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Video creation tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for video creation 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

▲ INOpus Clip entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTSynthesia left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Opus Clip moved #12 → #10
▼Synthesia moved #10 → #11
▲Opus Clip +4.7pp (17.5% → 22.2%)

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

▲ INSynthesia entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTPremiere left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Synthesia moved #12 → #10
▲VEED moved #6 → #5
▼Adobe Express moved #5 → #6
▲InVideo moved #8 → #7
▼Descript moved #7 → #8
▼Premiere moved #10 → #11
▼Adobe -4.7pp (57.1% → 52.4%)
▼Adobe Express -3.8pp (48.2% → 44.4%)
▲InVideo +2.6pp (33.9% → 36.5%)
▼Premiere -2.4pp (21.4% → 19%)
▼Clipchamp -1.6pp (28.6% → 27%)
▼Canva -1pp (66.1% → 65.1%)
▲Synthesia +1pp (19.6% → 20.6%)

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

▲ INPremiere entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTPictory left the top 10 (#10 → #13)
▼Pictory moved #10 → #13
▼Adobe moved #2 → #4
▲Captions moved #3 → #2
▲CapCut moved #4 → #3
▲Premiere moved #11 → #10
▲Canva +9pp (57.1% → 66.1%)
▲CapCut +8.9pp (50% → 58.9%)
▲VEED +7.1pp (39.3% → 46.4%)
▲Captions +5.3pp (53.6% → 58.9%)
▲InVideo +5.3pp (28.6% → 33.9%)
▼Pictory -5.3pp (21.4% → 16.1%)
▲Descript +3.6pp (32.1% → 35.7%)
▲Clipchamp +3.6pp (25% → 28.6%)
▲Adobe +3.5pp (53.6% → 57.1%)
▲Adobe Express +1.8pp (46.4% → 48.2%)

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

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 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.

▲Adobe moved #4 → #2
▼CapCut moved #2 → #4
▲Adobe +7.9pp (45.7% → 53.6%)
▲Adobe Express +6.4pp (40% → 46.4%)
▲Captions +5pp (48.6% → 53.6%)
▼Canva -2.9pp (60% → 57.1%)
▼InVideo -2.8pp (31.4% → 28.6%)
▼Descript -2.2pp (34.3% → 32.1%)
▼Pictory -1.5pp (22.9% → 21.4%)
▼CapCut -1.4pp (51.4% → 50%)

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

▲ INPictory entered the top 10 (#14 → #10)
▼ OUTLumen5 left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Pictory moved #14 → #10
▲Descript moved #8 → #7
▼InVideo moved #7 → #8
▼Lumen5 moved #10 → #11
▲Pictory +8.6pp (14.3% → 22.9%)
▼Adobe Express -4.6pp (44.6% → 40%)
▼Canva -4.3pp (64.3% → 60%)
▼InVideo -4.3pp (35.7% → 31.4%)
▲Descript +3.9pp (30.4% → 34.3%)
▼Clipchamp -2.9pp (28.6% → 25.7%)
▼Adobe -2.5pp (48.2% → 45.7%)
▼Lumen5 -2.5pp (19.6% → 17.1%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

▲Captions moved #4 → #3
▼Adobe moved #3 → #4
▲Descript moved #9 → #8
▼Clipchamp moved #8 → #9
▼Canva -5.1pp (69.4% → 64.3%)
▼Adobe Express -2.3pp (46.9% → 44.6%)
▼Clipchamp -2pp (30.6% → 28.6%)
▼CapCut -1.3pp (53.1% → 51.8%)
▲Captions +1.3pp (46.9% → 48.2%)
▲InVideo +1pp (34.7% → 35.7%)

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 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.

▼InVideo moved #4 → #7
▲Adobe moved #5 → #3
▼Captions moved #2 → #4
▲CapCut moved #3 → #2
▲Adobe Express moved #6 → #5
▲VEED moved #7 → #6
▲Adobe +8.5pp (40.5% → 49%)
▼InVideo -8.2pp (42.9% → 34.7%)
▲Adobe Express +6.4pp (40.5% → 46.9%)
▲CapCut +5.5pp (47.6% → 53.1%)
▼Clipchamp -5.1pp (35.7% → 30.6%)
▲Descript +4.4pp (26.2% → 30.6%)
▼Lumen5 -3.4pp (23.8% → 20.4%)
▼Canva -2pp (71.4% → 69.4%)

