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AI tools for video editors — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for ai tools for video editors, 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

Answer archive Methodology Data studies JSON

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

Methodology change: extraction rules 5-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INKapwing entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTVizard left the top 10 (#10 → #18)
▼Vizard moved #10 → #18
▲Captions moved #4 → #3
▼VEED moved #3 → #4
▲Premiere Pro moved #6 → #5
▼Opus Clip moved #5 → #6
▲Kapwing moved #11 → #10
▼Opus Clip -7.9pp (40% → 32.1%)
▼Vizard -6.4pp (17.1% → 10.7%)
▼DaVinci Resolve -4.3pp (25.7% → 21.4%)
▼VEED -3.6pp (42.9% → 39.3%)
▲Captions +2.9pp (40% → 42.9%)
▼CapCut -2.2pp (48.6% → 46.4%)
▲Premiere Pro +1.4pp (34.3% → 35.7%)
▲Adobe Premiere Pro +1.4pp (20% → 21.4%)

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

▲ INVizard entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTRunway left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
▼Runway moved #9 → #12
▲VEED moved #5 → #3
▲Vizard moved #12 → #10
▼Captions moved #3 → #4
▼Opus Clip moved #4 → #5
▲Gling moved #10 → #9
▼DaVinci Resolve -9.8pp (35.5% → 25.7%)
▼Captions -8.4pp (48.4% → 40%)
▼Runway -8pp (19.4% → 11.4%)
▼CapCut -7.9pp (56.5% → 48.6%)
▼Premiere Pro -7.6pp (41.9% → 34.3%)
▼Adobe Premiere Pro -7.4pp (27.4% → 20%)
▼Opus Clip -6.8pp (46.8% → 40%)
▼VEED -3.9pp (46.8% → 42.9%)
▼Descript -3.1pp (77.4% → 74.3%)
▼Gling -2.3pp (19.4% → 17.1%)
▲Vizard +1pp (16.1% → 17.1%)

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

▲ INGling entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTOpusClip left the ranking (was #6)
▲Opus Clip moved #9 → #4
▼VEED moved #4 → #5
▼Premiere Pro moved #5 → #6
▲Runway moved #10 → #9
▲Gling moved #11 → #10
▲Opus Clip +19.4pp (27.4% → 46.8%)

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 5-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲Premiere Pro moved #6 → #5
▼OpusClip moved #5 → #6
▲Adobe Premiere Pro moved #9 → #8
▼Opus Clip moved #8 → #9
▼OpusClip -3.3pp (45.2% → 41.9%)
▼DaVinci Resolve -3.2pp (38.7% → 35.5%)
▲Descript +1.6pp (75.8% → 77.4%)
▼Captions -1.6pp (50% → 48.4%)
▼VEED -1.6pp (48.4% → 46.8%)
▲Adobe Premiere Pro +1.6pp (25.8% → 27.4%)
▼Runway -1.6pp (21% → 19.4%)

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

▲OpusClip moved #7 → #5
▼Premiere Pro moved #5 → #6
▼DaVinci Resolve moved #6 → #7
▲Opus Clip moved #9 → #8
▼Adobe Premiere Pro moved #8 → #9
▲OpusClip +10.3pp (34.9% → 45.2%)
▼Premiere Pro -6.3pp (48.2% → 41.9%)
▼Adobe Premiere Pro -5.5pp (31.3% → 25.8%)
▼Descript -3.7pp (79.5% → 75.8%)
▼DaVinci Resolve -3.5pp (42.2% → 38.7%)
▼Runway -1.9pp (22.9% → 21%)
▼Captions -1.8pp (51.8% → 50%)
▼Opus Clip -1.5pp (28.9% → 27.4%)
▲CapCut +1.1pp (55.4% → 56.5%)
▼VEED -1pp (49.4% → 48.4%)

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-5 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲VEED moved #5 → #4
▼Premiere Pro moved #4 → #5
▲OpusClip moved #8 → #7
▼Adobe Premiere Pro moved #7 → #8
▼DaVinci Resolve -6.2pp (48.4% → 42.2%)
▼Opus Clip -5pp (33.9% → 28.9%)
▼Adobe Premiere Pro -4.2pp (35.5% → 31.3%)
▼Premiere Pro -3.4pp (51.6% → 48.2%)
▼Runway -2.9pp (25.8% → 22.9%)
▼CapCut -2.7pp (58.1% → 55.4%)
▼Descript -1.1pp (80.6% → 79.5%)
▲OpusClip +1pp (33.9% → 34.9%)

