+120 AI Website Building Statistics for 2026 (Updated June)

A handful of years ago, building a site still meant choosing a CMS, buying hosting, installing a theme, figuring out plugins, writing copy, editing images, and probably asking someone technical for help. Today, AI tools can turn a short description into a working website draft in minutes.

AI website builders are becoming a serious category, small businesses are adopting them quickly, and platforms like Wix, Shopify, GoDaddy, Webflow, Duda, and Hostinger are racing to make AI part of the default website-building experience.

I will update this guide on a monthly basis with fresh insights for anyone interested in keeping up with these numbers and evolution. Feel free to bookmark the page, send it to your friends and colleagues, etc.

How Many Websites Are There in the World? | Siteefy

Key Takeaways

  • There are approximately 1.43 billion websites worldwide as of March 2026, with 208 million actively maintained. (Siteefy, 2026)
  • 67.39% of business owners now prefer AI website builders over traditional development from scratch. (Precedence Research, 2026)
  • The global AI website builder market grew from $2.69 billion in 2025 to $3.24 billion in 2026, a 20% jump in a single year. (Precedence Research, 2026)
  • 93 to 95% of Hostinger Horizons users are first-time website builders with no prior paid web presence. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • Worldwide AI spending will total $2.52 trillion in 2026, a 44% year-over-year increase. (Gartner, January 2026)
  • Wix grew 32.6% year-over-year in CMS market share, now powering 4.3% of all websites globally. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • GoDaddy posted $5.0 billion in total revenue in 2025, up 8% year-over-year. (GoDaddy, February 2026)
  • AI Overviews now reduce organic CTR for the top-ranking page by 58%. (Ahrefs, February 2026)
  • AI search visitors convert 4.4x better than traditional organic search visitors. (Semrush, 2025)
  • Generative AI traffic to retail sites grew 693% year-over-year during the 2025 holiday season. (Adobe Analytics, January 2026)
  • AI and agents drove $262 billion in global online sales during the 2025 holiday season. (Salesforce, January 2026)
  • Agentic shoppers could represent $190 billion to $385 billion in US e-commerce spending by 2030. (Morgan Stanley Research, December 2025)
  • 95% of organizations report experiencing barriers to adopting AI on their websites. (Webflow, 2026)
  • 52% of marketing leaders will prioritize optimization for AI-driven search in 2026. (Webflow, 2026)
  • AI-crawled sites generate 320% more human traffic, 270% more form submissions, and 250% more click-to-call events than non-crawled sites. (Duda, April 2026)

How Many Websites Are Built With AI in 2026

AI Powered Website Builder Market Size to Hit USD 17.43 Billion by 2035 

The state of the web in 2026

The web is growing faster than at any point in the past decade, and AI is the reason the barrier to building a site has effectively disappeared.

  • There are approximately 1.43 billion websites worldwide as of March 2026. Of those, 208 million are actively maintained. (Siteefy, 2026)
  • 392.5 million domain name registrations exist worldwide as of Q1 2026. (Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief Q1 2026)
  • Internet users stood at 5.64 billion as of April 2025, representing 68.7% global penetration. (DataReportal, April 2025)
  • 28 million e-commerce websites exist worldwide as of 2026, up 2.9% from 2024. (Siteefy, 2026)
  • 67.39% of business owners prefer AI website builders over traditional custom development.. (Precedence Research, 2026)
  • 41% of businesses now use AI-powered tools specifically for website creation. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • 70% of advanced AI adopters use AI for website creation, making it a core rather than optional function. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • 63% of AI app builder and vibe coding users have no coding background, confirming these platforms have genuinely expanded site creation beyond developers. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • The average time to produce a complete website draft has dropped from a full work week to 15 minutes as of March 2026. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • 58% of small businesses now use generative AI, up from 40% in 2024. (U.S. Chamber of Commerce).
  • More than one million websites and web apps have been built with Hostinger Horizons since its launch. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • 93 to 95% of Hostinger Horizons users are first-time website builders, bringing an entirely new population online. (Hostinger, 2026)

CMS and platform distribution

  • WordPress is used by 41.9% of all websites, representing a 59.5% CMS market share as of May 2026. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • Shopify is used by 5.2% of all websites, with a 7.4% CMS market share. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • Wix commands a 6.1% share of the overall CMS market, trailing only WordPress and Shopify globally. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • Squarespace is used by 2.5% of all websites, with a 3.5% CMS market share. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • Webflow is used by 0.9% of all websites, with a 1.2% CMS market share, up from near zero in 2020. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • GoDaddy Website Builder is used by 0.6% of all websites, with a 0.9% CMS market share. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • Duda is used by 0.7% of all websites, with a 1.1% CMS market share. (W3Techs, May 2026)

AI Website Builder Adoption and Market Growth

AI Powered Website Builder Market Size to Hit USD 17.43 Billion by 2035 

AI projected market size

The AI website builder market has more than doubled in two years. 

