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Social media tools for restaurants — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for social media tools for restaurants, 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

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

▲Meta Business Suite moved #6 → #5
▼Canva moved #5 → #6
▲Google Business Profile +2.7pp (41.7% → 44.4%)
▼Canva -2.5pp (34.4% → 31.9%)
▲Buffer +2.4pp (69.8% → 72.2%)
▼Vista Social -2.4pp (26% → 23.6%)
▼Metricool -1.8pp (24% → 22.2%)
▲Hootsuite +1.4pp (41.7% → 43.1%)
▼Social Bee -1.4pp (20.8% → 19.4%)

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

▲ INSprout entered the ranking at #7
▼ OUTSprout Social left the ranking (was #7)

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

▼Google Business Profile -3.8pp (45.5% → 41.7%)
▼Vista Social -2.4pp (28.4% → 26%)
▼Metricool -2.1pp (26.1% → 24%)
▼Canva -2pp (36.4% → 34.4%)
▼Meta Business Suite -1.9pp (35.2% → 33.3%)
▼Sprout Social -1.6pp (31.8% → 30.2%)
▲Social Bee +1.5pp (19.3% → 20.8%)

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

▲Canva moved #6 → #5
▼Meta Business Suite moved #5 → #6
▲Vista Social moved #9 → #8
▼Metricool moved #8 → #9
▼Later -6pp (59.4% → 53.4%)
▼Metricool -5.2pp (31.3% → 26.1%)
▼Google Business Profile -2.9pp (48.4% → 45.5%)
▼Meta Business Suite -2.3pp (37.5% → 35.2%)
▼Vista Social -1.3pp (29.7% → 28.4%)
▼Canva -1.1pp (37.5% → 36.4%)
▼Sprout Social -1pp (32.8% → 31.8%)
▼Social Bee -1pp (20.3% → 19.3%)

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 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.

▲ INSocial Bee entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTAdaptlyPost left the top 10 (#9 → #11)
▲Google Business Profile moved #8 → #3
▼Canva moved #4 → #6
▼Sprout Social moved #5 → #7
▲Metricool moved #10 → #8
▼Vista Social moved #7 → #9
▼AdaptlyPost moved #9 → #11
▼Hootsuite moved #3 → #4
▲Meta Business Suite moved #6 → #5
▲Social Bee moved #11 → #10
▲Google Business Profile +23.4pp (25% → 48.4%)
▲Later +9.4pp (50% → 59.4%)
▲Meta Business Suite +9.4pp (28.1% → 37.5%)
▲Metricool +9.4pp (21.9% → 31.3%)
▲Buffer +7.8pp (62.5% → 70.3%)
▲Hootsuite +7.8pp (34.4% → 42.2%)
▼AdaptlyPost -6.3pp (21.9% → 15.6%)
▲Canva +6.2pp (31.3% → 37.5%)
▲Sprout Social +4.7pp (28.1% → 32.8%)
▲Vista Social +4.7pp (25% → 29.7%)
▲Social Bee +1.5pp (18.8% → 20.3%)

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

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.

▲Meta Business Suite moved #9 → #6
▼Vista Social moved #5 → #7
▼AdaptlyPost moved #7 → #9
▲Sprout Social moved #6 → #5
▼Vista Social -8.3pp (33.3% → 25%)
▼Canva -6.2pp (37.5% → 31.3%)
▼Hootsuite -5.2pp (39.6% → 34.4%)
▲Meta Business Suite +5.2pp (22.9% → 28.1%)
▼Buffer -4.2pp (66.7% → 62.5%)
▼Sprout Social -3.2pp (31.3% → 28.1%)
▼AdaptlyPost -3.1pp (25% → 21.9%)
▼Later -2.1pp (52.1% → 50%)
▲Google Business Profile +2.1pp (22.9% → 25%)
▼Metricool -1pp (22.9% → 21.9%)

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

▼Meta Business Suite moved #5 → #9
▲Canva moved #7 → #4
▼Vista Social moved #4 → #5
▲AdaptlyPost moved #8 → #7
▲Google Business Profile moved #9 → #8
▲Canva +9.4pp (28.1% → 37.5%)
▼Meta Business Suite -6.8pp (29.7% → 22.9%)
▼Hootsuite -5.7pp (45.3% → 39.6%)
▲Sprout Social +3.2pp (28.1% → 31.3%)
▲Metricool +2.6pp (20.3% → 22.9%)
▼Buffer -2.1pp (68.8% → 66.7%)
▲AdaptlyPost +1.6pp (23.4% → 25%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲Meta Business Suite moved #6 → #5
▼Sprout Social moved #5 → #6
▲Vista Social +3.6pp (29.2% → 32.8%)
▲Canva +3.1pp (25% → 28.1%)
▲Metricool +2.2pp (18.1% → 20.3%)
▲Meta Business Suite +1.9pp (27.8% → 29.7%)
▲Google Business Profile +1.2pp (22.2% → 23.4%)
▼Sprout Social -1.1pp (29.2% → 28.1%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

