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Website builders — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for website builders, 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

▲Carrd moved #7 → #6
▼Framer moved #6 → #7
▲GoDaddy moved #9 → #8
▼WordPress moved #8 → #9
▲Shopify +5.8pp (38.8% → 44.6%)
▲GoDaddy +3.3pp (16.3% → 19.6%)
▲Hostinger +2.8pp (34.7% → 37.5%)
▲Carrd +2.6pp (22.4% → 25%)
▲Wix +1.8pp (71.4% → 73.2%)
▼Framer -1.3pp (24.5% → 23.2%)
▲WordPress +1.2pp (18.4% → 19.6%)
▲Squarespace +1pp (77.6% → 78.6%)

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

▲ INGoogle Sites entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
▼ OUTWeebly left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Google Sites moved #13 → #10
▲Shopify moved #5 → #4
▼Hostinger moved #4 → #5
▼Weebly moved #10 → #11
▼Squarespace -8.1pp (85.7% → 77.6%)
▼Framer -4.1pp (28.6% → 24.5%)
▼Wix -3.6pp (75% → 71.4%)
▼Webflow -3.1pp (50% → 46.9%)
▲Shopify +3.1pp (35.7% → 38.8%)
▼Carrd -2.6pp (25% → 22.4%)
▼Weebly -2.1pp (14.3% → 12.2%)
▲GoDaddy +2pp (14.3% → 16.3%)
▲Google Sites +1.5pp (10.7% → 12.2%)
▼Hostinger -1pp (35.7% → 34.7%)

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

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.

▲Shopify moved #6 → #5
▼Framer moved #5 → #6
▲Carrd moved #8 → #7
▼WordPress moved #7 → #8
▲GoDaddy moved #10 → #9
▼Weebly moved #9 → #10
▼WordPress -13pp (30.9% → 17.9%)
▼Framer -11.4pp (40% → 28.6%)
▼Webflow -10pp (60% → 50%)
▼Hostinger -7.9pp (43.6% → 35.7%)
▼Wix -5pp (80% → 75%)
▼Carrd -4.1pp (29.1% → 25%)
▼GoDaddy -3.9pp (18.2% → 14.3%)
▼Weebly -3.9pp (18.2% → 14.3%)
▼Shopify -2.5pp (38.2% → 35.7%)
▼Squarespace -1.6pp (87.3% → 85.7%)

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

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

▲Framer moved #6 → #5
▼Shopify moved #5 → #6
▲Weebly moved #10 → #9
▼GoDaddy moved #9 → #10
▼GoDaddy -3.5pp (21.7% → 18.2%)
▲Framer +2.3pp (37.7% → 40%)
▲Weebly +2.3pp (15.9% → 18.2%)
▲Webflow +2pp (58% → 60%)
▲Squarespace +1.8pp (85.5% → 87.3%)
▼WordPress -1pp (31.9% → 30.9%)

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

▼Shopify -2.6pp (41.7% → 39.1%)
▼Framer -2.6pp (40.3% → 37.7%)
▲Hostinger +1.8pp (41.7% → 43.5%)
▼Carrd -1.6pp (30.6% → 29%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▼WordPress -3.6pp (35.5% → 31.9%)
▲Framer +2.7pp (37.6% → 40.3%)
▲Webflow +2.4pp (55.9% → 58.3%)
▲Squarespace +2.2pp (83.9% → 86.1%)
▲Wix +2.1pp (78.5% → 80.6%)
▲GoDaddy +1.4pp (19.4% → 20.8%)
▲Weebly +1.3pp (14% → 15.3%)

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

▲Hostinger moved #5 → #4
▼Shopify moved #4 → #5
▲Framer +1.6pp (36% → 37.6%)
▲Hostinger +1.4pp (39.5% → 40.9%)
▼Carrd -1.4pp (32.6% → 31.2%)
▲Squarespace +1.3pp (82.6% → 83.9%)
▲Webflow +1.2pp (54.7% → 55.9%)
▼Weebly -1.1pp (15.1% → 14%)

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 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.