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

▲ INRunway entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTKapwing left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Premiere Pro moved #6 → #4
▼Opus Clip moved #7 → #9
▼VEED moved #4 → #5
▼DaVinci Resolve moved #5 → #6
▲Adobe Premiere Pro moved #8 → #7
▲OpusClip moved #9 → #8
▲Runway moved #11 → #10
▼Kapwing moved #10 → #11
▲OpusClip +5.5pp (28.4% → 33.9%)
▲Premiere Pro +4.3pp (47.3% → 51.6%)
▼Opus Clip -2.6pp (36.5% → 33.9%)
▲Adobe Premiere Pro +1.7pp (33.8% → 35.5%)
▲Runway +1.5pp (24.3% → 25.8%)
▼Kapwing -1.5pp (25.7% → 24.2%)
▼CapCut -1.4pp (59.5% → 58.1%)
▲VEED +1.4pp (48.6% → 50%)
▼Captions -1.1pp (52.7% → 51.6%)
▲DaVinci Resolve +1.1pp (47.3% → 48.4%)

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

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▼Premiere Pro moved #4 → #6
▲VEED moved #5 → #4
▲DaVinci Resolve moved #6 → #5
▲OpusClip moved #10 → #9
▼Kapwing moved #9 → #10
▲OpusClip +5.8pp (22.6% → 28.4%)
▼Opus Clip -3.3pp (39.8% → 36.5%)
▲DaVinci Resolve +3.2pp (44.1% → 47.3%)
▲VEED +2.4pp (46.2% → 48.6%)
▲Descript +2.3pp (77.4% → 79.7%)
▲Captions +2.2pp (50.5% → 52.7%)
▲Kapwing +1pp (24.7% → 25.7%)

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

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

▲ INOpusClip entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
▼ OUTRunway left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲OpusClip moved #13 → #10
▼Runway moved #10 → #11
▲Descript +2.9pp (74.5% → 77.4%)
▼VEED -2.9pp (49.1% → 46.2%)
▲OpusClip +2.8pp (19.8% → 22.6%)
▲CapCut +2.7pp (57.5% → 60.2%)
▼Runway -2.1pp (23.6% → 21.5%)
▼Premiere Pro -1.8pp (49.1% → 47.3%)
▼Opus Clip -1.7pp (41.5% → 39.8%)
▼Kapwing -1.7pp (26.4% → 24.7%)
▼Adobe Premiere Pro -1.6pp (34.9% → 33.3%)
▼Captions -1.4pp (51.9% → 50.5%)

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, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Descript75%
#2CapCut46.4%
#3Captions42.9%
#4VEED39.3%
#5Premiere Pro35.7%
#6Opus Clip32.1%
#7DaVinci Resolve21.4%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro21.4%
#9Gling17.9%
#10Kapwing14.3%

Sep 7, 202635 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v5-7

#1Descript74.3%
#2CapCut48.6%
#3VEED42.9%
#4Captions40%
#5Opus Clip40%
#6Premiere Pro34.3%
#7DaVinci Resolve25.7%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro20%
#9Gling17.1%
#10Vizard17.1%

Sep 6, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v5-7

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut56.5%
#3Captions48.4%
#4Opus Clip46.8%
#5VEED46.8%
#6Premiere Pro41.9%
#7DaVinci Resolve35.5%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro27.4%
#9Runway19.4%
#10Gling19.4%

Sep 5, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v5-7

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut56.5%
#3Captions48.4%
#4VEED46.8%
#5Premiere Pro41.9%
#6OpusClip41.9%
#7DaVinci Resolve35.5%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro27.4%
#9Opus Clip27.4%
#10Runway19.4%

Sep 4, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v5-7

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut56.5%
#3Captions48.4%
#4VEED46.8%
#5Premiere Pro41.9%
#6OpusClip41.9%
#7DaVinci Resolve35.5%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro27.4%
#9Opus Clip27.4%
#10Runway19.4%

Sep 3, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v5-7

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut56.5%
#3Captions48.4%
#4VEED46.8%
#5Premiere Pro41.9%
#6OpusClip41.9%
#7DaVinci Resolve35.5%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro27.4%
#9Opus Clip27.4%
#10Runway19.4%

Sep 2, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v5-7

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut56.5%
#3Captions48.4%
#4VEED46.8%
#5Premiere Pro41.9%
#6OpusClip41.9%
#7DaVinci Resolve35.5%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro27.4%
#9Opus Clip27.4%
#10Runway19.4%

Sep 1, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v4-7

#1Descript75.8%
#2CapCut56.5%
#3Captions50%
#4VEED48.4%
#5OpusClip45.2%
#6Premiere Pro41.9%
#7DaVinci Resolve38.7%
#8Opus Clip27.4%
#9Adobe Premiere Pro25.8%
#10Runway21%

Aug 31, 202683 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7

#1Descript79.5%
#2CapCut55.4%
#3Captions51.8%
#4VEED49.4%
#5Premiere Pro48.2%
#6DaVinci Resolve42.2%
#7OpusClip34.9%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro31.3%
#9Opus Clip28.9%
#10Runway22.9%

Aug 30, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-5

#1Descript80.6%
#2CapCut58.1%
#3Captions51.6%
#4Premiere Pro51.6%
#5VEED50%
#6DaVinci Resolve48.4%
#7Adobe Premiere Pro35.5%
#8OpusClip33.9%
#9Opus Clip33.9%
#10Runway25.8%