▲Canva moved #9 → #7
▼Google Business Profile moved #7 → #9
▲Vista Social moved #5 → #4
▼Sprout Social moved #4 → #5
▼Sprout Social -3.3pp (32.5% → 29.2%)
▼Metricool -3.2pp (21.3% → 18.1%)
▲Canva +2.5pp (22.5% → 25%)
▼Later -2.4pp (53.8% → 51.4%)
▼Meta Business Suite -2.2pp (30% → 27.8%)
▼Buffer -1.9pp (71.3% → 69.4%)
▼Hootsuite -1.7pp (47.5% → 45.8%)
▼Google Business Profile -1.6pp (23.8% → 22.2%)
▲AdaptlyPost +1.1pp (22.5% → 23.6%)

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

▲Canva moved #10 → #9
▼Metricool moved #9 → #10
▼Hootsuite -6.3pp (53.8% → 47.5%)
▼Later -5.8pp (59.6% → 53.8%)
▼Sprout Social -4pp (36.5% → 32.5%)
▲Canva +3.3pp (19.2% → 22.5%)
▼Google Business Profile -3.1pp (26.9% → 23.8%)
▼Buffer -2.7pp (74% → 71.3%)

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, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v5-7

#1Buffer72.2%
#2Later54.2%
#3Google Business Profile44.4%
#4Hootsuite43.1%
#5Meta Business Suite33.3%
#6Canva31.9%
#7Sprout30.6%
#8Vista Social23.6%
#9Metricool22.2%
#10Social Bee19.4%

Sep 7, 202696 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v5-7

#1Buffer69.8%
#2Later54.2%
#3Google Business Profile41.7%
#4Hootsuite41.7%
#5Canva34.4%
#6Meta Business Suite33.3%
#7Sprout30.2%
#8Vista Social26%
#9Metricool24%
#10Social Bee20.8%

Sep 6, 202696 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v5-7

#1Buffer69.8%
#2Later54.2%
#3Google Business Profile41.7%
#4Hootsuite41.7%
#5Canva34.4%
#6Meta Business Suite33.3%
#7Sprout30.2%
#8Vista Social26%
#9Metricool24%
#10Social Bee20.8%

Sep 5, 202696 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v5-7

#1Buffer69.8%
#2Later54.2%
#3Google Business Profile41.7%
#4Hootsuite41.7%
#5Canva34.4%
#6Meta Business Suite33.3%
#7Sprout Social30.2%
#8Vista Social26%
#9Metricool24%
#10Social Bee20.8%

Sep 4, 202696 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v5-7

#1Buffer69.8%
#2Later54.2%
#3Google Business Profile41.7%
#4Hootsuite41.7%
#5Canva34.4%
#6Meta Business Suite33.3%
#7Sprout Social30.2%
#8Vista Social26%
#9Metricool24%
#10Social Bee20.8%

Sep 3, 202696 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v5-7

#1Buffer69.8%
#2Later54.2%
#3Google Business Profile41.7%
#4Hootsuite41.7%
#5Canva34.4%
#6Meta Business Suite33.3%
#7Sprout Social30.2%
#8Vista Social26%
#9Metricool24%
#10Social Bee20.8%

Sep 2, 202696 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v5-7

#1Buffer69.8%
#2Later54.2%
#3Google Business Profile41.7%
#4Hootsuite41.7%
#5Canva34.4%
#6Meta Business Suite33.3%
#7Sprout Social30.2%
#8Vista Social26%
#9Metricool24%
#10Social Bee20.8%

Sep 1, 202688 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v5-7

#1Buffer70.5%
#2Later53.4%
#3Google Business Profile45.5%
#4Hootsuite42%
#5Canva36.4%
#6Meta Business Suite35.2%
#7Sprout Social31.8%
#8Vista Social28.4%
#9Metricool26.1%
#10Social Bee19.3%

Aug 31, 202688 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v5-7

#1Buffer70.5%
#2Later53.4%
#3Google Business Profile45.5%
#4Hootsuite42%
#5Canva36.4%
#6Meta Business Suite35.2%
#7Sprout Social31.8%
#8Vista Social28.4%
#9Metricool26.1%
#10Social Bee19.3%

Aug 30, 202664 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v5-7

#1Buffer70.3%
#2Later59.4%
#3Google Business Profile48.4%
#4Hootsuite42.2%
#5Meta Business Suite37.5%
#6Canva37.5%
#7Sprout Social32.8%
#8Metricool31.3%
#9Vista Social29.7%
#10Social Bee20.3%

Aug 29, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v5

#1Buffer62.5%
#2Later50%
#3Hootsuite34.4%
#4Canva31.3%
#5Sprout Social28.1%
#6Meta Business Suite28.1%
#7Vista Social25%
#8Google Business Profile25%
#9AdaptlyPost21.9%
#10Metricool21.9%