The no-code movement it rides on is now a multi-billion-dollar industry, and AI is its primary accelerant.

No-code and low-code implementation

  • The low-code development technologies market is projected to grow to $44.5 billion by 2026 at a CAGR of 19%. (Gartner, December 2022)
  • By 2026, low-code development tools will account for 75% of new application development, up from 40% in 2021. (Gartner, December 2022)
  • By 2026, 80% of low-code users will come from outside formal IT departments, up from 60% in 2021. (Gartner, December 2022)
  • The low-code market is projected to reach $58.2 billion by 2029 at a CAGR of 14.1%. (Gartner, 2026)
  • 90% of developers say low-code tools help them manage their application backlogs. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • 86% of emerging and semi-professional creators use generative AI in their work. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • 85% of designers and developers say learning to work with AI will be essential to their future success. (Hostinger, 2026)

Future AI spending

  • Worldwide AI spending will total $2.52 trillion in 2026, a 44% year-over-year increase. (Gartner, January 2026)
  • 78% of organizations now use AI in at least one business function. (McKinsey, State of AI 2025)
  • 58% of small businesses now use generative AI, up from just 23% in 2023, more than doubling in two years. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • 58% of web designers use AI for unique imagery and media assets. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • 51% of web designers use AI to create web page designs. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • More than 50% of retail and e-commerce brands have adopted AI technologies for building and managing their websites. (Hostinger, 2026)

Who Is Building With AI

AI website builder statistics 2026: market growth, adoption, and trends 

Wix

  • Wix is used by 4.3% of all websites on the internet as of May 2026, with a CMS market share of 6.1%. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • Wix grew its CMS market share 32.6% year-over-year, the fastest of any major platform. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • Wix reported full year 2025 revenue of approximately $2.0 billion, up 14% year-over-year, with Q4 revenue of $524 million up 14% year-over-year. (Wix, SEC Filing March 2026)
  • Wix has over 282 million registered users globally as of end of 2024. (Wix, SEC Filing March 2026)
  • Wix acquired AI startup Base44 for $80 million to integrate its advanced ‘vibe coding’ capabilities directly into the Wix ecosystem. (Wix, SEC Filing March 2026)
  • Wix launched Wixel in Q1 2025, a standalone AI-powered visual design platform extending creation beyond websites. (Wix, SEC Filing May 2025)
  • AI tools are used by more than 50% of new Wix users. (Hostinger, 2026)

Shopify

  • Shopify is used by 5.2% of all websites globally, the second largest CMS platform. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • Shopify reported Q1 2025 revenue of $2.36 billion, growing 27% year-over-year, with GMV of $74.75 billion. (Shopify, May 2025)
  • Shopify reported Q3 2025 revenue of $3.48 billion, growing 32% year-over-year, with GMV up 32%. (Shopify, November 2025)

GoDaddy

  • GoDaddy is the world’s largest domain name registrar, serving millions of entrepreneurs globally. (GoDaddy, February 2026)
  • GoDaddy posted $5.0 billion in total revenue in 2025, up 8% year-over-year, with Applications and Commerce revenue growing 14% to $1.9 billion. (GoDaddy, February 2026)
  • GoDaddy launched Airo.ai in November 2025, a beta agentic AI platform that turns a single conversation into completed small business tasks including domain registration, site building, logo generation, and app deployment. (GoDaddy, November 2025)
  • GoDaddy launched Airo Site Designer globally in September 2025, an AI-powered WordPress website builder that generates a multipage site from a plain-text prompt. (GoDaddy press release, September 2025)
  • GoDaddy plans to have AI write 70% of its code by year-end 2025, with 45% already AI-generated as of November 2025. (GoDaddy via Finviz, November 2025)

Squarespace

  • Squarespace is used by 2.5% of all websites globally, with a 3.5% CMS market share. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • Squarespace was acquired by Permira for $7.2 billion in October 2024, taking it private, valued as one of the most significant website builder transactions on record. (Permira press release, May 2024)
  • Squarespace last reported full year 2023 revenue of over $1 billion, growing 17% year-over-year before going private. (Squarespace Investor Relations, February 2024)
  • Squarespace launched Blueprint AI in March 2025, named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025, using a 12-question brand questionnaire to produce conversion-focused layouts. (Hostinger, 2026)

