Leveraging Adthena’s Whole Market View, this analysis explores recent trends in Google Ads for the US AI / Machine Learning category from the last month. Our Data Analyst, Ask Arlo provides commentary on key findings.
Here are the Top 10 competitors in the industry by Share of Clicks for the last month.
Domain | Share of clicks |
---|---|
ibm.com | 26.2 |
freshworks.com | 14.55 |
chatgpt.com | 11.95 |
zendesk.com | 6.03 |
chatbot.com | 5.08 |
apple.com | 4.85 |
chatbot.app | 4.17 |
google.com | 4.06 |
claude.ai | 3.58 |
nurix.ai | 2.05 |
others | 17.48 |
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In the PPC landscape, IBM leads with 26.2% click share, followed by Freshworks at 14.55%. “Others” collectively hold 17.48%, showcasing diverse competition.
Curious about your market position? Here you can see the Top 10 competitors in the industry by Share of Spend for the last month.
Date | claude.ai | chatbot.com | freshworks.com | chatgpt.com | ibm.com | zendesk.com | google.com | chatbot.app | apple.com | uniphore.com |
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2025/09/01 | 0.36% | 5.48% | 24.05% | 16.8% | 25.74% | 7.37% | 0.73% | 2.43% | 0.07% | 0% |
2025/09/02 | 1.43% | 5.12% | 20.28% | 15.5% | 18.18% | 7.99% | 0.73% | 3.35% | 10.76% | 0% |
2025/09/03 | 4.56% | 1.98% | 23.06% | 17.06% | 19.52% | 7.87% | 3.25% | 3.89% | 0.09% | 0% |
2025/09/04 | 0.22% | 9.85% | 22.4% | 13.68% | 19.38% | 4.85% | 0.76% | 4.79% | 0.1% | 0% |
2025/09/05 | 0.2% | 3.57% | 19.55% | 16.4% | 27.48% | 4.95% | 0.73% | 7.12% | 4.03% | 0% |
2025/09/06 | 4.79% | 0% | 14.74% | 13.44% | 29.25% | 0.02% | 6.24% | 3.08% | 2.31% | 0% |
2025/09/07 | 9.91% | 17.28% | 11.26% | 13.9% | 27.27% | 6.58% | 3.85% | 0% | 0.13% | 0% |
2025/09/08 | 1.62% | 7.7% | 18.32% | 18.38% | 19.28% | 9.48% | 4.77% | 2.21% | 0.18% | 0% |
2025/09/09 | 6.16% | 3.63% | 18.23% | 17.81% | 13.25% | 8.85% | 0.95% | 4.13% | 7.95% | 0% |
2025/09/10 | 6.17% | 0% | 13.36% | 10.16% | 21.18% | 7.77% | 5.68% | 8.83% | 8.8% | 0% |
2025/09/11 | 1.71% | 0% | 16.67% | 10.65% | 22.97% | 17.03% | 8.61% | 2.12% | 0.13% | 0% |
2025/09/12 | 4.18% | 1.51% | 16.37% | 9.04% | 23.75% | 7.29% | 8.87% | 6.6% | 4.99% | 0% |
2025/09/13 | 4.53% | 0% | 14.15% | 9.4% | 33.18% | 5.9% | 3.76% | 3.12% | 7.13% | 0% |
2025/09/14 | 6.79% | 1.5% | 17.92% | 10.75% | 24.83% | 1.18% | 4.94% | 2.44% | 8.44% | 0% |
2025/09/15 | 0.29% | 9.15% | 28.47% | 6.07% | 17.47% | 9% | 2.19% | 4.27% | 0.23% | 0% |
2025/09/16 | 3.82% | 1.42% | 13.01% | 6.21% | 17.31% | 10.91% | 7.08% | 1.94% | 8.17% | 0% |
2025/09/17 | 1.42% | 0% | 20.37% | 22.78% | 15.88% | 0.11% | 6.63% | 5.02% | 0.18% | 0% |
