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Headless CMS platforms — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for headless cms platforms, 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: 25 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

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

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.

▲Storyblok moved #7 → #5
▲Prismic moved #10 → #8
▲Sanity moved #3 → #2
▼Strapi moved #2 → #3
▼Next.js moved #5 → #6
▼Directus moved #6 → #7
▼React moved #8 → #9
▼Hygraph moved #9 → #10
▼React -19.2pp (44.2% → 25%)
▼Directus -15.5pp (51.2% → 35.7%)
▼Next.js -15.2pp (58.1% → 42.9%)
▼Payload -15.1pp (65.1% → 50%)
▼Strapi -15pp (72.1% → 57.1%)
▼Hygraph -14.7pp (32.6% → 17.9%)
▼Sanity -6.7pp (67.4% → 60.7%)
▼Contentful -6.5pp (74.4% → 67.9%)
▼Storyblok -3.6pp (46.5% → 42.9%)

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

▲ INPrismic entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTNode.js left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▼React moved #6 → #8
▲Directus moved #7 → #6
▲Storyblok moved #8 → #7
▲Prismic moved #11 → #10
▼Node.js moved #10 → #11
▼React -8.6pp (52.8% → 44.2%)
▼Node.js -5pp (30.6% → 25.6%)
▼Hygraph -3.5pp (36.1% → 32.6%)
▼Next.js -3pp (61.1% → 58.1%)
▲Storyblok +2.1pp (44.4% → 46.5%)
▼Payload -1.6pp (66.7% → 65.1%)
▲Directus +1.2pp (50% → 51.2%)

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 25, 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.

▲ INNode.js entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTPrismic left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Contentful moved #3 → #1
▼Strapi moved #1 → #2
▼Sanity moved #2 → #3
▲Payload moved #5 → #4
▼Next.js moved #4 → #5
▲React moved #7 → #6
▼Directus moved #6 → #7
▲Node.js moved #11 → #10
▼Prismic moved #10 → #11
▼Directus -15.5pp (65.5% → 50%)
▼Strapi -14pp (86.2% → 72.2%)
▼Storyblok -10.8pp (55.2% → 44.4%)
▼Next.js -7.9pp (69% → 61.1%)
▼Prismic -6pp (31% → 25%)
▼Sanity -5.7pp (72.4% → 66.7%)
▲Contentful +2.6pp (72.4% → 75%)
▼React -2.4pp (55.2% → 52.8%)
▼Payload -2.3pp (69% → 66.7%)
▼Hygraph -1.8pp (37.9% → 36.1%)

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

▲ INPrismic entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTNode.js left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Prismic moved #11 → #10
▼Node.js moved #10 → #11
▲Prismic +4.5pp (26.5% → 31%)
▼Hygraph -3.3pp (41.2% → 37.9%)
▲Storyblok +2.3pp (52.9% → 55.2%)
▲Sanity +1.8pp (70.6% → 72.4%)
▲Contentful +1.8pp (70.6% → 72.4%)
▲Next.js +1.4pp (67.6% → 69%)
▲Payload +1.4pp (67.6% → 69%)
▼Node.js -1.4pp (32.4% → 31%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲ INNode.js entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTPrismic left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲React moved #8 → #7
▼Storyblok moved #7 → #8
▲Node.js moved #11 → #10
▼Prismic moved #10 → #11
▲Payload +13.1pp (54.5% → 67.6%)
▲React +12.3pp (43.6% → 55.9%)
▲Directus +12pp (52.7% → 64.7%)
▲Strapi +10.8pp (74.5% → 85.3%)
▲Node.js +10.6pp (21.8% → 32.4%)
▲Next.js +9.4pp (58.2% → 67.6%)
▲Hygraph +6.7pp (34.5% → 41.2%)
▲Contentful +5.1pp (65.5% → 70.6%)
▲Sanity +3.3pp (67.3% → 70.6%)
▲Storyblok +2pp (50.9% → 52.9%)
▲Prismic +1pp (25.5% → 26.5%)

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

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

#1Contentful67.9%
#2Sanity60.7%
#3Strapi57.1%
#4Payload50%
#5Storyblok42.9%
#6Next.js42.9%
#7Directus35.7%
#8Prismic25%
#9React25%
#10Hygraph17.9%

Sep 7, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Contentful67.9%
#2Sanity60.7%
#3Strapi57.1%
#4Payload50%
#5Storyblok42.9%
#6Next.js42.9%
#7Directus35.7%
#8Prismic25%
#9React25%
#10Hygraph17.9%

Sep 6, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Contentful67.9%
#2Sanity60.7%
#3Strapi57.1%
#4Payload50%
#5Storyblok42.9%
#6Next.js42.9%
#7Directus35.7%
#8Prismic25%
#9React25%
#10Hygraph17.9%

Sep 5, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Contentful67.9%
#2Sanity60.7%
#3Strapi57.1%
#4Payload50%
#5Storyblok42.9%
#6Next.js42.9%
#7Directus35.7%
#8Prismic25%
#9React25%
#10Hygraph17.9%

Sep 4, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Contentful67.9%
#2Sanity60.7%
#3Strapi57.1%
#4Payload50%
#5Storyblok42.9%
#6Next.js42.9%
#7Directus35.7%
#8Prismic25%
#9React25%
#10Hygraph17.9%

Sep 3, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7

#1Contentful67.9%
#2Sanity60.7%
#3Strapi57.1%
#4Payload50%
#5Storyblok42.9%
#6Next.js42.9%
#7Directus35.7%
#8Prismic25%
#9React25%
#10Hygraph17.9%

