AI-Built Websites, 12 Oct – 18 Oct 2026: Weekly Scan Report
By AI Website Detector Research · Published · Covers 12 Oct – 18 Oct 2026 (ISO week 2026-W42)
Key takeaways
- We analysed 11,379 unique websites this week. 26.4% of them (3,007) showed AI involvement: 307 were built on an AI-native platform (2.7%) and 2,700 used an AI-compatible or AI-augmented stack.
- That is 0.4 percentage points higher than the week before (26%, from 11,583 sites).
- Next.js was the most detected builder or platform with 2,276 sites (20% of the week's scans).
- Among AI-native builders, Lovable led with 204 sites, ahead of Framer (71).
The week in numbers
We analysed 11,379 unique websites this week. 26.4% of them (3,007) showed AI involvement: 307 were built on an AI-native platform (2.7%) and 2,700 used an AI-compatible or AI-augmented stack. That is 0.4 percentage points higher than the week before (26%, from 11,583 sites).
Most detected builders and platforms
| Builder / platform | Sites | Share | Week before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | 2,276 | 20% | 2,043 |
| WordPress | 987 | 8.7% | 1,226 |
| Elementor | 452 | 4% | 639 |
| Astro | 236 | 2.1% | 219 |
| Lovable | 204 | 1.8% | 291 |
| PHP | 176 | 1.5% | 166 |
| Shopify | 158 | 1.4% | 303 |
| Express.js | 132 | 1.2% | 140 |
| Wix | 116 | 1% | 128 |
| WooCommerce | 109 | 1% | 170 |
Next.js was the most detected builder or platform with 2,276 sites (20% of the week's scans). Next.js grew the most week on week, from 2,043 to 2,276 sites.
AI-native builders
Among AI-native builders, Lovable led with 204 sites, ahead of Framer (71).
- Lovable: 204 sites (1.8% of the week)
- Framer: 71 sites (0.6% of the week)
- Base44 AI: 49 sites (0.4% of the week)
- Replit AI: 18 sites (0.2% of the week)
- Bolt: 15 sites (0.1% of the week)
- Hostinger AI: 14 sites (0.1% of the week)
Where the sites are hosted
The most common hosting provider was Cloudflare (4,570 sites).
- Cloudflare: 4,570 sites
- Vercel: 1,751 sites
- Netlify: 451 sites
- GitHub Pages: 299 sites
- AWS CloudFront: 124 sites
- Squarespace: 98 sites
How to read this report
Every figure counts unique domains that visitors and our own checks scanned between 12 October 2026 and 18 October 2026 (UTC). Each domain is counted once per week, bots and blocked or spam domains are removed, and the classification follows the same scoring rules as every report on this site. The sample is made of sites people chose to check, so it is not a random sample of the web: read the shares as a picture of what our users scan, not of all websites.
Want the longer view? The monthly insights and the AI builder market share page put these weekly numbers in context, and the methodology explains what the detector can and cannot see.
How our detection works — see our methodology: AI Influence Score calculation, evidence tiers, and fingerprint signal types.