Aug 29, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-5

#1Descript80.6%
#2CapCut58.1%
#3Captions51.6%
#4Premiere Pro51.6%
#5VEED50%
#6DaVinci Resolve48.4%
#7Adobe Premiere Pro35.5%
#8OpusClip33.9%
#9Opus Clip33.9%
#10Runway25.8%

Aug 28, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-5

#1Descript80.6%
#2CapCut58.1%
#3Captions51.6%
#4Premiere Pro51.6%
#5VEED50%
#6DaVinci Resolve48.4%
#7Adobe Premiere Pro35.5%
#8OpusClip33.9%
#9Opus Clip33.9%
#10Runway25.8%

Aug 27, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-5

#1Descript80.6%
#2CapCut58.1%
#3Captions51.6%
#4Premiere Pro51.6%
#5VEED50%
#6DaVinci Resolve48.4%
#7Adobe Premiere Pro35.5%
#8OpusClip33.9%
#9Opus Clip33.9%
#10Runway25.8%

Aug 26, 202662 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-5

#1Descript80.6%
#2CapCut58.1%
#3Captions51.6%
#4Premiere Pro51.6%
#5VEED50%
#6DaVinci Resolve48.4%
#7Adobe Premiere Pro35.5%
#8OpusClip33.9%
#9Opus Clip33.9%
#10Runway25.8%

Aug 25, 202674 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-5

#1Descript79.7%
#2CapCut59.5%
#3Captions52.7%
#4VEED48.6%
#5DaVinci Resolve47.3%
#6Premiere Pro47.3%
#7Opus Clip36.5%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro33.8%
#9OpusClip28.4%
#10Kapwing25.7%

Aug 24, 202674 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-5

#1Descript79.7%
#2CapCut59.5%
#3Captions52.7%
#4VEED48.6%
#5DaVinci Resolve47.3%
#6Premiere Pro47.3%
#7Opus Clip36.5%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro33.8%
#9OpusClip28.4%
#10Kapwing25.7%

Aug 23, 202674 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-5

#1Descript79.7%
#2CapCut59.5%
#3Captions52.7%
#4VEED48.6%
#5DaVinci Resolve47.3%
#6Premiere Pro47.3%
#7Opus Clip36.5%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro33.8%
#9OpusClip28.4%
#10Kapwing25.7%

Aug 22, 202674 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-5

#1Descript79.7%
#2CapCut59.5%
#3Captions52.7%
#4VEED48.6%
#5DaVinci Resolve47.3%
#6Premiere Pro47.3%
#7Opus Clip36.5%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro33.8%
#9OpusClip28.4%
#10Kapwing25.7%

Aug 21, 202693 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-5

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut60.2%
#3Captions50.5%
#4Premiere Pro47.3%
#5VEED46.2%
#6DaVinci Resolve44.1%
#7Opus Clip39.8%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro33.3%
#9Kapwing24.7%
#10OpusClip22.6%

Aug 20, 202693 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-5

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut60.2%
#3Captions50.5%
#4Premiere Pro47.3%
#5VEED46.2%
#6DaVinci Resolve44.1%
#7Opus Clip39.8%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro33.3%
#9Kapwing24.7%
#10OpusClip22.6%

Aug 19, 202693 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-5

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut60.2%
#3Captions50.5%
#4Premiere Pro47.3%
#5VEED46.2%
#6DaVinci Resolve44.1%
#7Opus Clip39.8%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro33.3%
#9Kapwing24.7%
#10OpusClip22.6%

Aug 18, 202693 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-5

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut60.2%
#3Captions50.5%
#4Premiere Pro47.3%
#5VEED46.2%
#6DaVinci Resolve44.1%
#7Opus Clip39.8%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro33.3%
#9Kapwing24.7%
#10OpusClip22.6%

Aug 17, 202693 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-5

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut60.2%
#3Captions50.5%
#4Premiere Pro47.3%
#5VEED46.2%
#6DaVinci Resolve44.1%
#7Opus Clip39.8%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro33.3%
#9Kapwing24.7%
#10OpusClip22.6%

Aug 16, 202693 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-5

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut60.2%
#3Captions50.5%
#4Premiere Pro47.3%
#5VEED46.2%
#6DaVinci Resolve44.1%
#7Opus Clip39.8%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro33.3%
#9Kapwing24.7%
#10OpusClip22.6%

Aug 15, 202693 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-5

#1Descript77.4%
#2CapCut60.2%
#3Captions50.5%
#4Premiere Pro47.3%
#5VEED46.2%
#6DaVinci Resolve44.1%
#7Opus Clip39.8%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro33.3%
#9Kapwing24.7%
#10OpusClip22.6%

Aug 14, 2026106 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-5

#1Descript74.5%
#2CapCut57.5%
#3Captions51.9%
#4Premiere Pro49.1%
#5VEED49.1%
#6DaVinci Resolve44.3%
#7Opus Clip41.5%
#8Adobe Premiere Pro34.9%
#9Kapwing26.4%
#10Runway23.6%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/ai-tools-for-video-editors/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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