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Email marketing for creators — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for email marketing for creators, 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

▲ INMailchimp entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTSender left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Ghost moved #8 → #6
▼ActiveCampaign moved #6 → #7
▼Brevo moved #7 → #8
▲Mailchimp moved #11 → #10
▼Sender moved #10 → #11
▲Beehiiv +4.7pp (62% → 66.7%)
▲Substack +4.4pp (35.2% → 39.6%)
▲Kit +4pp (64.8% → 68.8%)
▲Ghost +2.5pp (18.3% → 20.8%)
▼ActiveCampaign -2.3pp (21.1% → 18.8%)
▲MailerLite +1.8pp (73.2% → 75%)
▼Flodesk -1.6pp (18.3% → 16.7%)

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

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

▲Ghost moved #10 → #8
▲ActiveCampaign moved #7 → #6
▼Brevo moved #6 → #7
▼Flodesk moved #8 → #9
▼Sender moved #9 → #10
▼MailerLite -3pp (76.2% → 73.2%)
▼Brevo -2.5pp (22.2% → 19.7%)
▼Sender -2pp (17.5% → 15.5%)
▲Kit +1.3pp (63.5% → 64.8%)
▲ConvertKit +1.3pp (50.8% → 52.1%)

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

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

▲ INGhost entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
▼ OUTEmail Octopus left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
▲Ghost moved #13 → #10
▲Brevo moved #8 → #6
▼Email Octopus moved #10 → #12
▲Beehiiv moved #4 → #3
▼ConvertKit moved #3 → #4
▼ActiveCampaign moved #6 → #7
▼Flodesk moved #7 → #8
▼ConvertKit -13.7pp (64.5% → 50.8%)
▲Ghost +7.8pp (9.7% → 17.5%)
▲Brevo +6.1pp (16.1% → 22.2%)
▲MailerLite +5.2pp (71% → 76.2%)
▼ActiveCampaign -5.2pp (25.8% → 20.6%)
▲Beehiiv +3.8pp (58.1% → 61.9%)
▼Substack -3.8pp (38.7% → 34.9%)
▼Flodesk -3.6pp (22.6% → 19%)
▼Email Octopus -1.8pp (12.9% → 11.1%)
▲Sender +1.4pp (16.1% → 17.5%)
▼Kit -1pp (64.5% → 63.5%)

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

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

▲ INSender entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
▼ OUTMailchimp left the top 10 (#6 → #11)
▼Mailchimp moved #6 → #11
▲Sender moved #12 → #9
▲ActiveCampaign moved #8 → #6
▲Flodesk moved #9 → #7
▼Brevo moved #7 → #8
▼Mailchimp -12.6pp (25.5% → 12.9%)
▲ConvertKit +11.3pp (53.2% → 64.5%)
▼Brevo -7.3pp (23.4% → 16.1%)
▲Beehiiv +4.9pp (53.2% → 58.1%)
▲Sender +3.3pp (12.8% → 16.1%)
▲MailerLite +2.9pp (68.1% → 71%)
▲Substack +2.5pp (36.2% → 38.7%)
▲ActiveCampaign +2.4pp (23.4% → 25.8%)
▼Email Octopus -2pp (14.9% → 12.9%)
▼Kit -1.5pp (66% → 64.5%)
▲Flodesk +1.3pp (21.3% → 22.6%)

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

▲Flodesk moved #10 → #9
▼Email Octopus moved #9 → #10
▲Substack +6pp (30.2% → 36.2%)
▼ConvertKit -5.5pp (58.7% → 53.2%)
▼Mailchimp -4.7pp (30.2% → 25.5%)
▼Email Octopus -4.1pp (19% → 14.9%)
▲Flodesk +3.8pp (17.5% → 21.3%)
▼Brevo -3.6pp (27% → 23.4%)
▼MailerLite -1.7pp (69.8% → 68.1%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲Email Octopus +2.1pp (16.9% → 19%)
▲Mailchimp +2pp (28.2% → 30.2%)
▲Flodesk +2pp (15.5% → 17.5%)
▼ConvertKit -1.9pp (60.6% → 58.7%)
▲Brevo +1.6pp (25.4% → 27%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

▲Brevo moved #8 → #7
▼ActiveCampaign moved #7 → #8
▲Email Octopus moved #10 → #9
▼Flodesk moved #9 → #10
▼Flodesk -6pp (21.5% → 15.5%)
▼ConvertKit -4pp (64.6% → 60.6%)
▼Mailchimp -3.4pp (31.6% → 28.2%)
▼Kit -3.3pp (70.9% → 67.6%)
▼Beehiiv -3.3pp (58.2% → 54.9%)
▼ActiveCampaign -2.7pp (26.6% → 23.9%)
▼Substack -1.9pp (32.9% → 31%)
▼MailerLite -1.8pp (72.2% → 70.4%)
▼Brevo -1.2pp (26.6% → 25.4%)