2025/09/18 | 2.03% | 0% | 17.21% | 10.58% | 20.03% | 6.17% | 0.67% | 4.27% | 0.12% | 0.01% |
2025/09/19 | 0.28% | 3.4% | 17.01% | 20.15% | 16.5% | 2.53% | 6.04% | 1.35% | 9.43% | 1.21% |
2025/09/20 | 3.71% | 7.83% | 24.84% | 10.56% | 32.46% | 0.05% | 0.37% | 5.07% | 0.12% | 0% |
2025/09/21 | 0.22% | 15.16% | 14.97% | 7.9% | 28.69% | 5.01% | 0.42% | 3.91% | 2.94% | 0% |
2025/09/22 | 1.87% | 4.74% | 27.52% | 8.47% | 17.2% | 8.24% | 8.73% | 5.43% | 4.77% | 0% |
2025/09/23 | 0.2% | 5.31% | 12.8% | 10.62% | 22.66% | 10.55% | 3.11% | 9.12% | 0.16% | 6.32% |
2025/09/24 | 0.17% | 3.6% | 9.43% | 6.97% | 21.59% | 9.7% | 4.89% | 5.51% | 2.87% | 24.45% |
2025/09/25 | 1.61% | 7.14% | 14.71% | 5.02% | 28.16% | 10.08% | 0.41% | 3.74% | 3.3% | 13.41% |
2025/09/26 | 2.41% | 1.39% | 8.53% | 8.28% | 26.44% | 13.05% | 6.02% | 9.23% | 0.16% | 8.65% |
2025/09/27 | 8.88% | 1.07% | 7.3% | 14.02% | 30.62% | 4.02% | 4.77% | 3.11% | 2.12% | 6.7% |
2025/09/28 | 16.99% | 2.68% | 11.53% | 8.9% | 37.63% | 1.41% | 0.39% | 5.94% | 3.2% | 0.82% |
2025/09/29 | 5.36% | 10.51% | 10.15% | 4.44% | 24.05% | 9.69% | 0.53% | 7% | 3.49% | 0% |
2025/09/30 | 14.07% | 13.54% | 13.01% | 10.37% | 7.67% | 7.07% | 6.94% | 2.04% | 1.62% | 0% |
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In September 2025, IBM led with consistent high spend, peaking at 37.63 on the 28th. Freshworks and ChatGPT followed, showing fluctuating trends. Claude.ai and Chatbot.com had notable spikes, while Uniphore surged mid-month. The month concluded with IBM maintaining dominance.
Ever wondered how many competitors you’re up against in your industry? Well look no further, here we can see the number of advertisers bidding over the last month.
Date | Competitor Count |
---|---|
2025/09/01 | 1167 |
2025/09/02 | 1132 |
2025/09/03 | 1199 |
2025/09/04 | 1198 |
2025/09/05 | 1206 |
2025/09/06 | 1141 |
2025/09/07 | 1193 |
2025/09/08 | 1223 |
2025/09/09 | 1227 |
2025/09/10 | 1203 |
2025/09/11 | 1186 |
2025/09/12 | 1166 |
2025/09/13 | 1136 |
2025/09/14 | 1131 |
2025/09/15 | 1183 |
2025/09/16 | 1134 |
2025/09/17 | 1126 |
2025/09/18 | 1087 |
2025/09/19 | 1120 |
2025/09/20 | 1108 |
2025/09/21 | 1114 |
2025/09/22 | 1128 |
2025/09/23 | 1126 |
2025/09/24 | 1178 |
2025/09/25 | 1140 |
2025/09/26 | 1132 |
2025/09/27 | 1095 |
2025/09/28 | 1113 |
2025/09/29 | 1168 |
2025/09/30 | 1144 |
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Advertisers fluctuated throughout September, peaking at 1,227 on the 9th. The month concluded with 1,144 advertisers, reflecting a dynamic landscape.
Here we’re looking at the Top 10 biggest industry movers by market share gains and losses for the last 30 days.