Webflow

Duda

  • Duda is used by 0.7% of all websites globally, with a 1.1% CMS market share, focused on the agency and SaaS white-label market. (W3Techs, May 2026)
  • 82% of sites built on Duda pass all three Core Web Vitals metrics as of May 2025, the highest recorded pass rate among major website platforms. (Duda, 2025)
  • Duda analyzed 69 million AI crawler visits across over 850,000 websites in February 2026 to identify what makes LLMs crawl some sites and not others. (Duda, April 2026)
  • AI-crawled sites generate 320% more human traffic, 270% more form submissions, and 250% more click-to-call events than non-crawled sites. (Duda, April 2026)
  • SaaS companies that embed websites using Duda report 25% lower customer churn rates and 29% higher monthly recurring revenue. (Duda, 2026)

Emerging AI-native builders

Gartner Predicts 40% of Enterprise Apps Will Feature Task-Specific AI Agents by 2026, Up from Less Than 5% in 2025 

  • Lovable hit $400 million in ARR, valued at $6.6 billion, with over 25 million total projects created and 100,000 new projects launching every day. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • Replit reached approximately $253 million ARR by October 2025, growing 2,352% year-over-year, as non-technical teams at Coinbase, Zillow, and Mercedes-Benz adopted it for internal tool building. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • 40% of enterprise applications will be integrated with task-specific AI agents by end of 2026, up from less than 5% in 2025. (Gartner, 2026)

AI-Built Sites and SEO


Drive Growth with an Embedded Website Builder 

Building a site with AI is one thing. Getting it found is another. The data on how AI-built sites perform in search, and how AI is reshaping the search dynamics itself, is the part most website owners are not watching closely enough.

Platform SEO performance

  • 82% of sites built on Duda pass all three Core Web Vitals metrics, the highest pass rate among major platforms. (Duda, May 2025)
  • 72% of US users prioritize built-in SEO tools when selecting a website builder, the single most important selection criterion. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • 92% of surveyed organizations report website update requests are growing in size and complexity. (Webflow, 2026 State of the Website Report)
  • Duda analyzed 69 million AI crawler visits and found that AI-crawled sites generate 320% more human traffic than non-crawled sites. (Duda, April 2026)

AI search impact on organic traffic

  • AI Overviews now reduce organic CTR for the top-ranking page by 58% compared to pre-AI Overview baselines. (Ahrefs, February 2026)
  • 76.1% of URLs cited in AI Overviews also rank in the top 10 of Google search results, confirming traditional SEO remains the strongest predictor of AI Overview inclusion. (Ahrefs, July 2025)
  • AI-cited content is 25.7% fresher than organic Google results, based on Ahrefs analysis of 17 million citations. (Ahrefs, December 2025)
  • Organic search declined in 13 of 17 industries analyzed across 2025. (Semrush, April 2026)
  • Total AI referral traffic grew 66% across 2025, though it still accounts for less than 0.15% of total web visits. (Semrush, April 2026)
  • Outbound referral traffic from ChatGPT grew 206% in 2025. (Semrush, April 2026)
  • AI search visitors convert 4.4x better than traditional organic search visitors. (Semrush, 2025)
  • AI search traffic is projected to surpass traditional organic search traffic by 2028. (Semrush, 2025)

AI search and retail traffic data

AI search behavior and discovery

  • Google AI Mode has surpassed one billion monthly active users globally. (Google, May 2026)
  • The average AI Mode query is 3x longer than a traditional search query. (Google, May 2026)
  • More than 1 in 6 AI Mode searches are multimodal, including voice, image, video, and Live Search inputs. (Google, May 2026)
  • Top first words in AI Mode queries are: What, How, I, Is, Can. (Google, May 2026)
  • 51% of B2B software buyers now start their research with an AI chatbot more often than with Google. (G2, April 2026)
  • 85% of buyers think more highly of a software vendor when AI includes them in an answer. (G2, April 2026)
  • 41% of B2B buyers now use Deep Research tools for structured software evaluations. (G2, April 2026)

The Future of AI Web Building

Agentic Commerce Impact Could Reach $385 Billion by 2030 | Morgan Stanley 

Agentic commerce and the autonomous site

New Research Reveals SMBs with AI Adoption See Stronger Revenue Growth – Salesforce

AI is moving from a tool used for web creation to owning the entire marketing funnel journey. The next wave is sites that think, adapt, and transact without human intervention but with human touch.