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

#1Contentful67.9%
#2Sanity60.7%
#3Strapi57.1%
#4Payload50%
#5Storyblok42.9%
#6Next.js42.9%
#7Directus35.7%
#8Prismic25%
#9React25%
#10Hygraph17.9%

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

#1Contentful67.9%
#2Sanity60.7%
#3Strapi57.1%
#4Payload50%
#5Storyblok42.9%
#6Next.js42.9%
#7Directus35.7%
#8Prismic25%
#9React25%
#10Hygraph17.9%

Aug 31, 202643 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7

#1Contentful74.4%
#2Strapi72.1%
#3Sanity67.4%
#4Payload65.1%
#5Next.js58.1%
#6Directus51.2%
#7Storyblok46.5%
#8React44.2%
#9Hygraph32.6%
#10Prismic25.6%

Aug 30, 202643 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-7

#1Contentful74.4%
#2Strapi72.1%
#3Sanity67.4%
#4Payload65.1%
#5Next.js58.1%
#6Directus51.2%
#7Storyblok46.5%
#8React44.2%
#9Hygraph32.6%
#10Prismic25.6%

Aug 29, 202643 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1Contentful74.4%
#2Strapi72.1%
#3Sanity67.4%
#4Payload65.1%
#5Next.js58.1%
#6Directus51.2%
#7Storyblok46.5%
#8React44.2%
#9Hygraph32.6%
#10Prismic25.6%

Aug 28, 202643 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Contentful74.4%
#2Strapi72.1%
#3Sanity67.4%
#4Payload65.1%
#5Next.js58.1%
#6Directus51.2%
#7Storyblok46.5%
#8React44.2%
#9Hygraph32.6%
#10Prismic25.6%

Aug 27, 202636 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Contentful75%
#2Strapi72.2%
#3Sanity66.7%
#4Payload66.7%
#5Next.js61.1%
#6React52.8%
#7Directus50%
#8Storyblok44.4%
#9Hygraph36.1%
#10Node.js30.6%

Aug 25, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4

#1Strapi86.2%
#2Sanity72.4%
#3Contentful72.4%
#4Next.js69%
#5Payload69%
#6Directus65.5%
#7React55.2%
#8Storyblok55.2%
#9Hygraph37.9%
#10Prismic31%

Aug 24, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4

#1Strapi86.2%
#2Sanity72.4%
#3Contentful72.4%
#4Next.js69%
#5Payload69%
#6Directus65.5%
#7React55.2%
#8Storyblok55.2%
#9Hygraph37.9%
#10Prismic31%

Aug 23, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4

#1Strapi86.2%
#2Sanity72.4%
#3Contentful72.4%
#4Next.js69%
#5Payload69%
#6Directus65.5%
#7React55.2%
#8Storyblok55.2%
#9Hygraph37.9%
#10Prismic31%

Aug 22, 202634 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4

#1Strapi85.3%
#2Sanity70.6%
#3Contentful70.6%
#4Next.js67.6%
#5Payload67.6%
#6Directus64.7%
#7React55.9%
#8Storyblok52.9%
#9Hygraph41.2%
#10Node.js32.4%

Aug 21, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4

#1Strapi74.5%
#2Sanity67.3%
#3Contentful65.5%
#4Next.js58.2%
#5Payload54.5%
#6Directus52.7%
#7Storyblok50.9%
#8React43.6%
#9Hygraph34.5%
#10Prismic25.5%

Aug 20, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4

#1Strapi74.5%
#2Sanity67.3%
#3Contentful65.5%
#4Next.js58.2%
#5Payload54.5%
#6Directus52.7%
#7Storyblok50.9%
#8React43.6%
#9Hygraph34.5%
#10Prismic25.5%

Aug 19, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Strapi74.5%
#2Sanity67.3%
#3Contentful65.5%
#4Next.js58.2%
#5Payload54.5%
#6Directus52.7%
#7Storyblok50.9%
#8React43.6%
#9Hygraph34.5%
#10Prismic25.5%

Aug 18, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Strapi74.5%
#2Sanity67.3%
#3Contentful65.5%
#4Next.js58.2%
#5Payload54.5%
#6Directus52.7%
#7Storyblok50.9%
#8React43.6%
#9Hygraph34.5%
#10Prismic25.5%

Aug 17, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Strapi74.5%
#2Sanity67.3%
#3Contentful65.5%
#4Next.js58.2%
#5Payload54.5%
#6Directus52.7%
#7Storyblok50.9%
#8React43.6%
#9Hygraph34.5%
#10Prismic25.5%

Aug 16, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Strapi74.5%
#2Sanity67.3%
#3Contentful65.5%
#4Next.js58.2%
#5Payload54.5%
#6Directus52.7%
#7Storyblok50.9%
#8React43.6%
#9Hygraph34.5%
#10Prismic25.5%

Aug 15, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Strapi74.5%
#2Sanity67.3%
#3Contentful65.5%
#4Next.js58.2%
#5Payload54.5%
#6Directus52.7%
#7Storyblok50.9%
#8React43.6%
#9Hygraph34.5%
#10Prismic25.5%

Aug 14, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Strapi74.5%
#2Sanity67.3%
#3Contentful65.5%
#4Next.js58.2%
#5Payload54.5%
#6Directus52.7%
#7Storyblok50.9%
#8React43.6%
#9Hygraph34.5%
#10Prismic25.5%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/headless-cms/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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