▲ INWeebly entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTSquare Online left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
▲Shopify moved #6 → #4
▼WordPress moved #5 → #7
▼Hostinger moved #4 → #5
▲Framer moved #7 → #6
▲Weebly moved #11 → #10
▼Square Online moved #10 → #11
▼WordPress -7.1pp (43.1% → 36%)
▼Framer -5.5pp (41.5% → 36%)
▼Webflow -3.8pp (58.5% → 54.7%)
▼Hostinger -3.6pp (43.1% → 39.5%)
▼Shopify -2.4pp (43.1% → 40.7%)
▼Wix -2.1pp (80% → 77.9%)
▼GoDaddy -1.7pp (21.5% → 19.8%)
▼Square Online -1.4pp (15.4% → 14%)
▲Weebly +1.3pp (13.8% → 15.1%)
▼Carrd -1.2pp (33.8% → 32.6%)

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, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Squarespace78.6%
#2Wix73.2%
#3Webflow46.4%
#4Shopify44.6%
#5Hostinger37.5%
#6Carrd25%
#7Framer23.2%
#8GoDaddy19.6%
#9WordPress19.6%
#10Google Sites12.5%

Sep 7, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Squarespace78.6%
#2Wix73.2%
#3Webflow46.4%
#4Shopify44.6%
#5Hostinger37.5%
#6Carrd25%
#7Framer23.2%
#8GoDaddy19.6%
#9WordPress19.6%
#10Google Sites12.5%

Sep 6, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Squarespace77.6%
#2Wix71.4%
#3Webflow46.9%
#4Shopify38.8%
#5Hostinger34.7%
#6Framer24.5%
#7Carrd22.4%
#8WordPress18.4%
#9GoDaddy16.3%
#10Google Sites12.2%

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

#1Squarespace85.7%
#2Wix75%
#3Webflow50%
#4Hostinger35.7%
#5Shopify35.7%
#6Framer28.6%
#7Carrd25%
#8WordPress17.9%
#9GoDaddy14.3%
#10Weebly14.3%

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

#1Squarespace85.7%
#2Wix75%
#3Webflow50%
#4Hostinger35.7%
#5Shopify35.7%
#6Framer28.6%
#7Carrd25%
#8WordPress17.9%
#9GoDaddy14.3%
#10Weebly14.3%

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

#1Squarespace85.7%
#2Wix75%
#3Webflow50%
#4Hostinger35.7%
#5Shopify35.7%
#6Framer28.6%
#7Carrd25%
#8WordPress17.9%
#9GoDaddy14.3%
#10Weebly14.3%

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

#1Squarespace85.7%
#2Wix75%
#3Webflow50%
#4Hostinger35.7%
#5Shopify35.7%
#6Framer28.6%
#7Carrd25%
#8WordPress17.9%
#9GoDaddy14.3%
#10Weebly14.3%

Sep 1, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace87.3%
#2Wix80%
#3Webflow60%
#4Hostinger43.6%
#5Framer40%
#6Shopify38.2%
#7WordPress30.9%
#8Carrd29.1%
#9Weebly18.2%
#10GoDaddy18.2%

Aug 31, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace87.3%
#2Wix80%
#3Webflow60%
#4Hostinger43.6%
#5Framer40%
#6Shopify38.2%
#7WordPress30.9%
#8Carrd29.1%
#9Weebly18.2%
#10GoDaddy18.2%

Aug 30, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace87.3%
#2Wix80%
#3Webflow60%
#4Hostinger43.6%
#5Framer40%
#6Shopify38.2%
#7WordPress30.9%
#8Carrd29.1%
#9Weebly18.2%
#10GoDaddy18.2%

Aug 29, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace87.3%
#2Wix80%
#3Webflow60%
#4Hostinger43.6%
#5Framer40%
#6Shopify38.2%
#7WordPress30.9%
#8Carrd29.1%
#9Weebly18.2%
#10GoDaddy18.2%

Aug 28, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace87.3%
#2Wix80%
#3Webflow60%
#4Hostinger43.6%
#5Framer40%
#6Shopify38.2%
#7WordPress30.9%
#8Carrd29.1%
#9Weebly18.2%
#10GoDaddy18.2%

