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Directory submission tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for directory submission 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

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

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

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

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

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.

▲ INSubmitator entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTIndie Hackers left the top 10 (#7 → #11)
▼Indie Hackers moved #7 → #11
▲ListingBott moved #6 → #3
▲StartupSubmit moved #9 → #7
▲Submitator moved #12 → #10
▼BrightLocal moved #3 → #4
▼Launch Directories moved #4 → #5
▼AlternativeTo moved #5 → #6
▲Bing Places moved #10 → #9
▲ListingBott +5pp (25% → 30%)
▼Indie Hackers -5pp (25% → 20%)
▼BetaList -3.3pp (33.3% → 30%)
▲SubmitSaaS +1.7pp (33.3% → 35%)
▲Bing Places +1.7pp (20.8% → 22.5%)
▲Submitator +1.2pp (18.8% → 20%)

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

▲ INBing Places entered the top 10 (#15 → #10)
▼ OUTWhiteSpark left the top 10 (#9 → #11)
▲Bing Places moved #15 → #10
▲Indie Hackers moved #10 → #7
▼StartupSubmit moved #7 → #9
▼WhiteSpark moved #9 → #11
▲BetaList moved #3 → #2
▼BrightLocal moved #2 → #3
▲Bing Places +6.9pp (13.9% → 20.8%)
▼WhiteSpark -3.4pp (22.2% → 18.8%)
▼Launch Directories -2.8pp (27.8% → 25%)
▲Indie Hackers +2.8pp (22.2% → 25%)
▲BetaList +2.7pp (30.6% → 33.3%)
▼BrightLocal -1.4pp (30.6% → 29.2%)
▼AlternativeTo -1.4pp (26.4% → 25%)

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

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

▲ INCrunchbase entered the top 10 (#11 → #8)
▼ OUTList My Site left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
▼Launch Directories moved #1 → #4
▲Crunchbase moved #11 → #8
▼List My Site moved #9 → #12
▲ListingBott moved #8 → #6
▼WhiteSpark moved #7 → #9
▲SubmitSaaS moved #2 → #1
▲BrightLocal moved #3 → #2
▲BetaList moved #4 → #3
▼StartupSubmit moved #6 → #7
▼Launch Directories -4.7pp (32.5% → 27.8%)
▲ListingBott +3.7pp (21.3% → 25%)
▲Crunchbase +3.4pp (18.8% → 22.2%)
▼List My Site -3.3pp (20% → 16.7%)
▲Indie Hackers +2.2pp (20% → 22.2%)
▲SubmitSaaS +2pp (31.3% → 33.3%)
▲BetaList +1.8pp (28.8% → 30.6%)
▲StartupSubmit +1.1pp (22.5% → 23.6%)

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

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

▲ INListingBott entered the top 10 (#14 → #8)
▼ OUTYext left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
▲ListingBott moved #14 → #8
▼Yext moved #9 → #12
▲StartupSubmit moved #8 → #6
▼WhiteSpark moved #5 → #7
▼List My Site moved #7 → #9
▲BrightLocal moved #4 → #3
▼BetaList moved #3 → #4
▲AlternativeTo moved #6 → #5
▼Launch Directories -5pp (37.5% → 32.5%)
▲ListingBott +4.6pp (16.7% → 21.3%)
▼Yext -3.3pp (20.8% → 17.5%)
▼List My Site -2.9pp (22.9% → 20%)
▼BetaList -2.5pp (31.3% → 28.8%)
▼WhiteSpark -2.5pp (25% → 22.5%)
▲AlternativeTo +1.3pp (25% → 26.3%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲List My Site moved #9 → #7
▲WhiteSpark moved #6 → #5
▼AlternativeTo moved #5 → #6
▼StartupSubmit moved #7 → #8
▼Yext moved #8 → #9
▼Yext -2.4pp (23.2% → 20.8%)
▼AlternativeTo -1.8pp (26.8% → 25%)
▲List My Site +1.5pp (21.4% → 22.9%)
▼BrightLocal -1.2pp (30.4% → 29.2%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

▲StartupSubmit moved #10 → #7
▼List My Site moved #7 → #9
▲BetaList moved #4 → #3
▼BrightLocal moved #3 → #4
▲AlternativeTo moved #6 → #5
▼WhiteSpark moved #5 → #6
▼Indie Hackers moved #9 → #10
▼Launch Directories -4.2pp (41.7% → 37.5%)
▼SubmitSaaS -4pp (36.1% → 32.1%)
▲AlternativeTo +3.2pp (23.6% → 26.8%)
▲StartupSubmit +2.4pp (20.8% → 23.2%)
▲BetaList +1.5pp (30.6% → 32.1%)
▲Yext +1pp (22.2% → 23.2%)