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

▲MailerLite moved #2 → #1
▼Kit moved #1 → #2
▲Substack moved #6 → #5
▼Mailchimp moved #5 → #6
▲ActiveCampaign moved #8 → #7
▼Brevo moved #7 → #8
▲Flodesk moved #10 → #9
▼Email Octopus moved #9 → #10
▼Mailchimp -4.7pp (36.3% → 31.6%)
▼Brevo -3.8pp (30.4% → 26.6%)
▲Flodesk +2.9pp (18.6% → 21.5%)
▼ActiveCampaign -2.8pp (29.4% → 26.6%)
▼Kit -2.6pp (73.5% → 70.9%)
▼Beehiiv -1.6pp (59.8% → 58.2%)
▼ConvertKit -1.1pp (65.7% → 64.6%)

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, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite75%
#2Kit68.8%
#3Beehiiv66.7%
#4ConvertKit52.1%
#5Substack39.6%
#6Ghost20.8%
#7ActiveCampaign18.8%
#8Brevo18.8%
#9Flodesk16.7%
#10Mailchimp14.6%

Sep 7, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite73.2%
#2Kit64.8%
#3Beehiiv62%
#4ConvertKit52.1%
#5Substack35.2%
#6ActiveCampaign21.1%
#7Brevo19.7%
#8Ghost18.3%
#9Flodesk18.3%
#10Sender15.5%

Sep 6, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite73.2%
#2Kit64.8%
#3Beehiiv62%
#4ConvertKit52.1%
#5Substack35.2%
#6ActiveCampaign21.1%
#7Brevo19.7%
#8Ghost18.3%
#9Flodesk18.3%
#10Sender15.5%

Sep 5, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite73.2%
#2Kit64.8%
#3Beehiiv62%
#4ConvertKit52.1%
#5Substack35.2%
#6ActiveCampaign21.1%
#7Brevo19.7%
#8Ghost18.3%
#9Flodesk18.3%
#10Sender15.5%

Sep 4, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite73.2%
#2Kit64.8%
#3Beehiiv62%
#4ConvertKit52.1%
#5Substack35.2%
#6ActiveCampaign21.1%
#7Brevo19.7%
#8Ghost18.3%
#9Flodesk18.3%
#10Sender15.5%

Sep 3, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite73.2%
#2Kit64.8%
#3Beehiiv62%
#4ConvertKit52.1%
#5Substack35.2%
#6ActiveCampaign21.1%
#7Brevo19.7%
#8Ghost18.3%
#9Flodesk18.3%
#10Sender15.5%

Sep 2, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite73.2%
#2Kit64.8%
#3Beehiiv62%
#4ConvertKit52.1%
#5Substack35.2%
#6ActiveCampaign21.1%
#7Brevo19.7%
#8Ghost18.3%
#9Flodesk18.3%
#10Sender15.5%

Sep 1, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite73.2%
#2Kit64.8%
#3Beehiiv62%
#4ConvertKit52.1%
#5Substack35.2%
#6ActiveCampaign21.1%
#7Brevo19.7%
#8Ghost18.3%
#9Flodesk18.3%
#10Sender15.5%

Aug 31, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite73.2%
#2Kit64.8%
#3Beehiiv62%
#4ConvertKit52.1%
#5Substack35.2%
#6ActiveCampaign21.1%
#7Brevo19.7%
#8Ghost18.3%
#9Flodesk18.3%
#10Sender15.5%

Aug 30, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite73.2%
#2Kit64.8%
#3Beehiiv62%
#4ConvertKit52.1%
#5Substack35.2%
#6ActiveCampaign21.1%
#7Brevo19.7%
#8Ghost18.3%
#9Flodesk18.3%
#10Sender15.5%

Aug 29, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite73.2%
#2Kit64.8%
#3Beehiiv62%
#4ConvertKit52.1%
#5Substack35.2%
#6ActiveCampaign21.1%
#7Brevo19.7%
#8Ghost18.3%
#9Flodesk18.3%
#10Sender15.5%

Aug 28, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v5-7

#1MailerLite76.2%
#2Kit63.5%
#3Beehiiv61.9%
#4ConvertKit50.8%
#5Substack34.9%
#6Brevo22.2%
#7ActiveCampaign20.6%
#8Flodesk19%
#9Sender17.5%
#10Ghost17.5%

