6Luma31.9%
#7Kling AI30.8%
#8Cascadeur29.7%
#9Animaker28.6%
#10Luma Dream Machine23.1%

Aug 16, 2026105 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-7

#1Runway73.3%
#2After Effects51.4%
#3Firefly51.4%
#4Pika49.5%
#5Kling38.1%
#6Animaker33.3%
#7Luma32.4%
#8Cascadeur30.5%
#9Kling AI28.6%
#10Synthesia23.8%

Aug 15, 2026105 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-7

#1Runway73.3%
#2After Effects51.4%
#3Firefly51.4%
#4Pika49.5%
#5Kling38.1%
#6Animaker33.3%
#7Luma32.4%
#8Cascadeur30.5%
#9Kling AI28.6%
#10Synthesia23.8%

Aug 14, 2026105 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-7

#1Runway73.3%
#2After Effects51.4%
#3Firefly51.4%
#4Pika49.5%
#5Kling38.1%
#6Animaker33.3%
#7Luma32.4%
#8Cascadeur30.5%
#9Kling AI28.6%
#10Synthesia23.8%

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Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/ai-tools-for-motion-designers/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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