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SEO tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for seo 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

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 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.

▲ INUbersuggest entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTSERPWatcher left the top 10 (#10 → #13)
▼SERPWatcher moved #10 → #13
▲Ubersuggest moved #12 → #10
▲Semrush One moved #3 → #2
▼Search Console moved #2 → #3
▲Screaming Frog moved #7 → #6
▼Mangools moved #6 → #7
▲Semrush One +5.7pp (51.4% → 57.1%)
▲Ubersuggest +5pp (20% → 25%)
▲Ahrefs +3.6pp (71.4% → 75%)
▲Screaming Frog +3.5pp (28.6% → 32.1%)
▲Google Keyword Planner +2.9pp (25.7% → 28.6%)
▼Google Search Console -2.2pp (48.6% → 46.4%)
▼Mangools -2.2pp (34.3% → 32.1%)
▲KWFinder +2.1pp (22.9% → 25%)
▼SERPWatcher -2.1pp (20% → 17.9%)

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

▲ INKWFinder entered the top 10 (#11 → #9)
▲ INSERPWatcher entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
▼ OUTUbersuggest left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
▼ OUTGoogle Trends left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲SERPWatcher moved #13 → #10
▼Ubersuggest moved #9 → #12
▲KWFinder moved #11 → #9
▼Google Trends moved #10 → #11
▼Search Console -11pp (65.3% → 54.3%)
▼Google Search Console -6.5pp (55.1% → 48.6%)
▼Ubersuggest -6.5pp (26.5% → 20%)
▼Semrush One -5.7pp (57.1% → 51.4%)
▼Mangools -4.5pp (38.8% → 34.3%)
▼Ahrefs -4.1pp (75.5% → 71.4%)
▼SE Ranking -4pp (46.9% → 42.9%)
▼Google Trends -2.4pp (22.4% → 20%)
▼Screaming Frog -2pp (30.6% → 28.6%)
▲SERPWatcher +1.6pp (18.4% → 20%)

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

▲Google Search Console moved #5 → #4
▼SE Ranking moved #4 → #5
▲Google Keyword Planner moved #9 → #8
▼Ubersuggest moved #8 → #9
▲Google Search Console +9.1pp (46% → 55.1%)
▼SE Ranking -3.9pp (50.8% → 46.9%)
▼Ubersuggest -3.7pp (30.2% → 26.5%)
▲Search Console +3.4pp (61.9% → 65.3%)
▲Semrush One +3.1pp (54% → 57.1%)
▲Mangools +2.3pp (36.5% → 38.8%)
▼Google Trends -1.4pp (23.8% → 22.4%)
▼Screaming Frog -1.1pp (31.7% → 30.6%)
▲Google Keyword Planner +1.1pp (25.4% → 26.5%)

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

▲Semrush One moved #4 → #3
▼SE Ranking moved #3 → #4
▼Search Console -2.4pp (64.3% → 61.9%)
▲Semrush One +2.2pp (51.8% → 54%)
▲Screaming Frog +1.3pp (30.4% → 31.7%)
▼Google Trends -1.2pp (25% → 23.8%)
▼SE Ranking -1pp (51.8% → 50.8%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 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.

▲Mangools moved #8 → #6
▼Ubersuggest moved #6 → #8
▲SE Ranking moved #4 → #3
▼Semrush One moved #3 → #4
▲Google Keyword Planner moved #10 → #9
▼Google Trends moved #9 → #10
▼Semrush One -8.9pp (60.7% → 51.8%)
▼Ubersuggest -8.9pp (39.3% → 30.4%)
▼Search Console -5.3pp (69.6% → 64.3%)
▼SE Ranking -5.3pp (57.1% → 51.8%)
▼Ahrefs -3.6pp (80.4% → 76.8%)
▲Mangools +3.6pp (32.1% → 35.7%)
▲Google Keyword Planner +3.6pp (21.4% → 25%)
▼Google Trends -3.6pp (28.6% → 25%)
▲Google Search Console +3.5pp (42.9% → 46.4%)
▼Screaming Frog -3.5pp (33.9% → 30.4%)