  • AI and agents drove $262 billion in global online sales during the 2025 holiday season, equal to 20% of all retail sales globally over that period. (Salesforce, January 2026)
  • Global online spending during the 2025 holiday season reached $1.29 trillion, growing 7% year-over-year. (Salesforce, January 2026)
  • Brands that deployed their own AI agents during the 2025 holiday season saw 59% higher sales growth compared to those that did not. (Salesforce, January 2026)
  • Agentic AI-powered service conversations increased 66% in December 2025 versus the prior two months. (Salesforce, January 2026)
  • Autonomous agent actions increased 142% during the 2025 holiday season, including initiating returns and updating shipping details without human prompting. (Salesforce, January 2026)
  • Agentic shoppers could represent $190 billion to $385 billion in US e-commerce spending by 2030, capturing 10 to 20% of the market. (Morgan Stanley Research, December 2025)
  • 23% of Americans made purchases using AI in the past month. (Morgan Stanley Research, December 2025)
  • Agentic commerce could grow to 10 to 20% of overall US e-commerce by 2030, potentially adding 100 to 300 basis points of overall growth to the category. (Morgan Stanley, February 2026)
  • 49% of AI-assisted purchasers bought groceries through AI, making grocery and consumer packaged goods the fastest-growing agentic commerce category. (Morgan Stanley Research, December 2025)

Developer and designers AI adoption

Sec.gov

  • Experts anticipate AI will have consumed the entirety of publicly available training data by as early as 2026, pushing the industry toward synthetic data and simulation-based training. (Shopify, 2026)
  • 85% of designers and developers say learning to work with AI is essential to their future success. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • 90% of developers regularly use at least one AI tool at work as of January 2026, up from 85% mid-2025. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • GoDaddy is building toward an Agentic Open Internet, where AI agents handle end-to-end tasks for small businesses using its domain infrastructure. (GoDaddy SEC filing, February 2026)
  • 74% of developers already use specialized AI coding tools beyond general chatbots. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • The line between website and web app is dissolving. AI builders now add databases, user authentication, and logic layers to what used to be static sites. (Hostinger, 2026)
  • In 2026, hosting platforms and CMS tools are including AI by default, with the next evolution being agentic AI that completes multi-step tasks independently. (Hostinger, 2026)

Platform outlook

  • Wix’s acquisition of Base44 and launch of Wix Harmony signal the company is expanding from website builder to full-stack AI creation platform, with mid-teens revenue growth anticipated for 2026. (Wix, 2026)
  • Shopify’s Q3 2025 GMV grew 32% year-over-year, reflecting the acceleration of AI-powered commerce infrastructure it calls the agentic enterprise era. (Shopify, November 2025)
  • McKinsey’s State of AI 2025 identifies only 6% of organizations as AI high performers capturing genuine enterprise-level financial returns. The other 94% are using AI but not yet transforming with it. (McKinsey, State of AI 2025)
  • Gartner projects AI spending to hit $2.52 trillion in 2026, with AI infrastructure investment alone adding $401 billion as technology providers build out foundations. (Gartner, January 2026)

Methodology and Sources

This page compiles statistics from primary platform reports, earnings disclosures, government data, and original industry research published between 2022 and 2026. Every stat links to its original publisher. Where analyst data originates from paywalled reports, the report’s public abstract or press release is cited. Updated monthly.

Sources: Siteefy · Precedence Research · Custom Market Insights · W3Techs · Hostinger AI Website Builder Stats · Hostinger AI Tools · Hostinger Vibe Coding · Hostinger AI App Builder · Hostinger Web Design · Gartner AI Spending 2026 · Gartner Low-Code 2022 · Gartner Low-Code Forecast 2026 · McKinsey State of AI 2025 · Wix Q4 and Full Year 2025 SEC Filing · Wix Q1 2025 SEC Filing · Shopify Q1 2025 Earnings · GoDaddy Full Year 2025 SEC Filing · GoDaddy Airo Site Designer · Squarespace Permira Acquisition · Squarespace Full Year 2023 Results · Webflow 2026 State of the Website · Duda AEO Study · Duda Core Web Vitals · Adobe Analytics Holiday 2025 · Adobe Analytics August 2025 · Salesforce Holiday 2025 · Morgan Stanley Agentic Commerce · Morgan Stanley Podcast · Ahrefs AI Overviews CTR · Ahrefs AI Overview Citations · Ahrefs Fresh Content · Semrush AI Visibility · Semrush Traffic Mix · Semrush ChatGPT Traffic · G2 Answer Economy · Google AI Mode Insights · DataReportal April 2025 · Shopify AI Future

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