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Screen recording tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for screen recording 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

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.

▲ INHowdyGo entered the top 10 (#14 → #9)
▼ OUTDescript left the top 10 (#9 → #16)
▼Descript moved #9 → #16
▲HowdyGo moved #14 → #9
▲Vidyard moved #8 → #4
▼Tella moved #7 → #10
▼OBS moved #5 → #7
▲Zight moved #10 → #8
▼Camtasia moved #4 → #5
▼Descript -10.7pp (21.4% → 10.7%)
▼Camtasia -9pp (30.4% → 21.4%)
▼Loom -8.9pp (73.2% → 64.3%)
▼Tella -8.9pp (26.8% → 17.9%)
▼Async -7.2pp (53.6% → 46.4%)
▼OBS -7.2pp (28.6% → 21.4%)
▼Zoom -5.4pp (26.8% → 21.4%)
▲HowdyGo +5.4pp (12.5% → 17.9%)
▼Screen Studio -1.8pp (30.4% → 28.6%)
▼Vidyard -1.8pp (23.2% → 21.4%)

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

▲Zoom moved #7 → #6
▼Tella moved #6 → #7
▲Zight +2pp (15.9% → 17.9%)
▼Tella -1.8pp (28.6% → 26.8%)

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

▲ INZight entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
▼ OUTSlack left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Zight moved #13 → #10
▲Screen Studio moved #5 → #3
▼Camtasia moved #3 → #4
▼OBS moved #4 → #5
▼Slack moved #10 → #11
▼OBS -4.3pp (32.9% → 28.6%)
▼Loom -2.7pp (75.7% → 73%)
▼Camtasia -2.7pp (32.9% → 30.2%)
▼Slack -2.7pp (18.6% → 15.9%)
▼Descript -2.3pp (22.9% → 20.6%)
▲Zoom +1.3pp (25.7% → 27%)
▼Screen Studio -1.2pp (31.4% → 30.2%)

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

▲ INSlack entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTMicrosoft left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Vidyard moved #9 → #8
▼Descript moved #8 → #9
▲Slack moved #11 → #10
▼Microsoft moved #10 → #11
▼Descript -2.5pp (25.4% → 22.9%)
▲Vidyard +2.1pp (22.2% → 24.3%)
▼Microsoft -2pp (20.6% → 18.6%)
▼Tella -1.6pp (30.2% → 28.6%)
▼Zoom -1.3pp (27% → 25.7%)

Aug 26, 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.

▲ INMicrosoft entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTSnagit left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
▼Snagit moved #9 → #12
▼Zoom moved #5 → #7
▲Descript moved #10 → #8
▲Microsoft moved #12 → #10
▲Screen Studio moved #6 → #5
▲Tella moved #7 → #6
▼Vidyard moved #8 → #9
▼Loom -9.3pp (85.5% → 76.2%)
▼Zoom -7.5pp (34.5% → 27%)
▼Camtasia -6.7pp (40% → 33.3%)
▼Snagit -6.5pp (25.5% → 19%)
▼Vidyard -5.1pp (27.3% → 22.2%)
▼OBS -4.9pp (38.2% → 33.3%)
▼Async -4.2pp (58.2% → 54%)
▲Microsoft +2.4pp (18.2% → 20.6%)

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

▲Camtasia moved #4 → #3
▼OBS moved #3 → #4
▲Zoom moved #6 → #5
▼Screen Studio moved #5 → #6
▲Tella moved #8 → #7
▼Vidyard moved #7 → #8
▲Descript +5.8pp (19.7% → 25.5%)
▲Zoom +5.6pp (28.9% → 34.5%)
▲Tella +4.6pp (26.3% → 30.9%)
▲Snagit +4.4pp (21.1% → 25.5%)
▲Loom +3.9pp (81.6% → 85.5%)
▲Camtasia +3.2pp (36.8% → 40%)
▲Screen Studio +2pp (28.9% → 30.9%)
▼Vidyard -1.6pp (28.9% → 27.3%)

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

#1Loom64.3%
#2Async46.4%
#3Screen Studio28.6%
#4Vidyard21.4%
#5Camtasia21.4%
#6Zoom21.4%
#7OBS21.4%
#8Zight17.9%
#9HowdyGo17.9%
#10Tella17.9%

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

#1Loom64.3%
#2Async46.4%
#3Screen Studio28.6%
#4Vidyard21.4%
#5Camtasia21.4%
#6Zoom21.4%
#7OBS21.4%
#8Zight17.9%
#9HowdyGo17.9%
#10Tella17.9%

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

#1Loom64.3%
#2Async46.4%
#3Screen Studio28.6%
#4Vidyard21.4%
#5Camtasia21.4%
#6Zoom21.4%
#7OBS21.4%
#8Zight17.9%
#9HowdyGo17.9%
#10Tella17.9%

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

#1Loom64.3%
#2Async46.4%
#3Screen Studio28.6%
#4Vidyard21.4%
#5Camtasia21.4%
#6Zoom21.4%
#7OBS21.4%
#8Zight17.9%
#9HowdyGo17.9%
#10Tella17.9%

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

#1Loom64.3%
#2Async46.4%
#3Screen Studio28.6%
#4Vidyard21.4%
#5Camtasia21.4%
#6Zoom21.4%
#7OBS21.4%
#8Zight17.9%
#9HowdyGo17.9%
#10Tella17.9%

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

#1Loom64.3%
#2Async46.4%
#3Screen Studio28.6%
#4Vidyard21.4%
#5Camtasia21.4%
#6Zoom21.4%
#7OBS21.4%
#8Zight17.9%
#9HowdyGo17.9%
#10Tella17.9%