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

#1Ahrefs75%
#2Semrush One57.1%
#3Search Console53.6%
#4Google Search Console46.4%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Screaming Frog32.1%
#7Mangools32.1%
#8Google Keyword Planner28.6%
#9KWFinder25%
#10Ubersuggest25%

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

#1Ahrefs75%
#2Semrush One57.1%
#3Search Console53.6%
#4Google Search Console46.4%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Screaming Frog32.1%
#7Mangools32.1%
#8Google Keyword Planner28.6%
#9KWFinder25%
#10Ubersuggest25%

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

#1Ahrefs75%
#2Semrush One57.1%
#3Search Console53.6%
#4Google Search Console46.4%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Screaming Frog32.1%
#7Mangools32.1%
#8Google Keyword Planner28.6%
#9KWFinder25%
#10Ubersuggest25%

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

#1Ahrefs75%
#2Semrush One57.1%
#3Search Console53.6%
#4Google Search Console46.4%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Screaming Frog32.1%
#7Mangools32.1%
#8Google Keyword Planner28.6%
#9KWFinder25%
#10Ubersuggest25%

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

#1Ahrefs75%
#2Semrush One57.1%
#3Search Console53.6%
#4Google Search Console46.4%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Screaming Frog32.1%
#7Mangools32.1%
#8Google Keyword Planner28.6%
#9KWFinder25%
#10Ubersuggest25%

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

#1Ahrefs75%
#2Semrush One57.1%
#3Search Console53.6%
#4Google Search Console46.4%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Screaming Frog32.1%
#7Mangools32.1%
#8Google Keyword Planner28.6%
#9KWFinder25%
#10Ubersuggest25%

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

#1Ahrefs75%
#2Semrush One57.1%
#3Search Console53.6%
#4Google Search Console46.4%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Screaming Frog32.1%
#7Mangools32.1%
#8Google Keyword Planner28.6%
#9KWFinder25%
#10Ubersuggest25%

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

#1Ahrefs75%
#2Semrush One57.1%
#3Search Console53.6%
#4Google Search Console46.4%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Screaming Frog32.1%
#7Mangools32.1%
#8Google Keyword Planner28.6%
#9KWFinder25%
#10Ubersuggest25%

Aug 31, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v7

#1Ahrefs75%
#2Semrush One57.1%
#3Search Console53.6%
#4Google Search Console46.4%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Screaming Frog32.1%
#7Mangools32.1%
#8Google Keyword Planner28.6%
#9KWFinder25%
#10Ubersuggest25%

Aug 30, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v7

#1Ahrefs75%
#2Semrush One57.1%
#3Search Console53.6%
#4Google Search Console46.4%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Screaming Frog32.1%
#7Mangools32.1%
#8Google Keyword Planner28.6%
#9KWFinder25%
#10Ubersuggest25%

Aug 29, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v7

#1Ahrefs75%
#2Semrush One57.1%
#3Search Console53.6%
#4Google Search Console46.4%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Screaming Frog32.1%
#7Mangools32.1%
#8Google Keyword Planner28.6%
#9KWFinder25%
#10Ubersuggest25%

Aug 28, 202635 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Ahrefs71.4%
#2Search Console54.3%
#3Semrush One51.4%
#4Google Search Console48.6%
#5SE Ranking42.9%
#6Mangools34.3%
#7Screaming Frog28.6%
#8Google Keyword Planner25.7%
#9KWFinder22.9%
#10SERPWatcher20%

Aug 27, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Ahrefs75.5%
#2Search Console65.3%
#3Semrush One57.1%
#4Google Search Console55.1%
#5SE Ranking46.9%
#6Mangools38.8%
#7Screaming Frog30.6%
#8Google Keyword Planner26.5%
#9Ubersuggest26.5%
#10Google Trends22.4%

Aug 26, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Ahrefs75.5%
#2Search Console65.3%
#3Semrush One57.1%
#4Google Search Console55.1%
#5SE Ranking46.9%
#6Mangools38.8%
#7Screaming Frog30.6%
#8Google Keyword Planner26.5%
#9Ubersuggest26.5%
#10Google Trends22.4%