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

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, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1SubmitSaaS35%
#2BetaList30%
#3ListingBott30%
#4BrightLocal30%
#5Launch Directories25%
#6AlternativeTo25%
#7StartupSubmit22.5%
#8Crunchbase22.5%
#9Bing Places22.5%
#10Submitator20%

Sep 7, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1SubmitSaaS35%
#2BetaList30%
#3ListingBott30%
#4BrightLocal30%
#5Launch Directories25%
#6AlternativeTo25%
#7StartupSubmit22.5%
#8Crunchbase22.5%
#9Bing Places22.5%
#10Submitator20%

Sep 6, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1SubmitSaaS35%
#2BetaList30%
#3ListingBott30%
#4BrightLocal30%
#5Launch Directories25%
#6AlternativeTo25%
#7StartupSubmit22.5%
#8Crunchbase22.5%
#9Bing Places22.5%
#10Submitator20%

Sep 5, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1SubmitSaaS35%
#2BetaList30%
#3ListingBott30%
#4BrightLocal30%
#5Launch Directories25%
#6AlternativeTo25%
#7StartupSubmit22.5%
#8Crunchbase22.5%
#9Bing Places22.5%
#10Submitator20%

Sep 4, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1SubmitSaaS35%
#2BetaList30%
#3ListingBott30%
#4BrightLocal30%
#5Launch Directories25%
#6AlternativeTo25%
#7StartupSubmit22.5%
#8Crunchbase22.5%
#9Bing Places22.5%
#10Submitator20%

Sep 3, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7

#1SubmitSaaS35%
#2BetaList30%
#3ListingBott30%
#4BrightLocal30%
#5Launch Directories25%
#6AlternativeTo25%
#7StartupSubmit22.5%
#8Crunchbase22.5%
#9Bing Places22.5%
#10Submitator20%

Sep 2, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v7

#1SubmitSaaS35%
#2BetaList30%
#3ListingBott30%
#4BrightLocal30%
#5Launch Directories25%
#6AlternativeTo25%
#7StartupSubmit22.5%
#8Crunchbase22.5%
#9Bing Places22.5%
#10Submitator20%

Sep 1, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v7

#1SubmitSaaS35%
#2BetaList30%
#3ListingBott30%
#4BrightLocal30%
#5Launch Directories25%
#6AlternativeTo25%
#7StartupSubmit22.5%
#8Crunchbase22.5%
#9Bing Places22.5%
#10Submitator20%

Aug 31, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v7

#1SubmitSaaS35%
#2BetaList30%
#3ListingBott30%
#4BrightLocal30%
#5Launch Directories25%
#6AlternativeTo25%
#7StartupSubmit22.5%
#8Crunchbase22.5%
#9Bing Places22.5%
#10Submitator20%

Aug 30, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v7

#1SubmitSaaS35%
#2BetaList30%
#3ListingBott30%
#4BrightLocal30%
#5Launch Directories25%
#6AlternativeTo25%
#7StartupSubmit22.5%
#8Crunchbase22.5%
#9Bing Places22.5%
#10Submitator20%

Aug 29, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1SubmitSaaS33.3%
#2BetaList33.3%
#3BrightLocal29.2%
#4Launch Directories25%
#5AlternativeTo25%
#6ListingBott25%
#7Indie Hackers25%
#8Crunchbase22.9%
#9StartupSubmit22.9%
#10Bing Places20.8%

Aug 28, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1SubmitSaaS33.3%
#2BrightLocal30.6%
#3BetaList30.6%
#4Launch Directories27.8%
#5AlternativeTo26.4%
#6ListingBott25%
#7StartupSubmit23.6%
#8Crunchbase22.2%
#9WhiteSpark22.2%
#10Indie Hackers22.2%

Aug 27, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1SubmitSaaS33.3%
#2BrightLocal30.6%
#3BetaList30.6%
#4Launch Directories27.8%
#5AlternativeTo26.4%
#6ListingBott25%
#7StartupSubmit23.6%
#8Crunchbase22.2%
#9WhiteSpark22.2%
#10Indie Hackers22.2%

