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Website builders for photographers — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for website builders for photographers, 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

▲Pixieset moved #4 → #2
▼Pixpa moved #2 → #3
▼Wix moved #3 → #4
▲SmugMug moved #8 → #7
▼Zenfolio moved #7 → #8
▲WordPress +8.7pp (37.7% → 46.4%)
▲Pixieset +5.7pp (56.6% → 62.3%)
▲SmugMug +4.6pp (30.2% → 34.8%)
▲Format +2.3pp (52.8% → 55.1%)
▼Adobe Portfolio -2.3pp (22.6% → 20.3%)
▼Zenfolio -1.7pp (32.1% → 30.4%)

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

▲Wix moved #4 → #3
▼Pixieset moved #3 → #4
▲Zenfolio moved #8 → #7
▼SmugMug moved #7 → #8
▼Squarespace -5.7pp (79.3% → 73.6%)
▼SmugMug -4.3pp (34.5% → 30.2%)
▼WordPress -3.7pp (41.4% → 37.7%)
▼Format -2.4pp (55.2% → 52.8%)
▼ShowIt -2.1pp (17.2% → 15.1%)
▼Pixieset -2pp (58.6% → 56.6%)
▼Adobe Portfolio -1.5pp (24.1% → 22.6%)
▲Zenfolio +1.1pp (31% → 32.1%)

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

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 5-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▼Wix moved #2 → #4
▲Pixpa moved #3 → #2
▲Pixieset moved #4 → #3
▼Wix -12.5pp (71.1% → 58.6%)
▼Zenfolio -4.6pp (35.6% → 31%)
▲Adobe Portfolio +4.1pp (20% → 24.1%)
▼Pixpa -3.6pp (62.2% → 58.6%)
▼SmugMug -3.3pp (37.8% → 34.5%)
▲ShowIt +1.6pp (15.6% → 17.2%)
▲WordPress +1.4pp (40% → 41.4%)

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

▲Pixieset moved #5 → #4
▼Format moved #4 → #5
▼Wix -4.3pp (75.4% → 71.1%)
▼Zenfolio -3.7pp (39.3% → 35.6%)
▼Format -3.4pp (59% → 55.6%)
▼SmugMug -3.2pp (41% → 37.8%)
▼WordPress -2.6pp (42.6% → 40%)
▼Squarespace -2pp (82% → 80%)
▼Pixpa -1.7pp (63.9% → 62.2%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲Zenfolio +3.1pp (36.2% → 39.3%)
▲Pixpa +3pp (60.9% → 63.9%)
▲SmugMug +1.9pp (39.1% → 41%)
▲Wix +1.5pp (73.9% → 75.4%)
▼ShowIt -1.1pp (15.9% → 14.8%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

▼SmugMug -3.8pp (42.9% → 39.1%)
▼Adobe Portfolio -3.3pp (22.1% → 18.8%)
▼Pixieset -3.2pp (59.7% → 56.5%)
▼Zenfolio -2.8pp (39% → 36.2%)
▼Pixpa -2.7pp (63.6% → 60.9%)
▼WordPress -2pp (45.5% → 43.5%)
▼Squarespace -1.8pp (84.4% → 82.6%)
▼Format -1.6pp (61% → 59.4%)

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

▼Format -4.3pp (65.3% → 61%)
▼Pixpa -2.7pp (66.3% → 63.6%)
▼SmugMug -2.6pp (45.5% → 42.9%)
▼Zenfolio -2.6pp (41.6% → 39%)
▼WordPress -2pp (47.5% → 45.5%)
▼Pixieset -1.7pp (61.4% → 59.7%)
▲Adobe Portfolio +1.3pp (20.8% → 22.1%)

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, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace73.9%
#2Pixieset62.3%
#3Pixpa59.4%
#4Wix58%
#5Format55.1%
#6WordPress46.4%
#7SmugMug34.8%
#8Zenfolio30.4%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.3%
#10ShowIt15.9%

Sep 7, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace73.9%
#2Pixieset62.3%
#3Pixpa59.4%
#4Wix58%
#5Format55.1%
#6WordPress46.4%
#7SmugMug34.8%
#8Zenfolio30.4%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.3%
#10ShowIt15.9%

Sep 6, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace73.9%
#2Pixieset62.3%
#3Pixpa59.4%
#4Wix58%
#5Format55.1%
#6WordPress46.4%
#7SmugMug34.8%
#8Zenfolio30.4%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.3%
#10ShowIt15.9%

Sep 5, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace73.9%
#2Pixieset62.3%
#3Pixpa59.4%
#4Wix58%
#5Format55.1%
#6WordPress46.4%
#7SmugMug34.8%
#8Zenfolio30.4%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.3%
#10ShowIt15.9%

Sep 4, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace73.9%
#2Pixieset62.3%
#3Pixpa59.4%
#4Wix58%
#5Format55.1%
#6WordPress46.4%
#7SmugMug34.8%
#8Zenfolio30.4%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.3%
#10ShowIt15.9%

Sep 3, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace73.9%
#2Pixieset62.3%
#3Pixpa59.4%
#4Wix58%
#5Format55.1%
#6WordPress46.4%
#7SmugMug34.8%
#8Zenfolio30.4%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.3%
#10ShowIt15.9%

Sep 2, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace73.9%
#2Pixieset62.3%
#3Pixpa59.4%
#4Wix58%
#5Format55.1%
#6WordPress46.4%
#7SmugMug34.8%
#8Zenfolio30.4%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.3%
#10ShowIt15.9%