Aug 27, 202631 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v5

#1MailerLite71%
#2Kit64.5%
#3ConvertKit64.5%
#4Beehiiv58.1%
#5Substack38.7%
#6ActiveCampaign25.8%
#7Flodesk22.6%
#8Brevo16.1%
#9Sender16.1%
#10Email Octopus12.9%

Aug 26, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-5

#1MailerLite68.1%
#2Kit66%
#3ConvertKit53.2%
#4Beehiiv53.2%
#5Substack36.2%
#6Mailchimp25.5%
#7Brevo23.4%
#8ActiveCampaign23.4%
#9Flodesk21.3%
#10Email Octopus14.9%

Aug 25, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-5

#1MailerLite68.1%
#2Kit66%
#3ConvertKit53.2%
#4Beehiiv53.2%
#5Substack36.2%
#6Mailchimp25.5%
#7Brevo23.4%
#8ActiveCampaign23.4%
#9Flodesk21.3%
#10Email Octopus14.9%

Aug 24, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-5

#1MailerLite68.1%
#2Kit66%
#3ConvertKit53.2%
#4Beehiiv53.2%
#5Substack36.2%
#6Mailchimp25.5%
#7Brevo23.4%
#8ActiveCampaign23.4%
#9Flodesk21.3%
#10Email Octopus14.9%

Aug 23, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-5

#1MailerLite68.1%
#2Kit66%
#3ConvertKit53.2%
#4Beehiiv53.2%
#5Substack36.2%
#6Mailchimp25.5%
#7Brevo23.4%
#8ActiveCampaign23.4%
#9Flodesk21.3%
#10Email Octopus14.9%

Aug 22, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-5

#1MailerLite69.8%
#2Kit66.7%
#3ConvertKit58.7%
#4Beehiiv54%
#5Substack30.2%
#6Mailchimp30.2%
#7Brevo27%
#8ActiveCampaign23.8%
#9Email Octopus19%
#10Flodesk17.5%

Aug 21, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-5

#1MailerLite70.4%
#2Kit67.6%
#3ConvertKit60.6%
#4Beehiiv54.9%
#5Substack31%
#6Mailchimp28.2%
#7Brevo25.4%
#8ActiveCampaign23.9%
#9Email Octopus16.9%
#10Flodesk15.5%

Aug 20, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-5

#1MailerLite70.4%
#2Kit67.6%
#3ConvertKit60.6%
#4Beehiiv54.9%
#5Substack31%
#6Mailchimp28.2%
#7Brevo25.4%
#8ActiveCampaign23.9%
#9Email Octopus16.9%
#10Flodesk15.5%

Aug 19, 202679 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-5

#1MailerLite72.2%
#2Kit70.9%
#3ConvertKit64.6%
#4Beehiiv58.2%
#5Substack32.9%
#6Mailchimp31.6%
#7ActiveCampaign26.6%
#8Brevo26.6%
#9Flodesk21.5%
#10Email Octopus17.7%

Aug 18, 2026102 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-5

#1Kit73.5%
#2MailerLite72.5%
#3ConvertKit65.7%
#4Beehiiv59.8%
#5Mailchimp36.3%
#6Substack33.3%
#7Brevo30.4%
#8ActiveCampaign29.4%
#9Email Octopus18.6%
#10Flodesk18.6%

Aug 17, 2026102 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-5

#1Kit73.5%
#2MailerLite72.5%
#3ConvertKit65.7%
#4Beehiiv59.8%
#5Mailchimp36.3%
#6Substack33.3%
#7Brevo30.4%
#8ActiveCampaign29.4%
#9Email Octopus18.6%
#10Flodesk18.6%

Aug 16, 2026102 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-5

#1Kit73.5%
#2MailerLite72.5%
#3ConvertKit65.7%
#4Beehiiv59.8%
#5Mailchimp36.3%
#6Substack33.3%
#7Brevo30.4%
#8ActiveCampaign29.4%
#9Email Octopus18.6%
#10Flodesk18.6%

Aug 15, 2026102 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-5

#1Kit73.5%
#2MailerLite72.5%
#3ConvertKit65.7%
#4Beehiiv59.8%
#5Mailchimp36.3%
#6Substack33.3%
#7Brevo30.4%
#8ActiveCampaign29.4%
#9Email Octopus18.6%
#10Flodesk18.6%

Aug 14, 2026102 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-5

#1Kit73.5%
#2MailerLite72.5%
#3ConvertKit65.7%
#4Beehiiv59.8%
#5Mailchimp36.3%
#6Substack33.3%
#7Brevo30.4%
#8ActiveCampaign29.4%
#9Email Octopus18.6%
#10Flodesk18.6%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/email-marketing-for-creators/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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