Aug 28, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v5

#1Buffer62.5%
#2Later50%
#3Hootsuite34.4%
#4Canva31.3%
#5Sprout Social28.1%
#6Meta Business Suite28.1%
#7Vista Social25%
#8Google Business Profile25%
#9AdaptlyPost21.9%
#10Metricool21.9%

Aug 27, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v5

#1Buffer62.5%
#2Later50%
#3Hootsuite34.4%
#4Canva31.3%
#5Sprout Social28.1%
#6Meta Business Suite28.1%
#7Vista Social25%
#8Google Business Profile25%
#9AdaptlyPost21.9%
#10Metricool21.9%

Aug 26, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer66.7%
#2Later52.1%
#3Hootsuite39.6%
#4Canva37.5%
#5Vista Social33.3%
#6Sprout Social31.3%
#7AdaptlyPost25%
#8Google Business Profile22.9%
#9Meta Business Suite22.9%
#10Metricool22.9%

Aug 25, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer66.7%
#2Later52.1%
#3Hootsuite39.6%
#4Canva37.5%
#5Vista Social33.3%
#6Sprout Social31.3%
#7AdaptlyPost25%
#8Google Business Profile22.9%
#9Meta Business Suite22.9%
#10Metricool22.9%

Aug 24, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer66.7%
#2Later52.1%
#3Hootsuite39.6%
#4Canva37.5%
#5Vista Social33.3%
#6Sprout Social31.3%
#7AdaptlyPost25%
#8Google Business Profile22.9%
#9Meta Business Suite22.9%
#10Metricool22.9%

Aug 23, 202648 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer66.7%
#2Later52.1%
#3Hootsuite39.6%
#4Canva37.5%
#5Vista Social33.3%
#6Sprout Social31.3%
#7AdaptlyPost25%
#8Google Business Profile22.9%
#9Meta Business Suite22.9%
#10Metricool22.9%

Aug 22, 202664 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer68.8%
#2Later51.6%
#3Hootsuite45.3%
#4Vista Social32.8%
#5Meta Business Suite29.7%
#6Sprout Social28.1%
#7Canva28.1%
#8AdaptlyPost23.4%
#9Google Business Profile23.4%
#10Metricool20.3%

Aug 21, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer69.4%
#2Later51.4%
#3Hootsuite45.8%
#4Vista Social29.2%
#5Sprout Social29.2%
#6Meta Business Suite27.8%
#7Canva25%
#8AdaptlyPost23.6%
#9Google Business Profile22.2%
#10Metricool18.1%

Aug 20, 202680 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer71.3%
#2Later53.8%
#3Hootsuite47.5%
#4Sprout Social32.5%
#5Vista Social30%
#6Meta Business Suite30%
#7Google Business Profile23.8%
#8AdaptlyPost22.5%
#9Canva22.5%
#10Metricool21.3%

Aug 19, 202680 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer71.3%
#2Later53.8%
#3Hootsuite47.5%
#4Sprout Social32.5%
#5Vista Social30%
#6Meta Business Suite30%
#7Google Business Profile23.8%
#8AdaptlyPost22.5%
#9Canva22.5%
#10Metricool21.3%

Aug 18, 2026104 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer74%
#2Later59.6%
#3Hootsuite53.8%
#4Sprout Social36.5%
#5Vista Social30.8%
#6Meta Business Suite30.8%
#7Google Business Profile26.9%
#8AdaptlyPost23.1%
#9Metricool21.2%
#10Canva19.2%

Aug 17, 2026104 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer74%
#2Later59.6%
#3Hootsuite53.8%
#4Sprout Social36.5%
#5Vista Social30.8%
#6Meta Business Suite30.8%
#7Google Business Profile26.9%
#8AdaptlyPost23.1%
#9Metricool21.2%
#10Canva19.2%

Aug 16, 2026104 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer74%
#2Later59.6%
#3Hootsuite53.8%
#4Sprout Social36.5%
#5Vista Social30.8%
#6Meta Business Suite30.8%
#7Google Business Profile26.9%
#8AdaptlyPost23.1%
#9Metricool21.2%
#10Canva19.2%

Aug 15, 2026104 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer74%
#2Later59.6%
#3Hootsuite53.8%
#4Sprout Social36.5%
#5Vista Social30.8%
#6Meta Business Suite30.8%
#7Google Business Profile26.9%
#8AdaptlyPost23.1%
#9Metricool21.2%
#10Canva19.2%

Aug 14, 2026104 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-5

#1Buffer74%
#2Later59.6%
#3Hootsuite53.8%
#4Sprout Social36.5%
#5Vista Social30.8%
#6Meta Business Suite30.8%
#7Google Business Profile26.9%
#8AdaptlyPost23.1%
#9Metricool21.2%
#10Canva19.2%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/social-media-tools-for-restaurants/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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