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

#1Loom64.3%
#2Async46.4%
#3Screen Studio28.6%
#4Vidyard21.4%
#5Camtasia21.4%
#6Zoom21.4%
#7OBS21.4%
#8Zight17.9%
#9HowdyGo17.9%
#10Tella17.9%

Sep 1, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v4-7

#1Loom73.2%
#2Async53.6%
#3Screen Studio30.4%
#4Camtasia30.4%
#5OBS28.6%
#6Zoom26.8%
#7Tella26.8%
#8Vidyard23.2%
#9Descript21.4%
#10Zight17.9%

Aug 31, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7

#1Loom73.2%
#2Async53.6%
#3Screen Studio30.4%
#4Camtasia30.4%
#5OBS28.6%
#6Zoom26.8%
#7Tella26.8%
#8Vidyard23.2%
#9Descript21.4%
#10Zight17.9%

Aug 30, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-7

#1Loom73%
#2Async54%
#3Screen Studio30.2%
#4Camtasia30.2%
#5OBS28.6%
#6Tella28.6%
#7Zoom27%
#8Vidyard23.8%
#9Descript20.6%
#10Zight15.9%

Aug 29, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1Loom75.7%
#2Async54.3%
#3Camtasia32.9%
#4OBS32.9%
#5Screen Studio31.4%
#6Tella28.6%
#7Zoom25.7%
#8Vidyard24.3%
#9Descript22.9%
#10Slack18.6%

Aug 28, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Loom75.7%
#2Async54.3%
#3Camtasia32.9%
#4OBS32.9%
#5Screen Studio31.4%
#6Tella28.6%
#7Zoom25.7%
#8Vidyard24.3%
#9Descript22.9%
#10Slack18.6%

Aug 27, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Loom75.7%
#2Async54.3%
#3Camtasia32.9%
#4OBS32.9%
#5Screen Studio31.4%
#6Tella28.6%
#7Zoom25.7%
#8Vidyard24.3%
#9Descript22.9%
#10Slack18.6%

Aug 26, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Loom76.2%
#2Async54%
#3Camtasia33.3%
#4OBS33.3%
#5Screen Studio31.7%
#6Tella30.2%
#7Zoom27%
#8Descript25.4%
#9Vidyard22.2%
#10Microsoft20.6%

Aug 25, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4

#1Loom85.5%
#2Async58.2%
#3Camtasia40%
#4OBS38.2%
#5Zoom34.5%
#6Screen Studio30.9%
#7Tella30.9%
#8Vidyard27.3%
#9Snagit25.5%
#10Descript25.5%

Aug 24, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4

#1Loom85.5%
#2Async58.2%
#3Camtasia40%
#4OBS38.2%
#5Zoom34.5%
#6Screen Studio30.9%
#7Tella30.9%
#8Vidyard27.3%
#9Snagit25.5%
#10Descript25.5%

Aug 23, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4

#1Loom85.5%
#2Async58.2%
#3Camtasia40%
#4OBS38.2%
#5Zoom34.5%
#6Screen Studio30.9%
#7Tella30.9%
#8Vidyard27.3%
#9Snagit25.5%
#10Descript25.5%

Aug 22, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4

#1Loom85.5%
#2Async58.2%
#3Camtasia40%
#4OBS38.2%
#5Zoom34.5%
#6Screen Studio30.9%
#7Tella30.9%
#8Vidyard27.3%
#9Snagit25.5%
#10Descript25.5%

Aug 21, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4

#1Loom81.6%
#2Async57.9%
#3OBS38.2%
#4Camtasia36.8%
#5Screen Studio28.9%
#6Zoom28.9%
#7Vidyard28.9%
#8Tella26.3%
#9Snagit21.1%
#10Descript19.7%

Aug 20, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4

#1Loom81.6%
#2Async57.9%
#3OBS38.2%
#4Camtasia36.8%
#5Screen Studio28.9%
#6Zoom28.9%
#7Vidyard28.9%
#8Tella26.3%
#9Snagit21.1%
#10Descript19.7%

Aug 19, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Loom81.6%
#2Async57.9%
#3OBS38.2%
#4Camtasia36.8%
#5Screen Studio28.9%
#6Zoom28.9%
#7Vidyard28.9%
#8Tella26.3%
#9Snagit21.1%
#10Descript19.7%

Aug 18, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Loom81.6%
#2Async57.9%
#3OBS38.2%
#4Camtasia36.8%
#5Screen Studio28.9%
#6Zoom28.9%
#7Vidyard28.9%
#8Tella26.3%
#9Snagit21.1%
#10Descript19.7%

Aug 17, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Loom81.6%
#2Async57.9%
#3OBS38.2%
#4Camtasia36.8%
#5Screen Studio28.9%
#6Zoom28.9%
#7Vidyard28.9%
#8Tella26.3%
#9Snagit21.1%
#10Descript19.7%

Aug 16, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Loom81.6%
#2Async57.9%
#3OBS38.2%
#4Camtasia36.8%
#5Screen Studio28.9%
#6Zoom28.9%
#7Vidyard28.9%
#8Tella26.3%
#9Snagit21.1%
#10Descript19.7%

Aug 15, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Loom81.6%
#2Async57.9%
#3OBS38.2%
#4Camtasia36.8%
#5Screen Studio28.9%
#6Zoom28.9%
#7Vidyard28.9%
#8Tella26.3%
#9Snagit21.1%
#10Descript19.7%

Aug 14, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Loom81.6%
#2Async57.9%
#3OBS38.2%
#4Camtasia36.8%
#5Screen Studio28.9%
#6Zoom28.9%
#7Vidyard28.9%
#8Tella26.3%
#9Snagit21.1%
#10Descript19.7%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/screen-recording-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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