Aug 25, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Ahrefs76.2%
#2Search Console61.9%
#3Semrush One54%
#4SE Ranking50.8%
#5Google Search Console46%
#6Mangools36.5%
#7Screaming Frog31.7%
#8Ubersuggest30.2%
#9Google Keyword Planner25.4%
#10Google Trends23.8%

Aug 24, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Ahrefs76.2%
#2Search Console61.9%
#3Semrush One54%
#4SE Ranking50.8%
#5Google Search Console46%
#6Mangools36.5%
#7Screaming Frog31.7%
#8Ubersuggest30.2%
#9Google Keyword Planner25.4%
#10Google Trends23.8%

Aug 23, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Ahrefs76.2%
#2Search Console61.9%
#3Semrush One54%
#4SE Ranking50.8%
#5Google Search Console46%
#6Mangools36.5%
#7Screaming Frog31.7%
#8Ubersuggest30.2%
#9Google Keyword Planner25.4%
#10Google Trends23.8%

Aug 22, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7

#1Ahrefs76.8%
#2Search Console64.3%
#3SE Ranking51.8%
#4Semrush One51.8%
#5Google Search Console46.4%
#6Mangools35.7%
#7Screaming Frog30.4%
#8Ubersuggest30.4%
#9Google Keyword Planner25%
#10Google Trends25%

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

#1Ahrefs80.4%
#2Search Console69.6%
#3Semrush One60.7%
#4SE Ranking57.1%
#5Google Search Console42.9%
#6Ubersuggest39.3%
#7Screaming Frog33.9%
#8Mangools32.1%
#9Google Trends28.6%
#10Google Keyword Planner21.4%

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

#1Ahrefs80.4%
#2Search Console69.6%
#3Semrush One60.7%
#4SE Ranking57.1%
#5Google Search Console42.9%
#6Ubersuggest39.3%
#7Screaming Frog33.9%
#8Mangools32.1%
#9Google Trends28.6%
#10Google Keyword Planner21.4%

Aug 19, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Ahrefs80.4%
#2Search Console69.6%
#3Semrush One60.7%
#4SE Ranking57.1%
#5Google Search Console42.9%
#6Ubersuggest39.3%
#7Screaming Frog33.9%
#8Mangools32.1%
#9Google Trends28.6%
#10Google Keyword Planner21.4%

Aug 18, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Ahrefs80.4%
#2Search Console69.6%
#3Semrush One60.7%
#4SE Ranking57.1%
#5Google Search Console42.9%
#6Ubersuggest39.3%
#7Screaming Frog33.9%
#8Mangools32.1%
#9Google Trends28.6%
#10Google Keyword Planner21.4%

Aug 17, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Ahrefs80.4%
#2Search Console69.6%
#3Semrush One60.7%
#4SE Ranking57.1%
#5Google Search Console42.9%
#6Ubersuggest39.3%
#7Screaming Frog33.9%
#8Mangools32.1%
#9Google Trends28.6%
#10Google Keyword Planner21.4%

Aug 16, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Ahrefs80.4%
#2Search Console69.6%
#3Semrush One60.7%
#4SE Ranking57.1%
#5Google Search Console42.9%
#6Ubersuggest39.3%
#7Screaming Frog33.9%
#8Mangools32.1%
#9Google Trends28.6%
#10Google Keyword Planner21.4%

Aug 15, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Ahrefs80.4%
#2Search Console69.6%
#3Semrush One60.7%
#4SE Ranking57.1%
#5Google Search Console42.9%
#6Ubersuggest39.3%
#7Screaming Frog33.9%
#8Mangools32.1%
#9Google Trends28.6%
#10Google Keyword Planner21.4%

Aug 14, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Ahrefs80.4%
#2Search Console69.6%
#3Semrush One60.7%
#4SE Ranking57.1%
#5Google Search Console42.9%
#6Ubersuggest39.3%
#7Screaming Frog33.9%
#8Mangools32.1%
#9Google Trends28.6%
#10Google Keyword Planner21.4%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/seo-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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