What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about video editing software for youtubers — measured on a rolling 4-week window across 5 engines, published as open data.
Updated 2026-09-18 · 40 sampled answers · rolling 4-week window · methodology
Rankings are measured from sampled AI answers — never editorial, never paid. Orbator builds AI-visibility tooling; when Orbator itself appears in any category, it is measured by the same rules as everyone else.
Measured by Orbatormethodology owner Henrik Tellewindow ends Sep 18, 2026
Sample: 40 AI answers · Window: Aug 21, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (71 answers)
Samples by engine: GROK 8 (last run Sep 2, 2026) · GEMINI 8 (last run Aug 31, 2026) · CHATGPT 8 (last run Aug 31, 2026) · CLAUDE 8 (last run Sep 2, 2026) · PERPLEXITY 8 (last run Aug 31, 2026 — stalest)
How these numbers are made: sampling design · prompt provenance · what counts as a mention · what we cannot see
On the record: This ranking is frozen as a dated snapshot every day. View this category's history to see what entered and left the ranking and when, or read what the engines actually said on a given day.
Across 40 sampled AI answers from 5 engines, DaVinci Resolve is recommended most often — appearing in 85% of recommendations, followed by CapCut (72.5%) and Final Cut Pro (60%).
This is a measurement of share of voice across 5 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.
Orbator asked Grok, Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity buyer questions about video editing software for youtubers and sampled 40 answers between Aug 21, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026. Recommendation share counts the answers that recommended or listed a product, so a passing mention or a warning adds nothing to it. A category publishes once it holds at least 20 independently sampled answers in the window. Read the full methodology or download this ranking as CSV.
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blackmagicdesign.com | 85% 95% CI 70.9–92.9% 34 mentions · avg pos 5.1 first pick 20.6% | — | GROK 87.5%GEMINI 100%CHATGPT 62.5%CLAUDE 100%PERPLEXITY 75% | Claim |
| 2 | capcut.com | 72.5% 95% CI 57.2–83.9% 29 mentions · avg pos 4.9 first pick 24.1% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 75%CHATGPT 37.5%CLAUDE 62.5%PERPLEXITY 87.5% | Claim |
| 3 | Final Cut Pro | 60% 95% CI 44.6–73.7% 24 mentions · avg pos 5.2 first pick 8.3% | — | GROK 87.5%GEMINI 50%CHATGPT 62.5%CLAUDE 62.5%PERPLEXITY 37.5% | Claim |
| 4 | Premiere Pro | 55% 95% CI 39.8–69.3% 22 mentions · avg pos 4.6 first pick 13.6% | — | GROK 87.5%GEMINI 62.5%CLAUDE 75%PERPLEXITY 50% | Claim |
| 5 | Adobe Premiere Pro | 35% 95% CI 22.1–50.5% 14 mentions · avg pos 4.2 first pick 14.3% | — | GROK 50%GEMINI 37.5%CLAUDE 62.5%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 6 | iMovie | 35% 95% CI 22.1–50.5% 14 mentions · avg pos 4.4 first pick 28.6% | — | GROK 37.5%GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 50%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 7 | wondershare.com | 35% 95% CI 22.1–50.5% 14 mentions · avg pos 6.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 62.5%GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 62.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 8 | descript.com | 32.5% 95% CI 20.1–48% 13 mentions · avg pos 8.3 first pick 7.7% | — | GROK 75%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 37.5%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 9 | shotcut.org | 20% 95% CI 10.5–34.8% 8 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | GROK 25%GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 10 | kdenlive.org | 20% 95% CI 10.5–34.8% 8 mentions · avg pos 4.1 first pick 0% | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 11 | clipchamp.com | 20% 95% CI 10.5–34.8% 8 mentions · avg pos 5.5 first pick 12.5% | — | GROK 50%GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 12 | adobe.com | 17.5% 95% CI 8.7–32% 7 mentions · avg pos 4.4 first pick 0% | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 37.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 13 | canva.com | 15% 95% CI 7.1–29.1% 6 mentions · avg pos 3.8 first pick 16.7% | — | GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 12.5%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 14 | OpenShot | 12.5% 95% CI 5.5–26.1% 5 mentions · avg pos 3.6 first pick 0% | — | GROK 25%GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 15 | movavi.com | 10% 95% CI 4–23.1% 4 mentions · avg pos 2.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 37.5%CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 16 | Camtasia | 10% 95% CI 4–23.1% 4 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 50% | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 17 | apple.com | 7.5% 95% CI 2.6–19.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 2.5 first pick 33.3% | — | GROK 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 18 | powerdirector.com | 7.5% 95% CI 2.6–19.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GROK 12.5%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 19 | pcmag.com | 5% 95% CI 1.4–16.5% 2 mentions · avg pos 12 first pick 0% | — | GROK 25% | Claim |
| 20 | animoto.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 100% | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 21 | chatcut.io | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | GROK 12.5% | Claim |
| 22 | vegascreativesoftware.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | GROK 12.5% | Claim |
| 23 | Gling | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 24 | cyberlink.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 25 | lwks.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 26 | VSDC | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 27 | Adobe Express Video | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 28 | screencastify.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 29 | obsproject.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 25 first pick 0% | — | GROK 12.5% | Claim |
| 30 | riverside.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 40 sampled answers, so each row also shows its 95% CI — the Wilson score interval around that share. When two products' intervals overlap, the gap between them isn't statistically meaningful at this sample size. First pick is the share of a product's recommending answers where it was named first, which separates “always mentioned” from “usually the top recommendation”. Full methodology.
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Across 40 sampled AI answers from 5 engines (Aug 21, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026), DaVinci Resolve is recommended most often for video editing software for youtubers, appearing in 85% of recommendations, followed by CapCut (72.5%). This is a measurement of what AI assistants recommend, not an editorial verdict.
ChatGPT recommends DaVinci Resolve most often for video editing software for youtubers. It appears as a recommendation in 62.5% of ChatGPT's sampled answers in this window (Aug 21, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026). Other engines answer differently. The per-engine breakdown in the ranking shows each one.
Orbator samples AI answers to buyer questions across 5 engines and counts how often each product is recommended. No product pays for placement. The video editing software for youtubers ranking is based on 40 answers in the current 4-week window (Aug 21, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026). Full methodology is published at https://www.orbator.io/ai-index/methodology.
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