Aug 27, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace87.3%
#2Wix80%
#3Webflow60%
#4Hostinger43.6%
#5Framer40%
#6Shopify38.2%
#7WordPress30.9%
#8Carrd29.1%
#9Weebly18.2%
#10GoDaddy18.2%

Aug 26, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace87.3%
#2Wix80%
#3Webflow60%
#4Hostinger43.6%
#5Framer40%
#6Shopify38.2%
#7WordPress30.9%
#8Carrd29.1%
#9Weebly18.2%
#10GoDaddy18.2%

Aug 25, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace85.5%
#2Wix79.7%
#3Webflow58%
#4Hostinger43.5%
#5Shopify39.1%
#6Framer37.7%
#7WordPress31.9%
#8Carrd29%
#9GoDaddy21.7%
#10Weebly15.9%

Aug 24, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace85.5%
#2Wix79.7%
#3Webflow58%
#4Hostinger43.5%
#5Shopify39.1%
#6Framer37.7%
#7WordPress31.9%
#8Carrd29%
#9GoDaddy21.7%
#10Weebly15.9%

Aug 23, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace85.5%
#2Wix79.7%
#3Webflow58%
#4Hostinger43.5%
#5Shopify39.1%
#6Framer37.7%
#7WordPress31.9%
#8Carrd29%
#9GoDaddy21.7%
#10Weebly15.9%

Aug 22, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace86.1%
#2Wix80.6%
#3Webflow58.3%
#4Hostinger41.7%
#5Shopify41.7%
#6Framer40.3%
#7WordPress31.9%
#8Carrd30.6%
#9GoDaddy20.8%
#10Weebly15.3%

Aug 21, 202693 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace83.9%
#2Wix78.5%
#3Webflow55.9%
#4Hostinger40.9%
#5Shopify40.9%
#6Framer37.6%
#7WordPress35.5%
#8Carrd31.2%
#9GoDaddy19.4%
#10Weebly14%

Aug 20, 202693 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace83.9%
#2Wix78.5%
#3Webflow55.9%
#4Hostinger40.9%
#5Shopify40.9%
#6Framer37.6%
#7WordPress35.5%
#8Carrd31.2%
#9GoDaddy19.4%
#10Weebly14%

Aug 19, 202693 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace83.9%
#2Wix78.5%
#3Webflow55.9%
#4Hostinger40.9%
#5Shopify40.9%
#6Framer37.6%
#7WordPress35.5%
#8Carrd31.2%
#9GoDaddy19.4%
#10Weebly14%

Aug 18, 202693 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace83.9%
#2Wix78.5%
#3Webflow55.9%
#4Hostinger40.9%
#5Shopify40.9%
#6Framer37.6%
#7WordPress35.5%
#8Carrd31.2%
#9GoDaddy19.4%
#10Weebly14%

Aug 17, 202686 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-7

#1Squarespace82.6%
#2Wix77.9%
#3Webflow54.7%
#4Shopify40.7%
#5Hostinger39.5%
#6Framer36%
#7WordPress36%
#8Carrd32.6%
#9GoDaddy19.8%
#10Weebly15.1%

Aug 16, 202665 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Squarespace83.1%
#2Wix80%
#3Webflow58.5%
#4Hostinger43.1%
#5WordPress43.1%
#6Shopify43.1%
#7Framer41.5%
#8Carrd33.8%
#9GoDaddy21.5%
#10Square Online15.4%

Aug 15, 202665 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Squarespace83.1%
#2Wix80%
#3Webflow58.5%
#4Hostinger43.1%
#5WordPress43.1%
#6Shopify43.1%
#7Framer41.5%
#8Carrd33.8%
#9GoDaddy21.5%
#10Square Online15.4%

Aug 14, 202665 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Squarespace83.1%
#2Wix80%
#3Webflow58.5%
#4Hostinger43.1%
#5WordPress43.1%
#6Shopify43.1%
#7Framer41.5%
#8Carrd33.8%
#9GoDaddy21.5%
#10Square Online15.4%

Read any date directly

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