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▼Descript -4.4pp (30.6% → 26.2%)
▼InVideo -2pp (44.9% → 42.9%)
▲Adobe +1.7pp (38.8% → 40.5%)
▲Adobe Express +1.7pp (38.8% → 40.5%)
▲VEED +1.4pp (36.7% → 38.1%)
▲Lumen5 +1.4pp (22.4% → 23.8%)
▲Clipchamp +1pp (34.7% → 35.7%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

▲Adobe Express moved #8 → #6
▼Clipchamp moved #6 → #8
▲Captions moved #3 → #2
▼CapCut moved #2 → #3
▼CapCut -6.7pp (53.6% → 46.9%)
▼Captions -4.9pp (51.8% → 46.9%)
▼InVideo -3.3pp (48.2% → 44.9%)
▲Adobe Express +3.1pp (35.7% → 38.8%)
▼Clipchamp -2.8pp (37.5% → 34.7%)
▼Descript -1.5pp (32.1% → 30.6%)

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

▲ INLumen5 entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTDaVinci Resolve left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
▲Lumen5 moved #12 → #10
▼DaVinci Resolve moved #10 → #12
▲Clipchamp moved #7 → #6
▼VEED moved #6 → #7
▲Descript +5.6pp (26.5% → 32.1%)
▲Lumen5 +4.1pp (19.1% → 23.2%)
▼Adobe Express -4pp (39.7% → 35.7%)
▼VEED -3.7pp (41.2% → 37.5%)
▼Adobe -3.3pp (42.6% → 39.3%)
▲InVideo +2.6pp (45.6% → 48.2%)
▼DaVinci Resolve -2.5pp (22.1% → 19.6%)
▲Canva +2.3pp (69.1% → 71.4%)
▼Clipchamp -2.2pp (39.7% → 37.5%)
▲Captions +1.8pp (50% → 51.8%)

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, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Canva65.1%
#2Captions58.7%
#3CapCut58.7%
#4Adobe52.4%
#5VEED46%
#6Adobe Express44.4%
#7InVideo36.5%
#8Descript34.9%
#9Clipchamp27%
#10Opus Clip22.2%

Sep 7, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Canva65.1%
#2Captions58.7%
#3CapCut58.7%
#4Adobe52.4%
#5VEED46%
#6Adobe Express44.4%
#7InVideo36.5%
#8Descript34.9%
#9Clipchamp27%
#10Opus Clip22.2%

Sep 6, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Canva65.1%
#2Captions58.7%
#3CapCut58.7%
#4Adobe52.4%
#5VEED46%
#6Adobe Express44.4%
#7InVideo36.5%
#8Descript34.9%
#9Clipchamp27%
#10Opus Clip22.2%

Sep 5, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Canva65.1%
#2Captions58.7%
#3CapCut58.7%
#4Adobe52.4%
#5VEED46%
#6Adobe Express44.4%
#7InVideo36.5%
#8Descript34.9%
#9Clipchamp27%
#10Synthesia20.6%

Sep 4, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Canva66.1%
#2Captions58.9%
#3CapCut58.9%
#4Adobe57.1%
#5Adobe Express48.2%
#6VEED46.4%
#7Descript35.7%
#8InVideo33.9%
#9Clipchamp28.6%
#10Premiere21.4%

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

#1Canva57.1%
#2Adobe53.6%
#3Captions53.6%
#4CapCut50%
#5Adobe Express46.4%
#6VEED39.3%
#7Descript32.1%
#8InVideo28.6%
#9Clipchamp25%
#10Pictory21.4%

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

#1Canva57.1%
#2Adobe53.6%
#3Captions53.6%
#4CapCut50%
#5Adobe Express46.4%
#6VEED39.3%
#7Descript32.1%
#8InVideo28.6%
#9Clipchamp25%
#10Pictory21.4%

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

#1Canva57.1%
#2Adobe53.6%
#3Captions53.6%
#4CapCut50%
#5Adobe Express46.4%
#6VEED39.3%
#7Descript32.1%
#8InVideo28.6%
#9Clipchamp25%
#10Pictory21.4%

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

#1Canva57.1%
#2Adobe53.6%
#3Captions53.6%
#4CapCut50%
#5Adobe Express46.4%
#6VEED39.3%
#7Descript32.1%
#8InVideo28.6%
#9Clipchamp25%
#10Pictory21.4%

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

#1Canva57.1%
#2Adobe53.6%
#3Captions53.6%
#4CapCut50%
#5Adobe Express46.4%
#6VEED39.3%
#7Descript32.1%
#8InVideo28.6%
#9Clipchamp25%
#10Pictory21.4%