Sep 1, 202653 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace73.6%
#2Pixpa58.5%
#3Wix58.5%
#4Pixieset56.6%
#5Format52.8%
#6WordPress37.7%
#7Zenfolio32.1%
#8SmugMug30.2%
#9Adobe Portfolio22.6%
#10ShowIt15.1%

Aug 31, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace79.3%
#2Pixpa58.6%
#3Pixieset58.6%
#4Wix58.6%
#5Format55.2%
#6WordPress41.4%
#7SmugMug34.5%
#8Zenfolio31%
#9Adobe Portfolio24.1%
#10ShowIt17.2%

Aug 30, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace79.3%
#2Pixpa58.6%
#3Pixieset58.6%
#4Wix58.6%
#5Format55.2%
#6WordPress41.4%
#7SmugMug34.5%
#8Zenfolio31%
#9Adobe Portfolio24.1%
#10ShowIt17.2%

Aug 29, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace79.3%
#2Pixpa58.6%
#3Pixieset58.6%
#4Wix58.6%
#5Format55.2%
#6WordPress41.4%
#7SmugMug34.5%
#8Zenfolio31%
#9Adobe Portfolio24.1%
#10ShowIt17.2%

Aug 28, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace79.3%
#2Pixpa58.6%
#3Pixieset58.6%
#4Wix58.6%
#5Format55.2%
#6WordPress41.4%
#7SmugMug34.5%
#8Zenfolio31%
#9Adobe Portfolio24.1%
#10ShowIt17.2%

Aug 27, 202629 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v5-7

#1Squarespace79.3%
#2Pixpa58.6%
#3Pixieset58.6%
#4Wix58.6%
#5Format55.2%
#6WordPress41.4%
#7SmugMug34.5%
#8Zenfolio31%
#9Adobe Portfolio24.1%
#10ShowIt17.2%

Aug 26, 202645 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace80%
#2Wix71.1%
#3Pixpa62.2%
#4Pixieset57.8%
#5Format55.6%
#6WordPress40%
#7SmugMug37.8%
#8Zenfolio35.6%
#9Adobe Portfolio20%
#10ShowIt15.6%

Aug 25, 202645 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace80%
#2Wix71.1%
#3Pixpa62.2%
#4Pixieset57.8%
#5Format55.6%
#6WordPress40%
#7SmugMug37.8%
#8Zenfolio35.6%
#9Adobe Portfolio20%
#10ShowIt15.6%

Aug 24, 202645 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace80%
#2Wix71.1%
#3Pixpa62.2%
#4Pixieset57.8%
#5Format55.6%
#6WordPress40%
#7SmugMug37.8%
#8Zenfolio35.6%
#9Adobe Portfolio20%
#10ShowIt15.6%

Aug 23, 202645 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace80%
#2Wix71.1%
#3Pixpa62.2%
#4Pixieset57.8%
#5Format55.6%
#6WordPress40%
#7SmugMug37.8%
#8Zenfolio35.6%
#9Adobe Portfolio20%
#10ShowIt15.6%

Aug 22, 202661 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace82%
#2Wix75.4%
#3Pixpa63.9%
#4Format59%
#5Pixieset57.4%
#6WordPress42.6%
#7SmugMug41%
#8Zenfolio39.3%
#9Adobe Portfolio19.7%
#10ShowIt14.8%

Aug 21, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace82.6%
#2Wix73.9%
#3Pixpa60.9%
#4Format59.4%
#5Pixieset56.5%
#6WordPress43.5%
#7SmugMug39.1%
#8Zenfolio36.2%
#9Adobe Portfolio18.8%
#10ShowIt15.9%

Aug 20, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace84.4%
#2Wix74%
#3Pixpa63.6%
#4Format61%
#5Pixieset59.7%
#6WordPress45.5%
#7SmugMug42.9%
#8Zenfolio39%
#9Adobe Portfolio22.1%
#10ShowIt15.6%

Aug 19, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace84.4%
#2Wix74%
#3Pixpa63.6%
#4Format61%
#5Pixieset59.7%
#6WordPress45.5%
#7SmugMug42.9%
#8Zenfolio39%
#9Adobe Portfolio22.1%
#10ShowIt15.6%

Aug 18, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace84.2%
#2Wix73.3%
#3Pixpa66.3%
#4Format65.3%
#5Pixieset61.4%
#6WordPress47.5%
#7SmugMug45.5%
#8Zenfolio41.6%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.8%
#10ShowIt14.9%

Aug 17, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace84.2%
#2Wix73.3%
#3Pixpa66.3%
#4Format65.3%
#5Pixieset61.4%
#6WordPress47.5%
#7SmugMug45.5%
#8Zenfolio41.6%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.8%
#10ShowIt14.9%

Aug 16, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace84.2%
#2Wix73.3%
#3Pixpa66.3%
#4Format65.3%
#5Pixieset61.4%
#6WordPress47.5%
#7SmugMug45.5%
#8Zenfolio41.6%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.8%
#10ShowIt14.9%

Aug 15, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace84.2%
#2Wix73.3%
#3Pixpa66.3%
#4Format65.3%
#5Pixieset61.4%
#6WordPress47.5%
#7SmugMug45.5%
#8Zenfolio41.6%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.8%
#10ShowIt14.9%

Aug 14, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace84.2%
#2Wix73.3%
#3Pixpa66.3%
#4Format65.3%
#5Pixieset61.4%
#6WordPress47.5%
#7SmugMug45.5%
#8Zenfolio41.6%
#9Adobe Portfolio20.8%
#10ShowIt14.9%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/website-builders-for-photographers/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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