Aug 26, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1SubmitSaaS33.3%
#2BrightLocal30.6%
#3BetaList30.6%
#4Launch Directories27.8%
#5AlternativeTo26.4%
#6ListingBott25%
#7StartupSubmit23.6%
#8Crunchbase22.2%
#9WhiteSpark22.2%
#10Indie Hackers22.2%

Aug 25, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1SubmitSaaS33.3%
#2BrightLocal30.6%
#3BetaList30.6%
#4Launch Directories27.8%
#5AlternativeTo26.4%
#6ListingBott25%
#7StartupSubmit23.6%
#8Crunchbase22.2%
#9WhiteSpark22.2%
#10Indie Hackers22.2%

Aug 24, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1SubmitSaaS33.3%
#2BrightLocal30.6%
#3BetaList30.6%
#4Launch Directories27.8%
#5AlternativeTo26.4%
#6ListingBott25%
#7StartupSubmit23.6%
#8Crunchbase22.2%
#9WhiteSpark22.2%
#10Indie Hackers22.2%

Aug 23, 202680 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Launch Directories32.5%
#2SubmitSaaS31.3%
#3BrightLocal30%
#4BetaList28.8%
#5AlternativeTo26.3%
#6StartupSubmit22.5%
#7WhiteSpark22.5%
#8ListingBott21.3%
#9List My Site20%
#10Indie Hackers20%

Aug 22, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4

#1Launch Directories37.5%
#2SubmitSaaS31.3%
#3BetaList31.3%
#4BrightLocal29.2%
#5WhiteSpark25%
#6AlternativeTo25%
#7List My Site22.9%
#8StartupSubmit22.9%
#9Yext20.8%
#10Indie Hackers20.8%

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

#1Launch Directories37.5%
#2SubmitSaaS32.1%
#3BetaList32.1%
#4BrightLocal30.4%
#5AlternativeTo26.8%
#6WhiteSpark25%
#7StartupSubmit23.2%
#8Yext23.2%
#9List My Site21.4%
#10Indie Hackers21.4%

Aug 20, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4

#1Launch Directories37.5%
#2SubmitSaaS32.1%
#3BetaList32.1%
#4BrightLocal30.4%
#5AlternativeTo26.8%
#6WhiteSpark25%
#7StartupSubmit23.2%
#8Yext23.2%
#9List My Site21.4%
#10Indie Hackers21.4%

Aug 19, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Launch Directories41.7%
#2SubmitSaaS36.1%
#3BrightLocal30.6%
#4BetaList30.6%
#5WhiteSpark25%
#6AlternativeTo23.6%
#7List My Site22.2%
#8Yext22.2%
#9Indie Hackers22.2%
#10StartupSubmit20.8%

Aug 18, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Launch Directories41.7%
#2SubmitSaaS36.1%
#3BrightLocal30.6%
#4BetaList30.6%
#5WhiteSpark25%
#6AlternativeTo23.6%
#7List My Site22.2%
#8Yext22.2%
#9Indie Hackers22.2%
#10StartupSubmit20.8%

Aug 17, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Launch Directories41.7%
#2SubmitSaaS36.1%
#3BrightLocal30.6%
#4BetaList30.6%
#5WhiteSpark25%
#6AlternativeTo23.6%
#7List My Site22.2%
#8Yext22.2%
#9Indie Hackers22.2%
#10StartupSubmit20.8%

Aug 16, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Launch Directories41.7%
#2SubmitSaaS36.1%
#3BrightLocal30.6%
#4BetaList30.6%
#5WhiteSpark25%
#6AlternativeTo23.6%
#7List My Site22.2%
#8Yext22.2%
#9Indie Hackers22.2%
#10StartupSubmit20.8%

Aug 15, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Launch Directories41.7%
#2SubmitSaaS36.1%
#3BrightLocal30.6%
#4BetaList30.6%
#5WhiteSpark25%
#6AlternativeTo23.6%
#7List My Site22.2%
#8Yext22.2%
#9Indie Hackers22.2%
#10StartupSubmit20.8%

Aug 14, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Launch Directories41.7%
#2SubmitSaaS36.1%
#3BrightLocal30.6%
#4BetaList30.6%
#5WhiteSpark25%
#6AlternativeTo23.6%
#7List My Site22.2%
#8Yext22.2%
#9Indie Hackers22.2%
#10StartupSubmit20.8%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/directory-submission-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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