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

#1Canva57.1%
#2Adobe53.6%
#3Captions53.6%
#4CapCut50%
#5Adobe Express46.4%
#6VEED39.3%
#7Descript32.1%
#8InVideo28.6%
#9Clipchamp25%
#10Pictory21.4%

Aug 28, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v7

#1Canva57.1%
#2Adobe53.6%
#3Captions53.6%
#4CapCut50%
#5Adobe Express46.4%
#6VEED39.3%
#7Descript32.1%
#8InVideo28.6%
#9Clipchamp25%
#10Pictory21.4%

Aug 27, 202635 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Canva60%
#2CapCut51.4%
#3Captions48.6%
#4Adobe45.7%
#5Adobe Express40%
#6VEED40%
#7Descript34.3%
#8InVideo31.4%
#9Clipchamp25.7%
#10Pictory22.9%

Aug 26, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Canva64.3%
#2CapCut51.8%
#3Captions48.2%
#4Adobe48.2%
#5Adobe Express44.6%
#6VEED39.3%
#7InVideo35.7%
#8Descript30.4%
#9Clipchamp28.6%
#10Lumen519.6%

Aug 25, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Canva64.3%
#2CapCut51.8%
#3Captions48.2%
#4Adobe48.2%
#5Adobe Express44.6%
#6VEED39.3%
#7InVideo35.7%
#8Descript30.4%
#9Clipchamp28.6%
#10Lumen519.6%

Aug 24, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Canva69.4%
#2CapCut53.1%
#3Adobe49%
#4Captions46.9%
#5Adobe Express46.9%
#6VEED38.8%
#7InVideo34.7%
#8Clipchamp30.6%
#9Descript30.6%
#10Lumen520.4%

Aug 23, 202642 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4

#1Canva71.4%
#2Captions47.6%
#3CapCut47.6%
#4InVideo42.9%
#5Adobe40.5%
#6Adobe Express40.5%
#7VEED38.1%
#8Clipchamp35.7%
#9Descript26.2%
#10Lumen523.8%

Aug 22, 202642 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4

#1Canva71.4%
#2Captions47.6%
#3CapCut47.6%
#4InVideo42.9%
#5Adobe40.5%
#6Adobe Express40.5%
#7VEED38.1%
#8Clipchamp35.7%
#9Descript26.2%
#10Lumen523.8%

Aug 21, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4

#1Canva71.4%
#2Captions46.9%
#3CapCut46.9%
#4InVideo44.9%
#5Adobe38.8%
#6Adobe Express38.8%
#7VEED36.7%
#8Clipchamp34.7%
#9Descript30.6%
#10Lumen522.4%

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

#1Canva71.4%
#2CapCut53.6%
#3Captions51.8%
#4InVideo48.2%
#5Adobe39.3%
#6Clipchamp37.5%
#7VEED37.5%
#8Adobe Express35.7%
#9Descript32.1%
#10Lumen523.2%

Aug 19, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Canva69.1%
#2CapCut52.9%
#3Captions50%
#4InVideo45.6%
#5Adobe42.6%
#6VEED41.2%
#7Clipchamp39.7%
#8Adobe Express39.7%
#9Descript26.5%
#10DaVinci Resolve22.1%

Aug 18, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Canva69.1%
#2CapCut52.9%
#3Captions50%
#4InVideo45.6%
#5Adobe42.6%
#6VEED41.2%
#7Clipchamp39.7%
#8Adobe Express39.7%
#9Descript26.5%
#10DaVinci Resolve22.1%

Aug 17, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Canva69.1%
#2CapCut52.9%
#3Captions50%
#4InVideo45.6%
#5Adobe42.6%
#6VEED41.2%
#7Clipchamp39.7%
#8Adobe Express39.7%
#9Descript26.5%
#10DaVinci Resolve22.1%

Aug 16, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Canva69.1%
#2CapCut52.9%
#3Captions50%
#4InVideo45.6%
#5Adobe42.6%
#6VEED41.2%
#7Clipchamp39.7%
#8Adobe Express39.7%
#9Descript26.5%
#10DaVinci Resolve22.1%

Aug 15, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Canva69.1%
#2CapCut52.9%
#3Captions50%
#4InVideo45.6%
#5Adobe42.6%
#6VEED41.2%
#7Clipchamp39.7%
#8Adobe Express39.7%
#9Descript26.5%
#10DaVinci Resolve22.1%

Aug 14, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Canva69.1%
#2CapCut52.9%
#3Captions50%
#4InVideo45.6%
#5Adobe42.6%
#6VEED41.2%
#7Clipchamp39.7%
#8Adobe Express39.7%
#9Descript26.5%
#10DaVinci Resolve22.1%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/video-creation-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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