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Uniphore.com surged with a 3.35% click share increase, while freshworks.com dropped by 2.52%. Chatbot.com and pearl.com also gained, contrasting declines from chatgpt.com and ibm.com.
Take a look at the Top 10 competitors in the industry by Share of Impressions over the last month.
Date | claude.ai | freshworks.com | chatgpt.com | chatbot.com | ibm.com | zendesk.com | google.com | chatbot.app | nurix.ai | uniphore.com |
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2025/09/01 | 0.19% | 22.96% | 16.77% | 3.33% | 22.71% | 8.15% | 0.8% | 2.22% | 0.01% | 0% |
2025/09/02 | 1.24% | 19.97% | 17.71% | 3.27% | 18.95% | 8.06% | 0.81% | 2.18% | 0% | 0% |
2025/09/03 | 4.15% | 23.3% | 18.02% | 1.18% | 18.7% | 8.33% | 3.3% | 3.56% | 2.53% | 0% |
2025/09/04 | 0.11% | 21.26% | 14.62% | 6.85% | 19.31% | 4.14% | 0.81% | 4.16% | 5.88% | 0% |
2025/09/05 | 0.14% | 18.94% | 17.1% | 2.5% | 26.53% | 5.01% | 0.78% | 5.36% | 5.82% | 0% |
2025/09/06 | 4.37% | 12.65% | 12.82% | 0% | 27.4% | 0.02% | 5.97% | 2.7% | 8.45% | 0% |
2025/09/07 | 10.28% | 11.15% | 15.58% | 10.43% | 29.4% | 6.63% | 3.95% | 0% | 1.41% | 0% |
2025/09/08 | 1.5% | 17.41% | 18.59% | 4.09% | 19.6% | 8.55% | 4.83% | 2.06% | 2.06% | 0% |
2025/09/09 | 5.57% | 18.47% | 19.99% | 2.7% | 14.56% | 9.07% | 1.11% | 4.06% | 0.02% | 0% |
2025/09/10 | 5.81% | 14.07% | 11.58% | 0% | 22.65% | 7.77% | 6.11% | 8.43% | 0.04% | 0% |
2025/09/11 | 1.53% | 15.1% | 11.35% | 0% | 23.64% | 15.52% | 8.15% | 2.11% | 3.54% | 0% |
2025/09/12 | 3.87% | 16.01% | 9.92% | 1.49% | 25.07% | 6.75% | 8.62% | 6.69% | 0.01% | 0% |
2025/09/13 | 4.58% | 14.52% | 10.49% | 0% | 34.26% | 5.82% | 3.73% | 3.27% | 0.08% | 0% |
2025/09/14 | 6.36% | 17.65% | 11.56% | 1.08% | 25.78% | 1.09% | 4.93% | 2.18% | 1.44% | 0% |
2025/09/15 | 0.19% | 28.13% | 6.63% | 7% | 17.47% | 8.93% | 2.08% | 4.2% | 1.92% | 0% |
2025/09/16 | 3.74% | 12.42% | 6.65% | 0.98% | 16.71% | 11.48% | 6.56% | 1.96% | 1.32% | 0% |
2025/09/17 | 1.79% | 18.02% | 22.02% | 0% | 14.9% | 0.07% | 5.73% | 4.78% | 0% | 0% |
2025/09/18 | 2.06% | 16.93% | 10.48% | 0% | 18.88% | 6.17% | 0.62% | 4.22% | 2.83% | 0% |
2025/09/19 | 0.21% | 17.03% | 21.26% | 2.77% | 15.55% | 2.4% | 5.5% | 1.2% | 0.02% | 1.19% |
2025/09/20 | 3.46% | 23.22% | 10.8% | 6.11% | 29.76% | 0.03% | 0.34% | 4.82% | 0.01% | 0% |
2025/09/21 | 0.14% | 14.29% | 7.9% | 12.39% | 26.82% | 5.3% | 0.44% | 3.73% | 0% | 0% |
2025/09/22 | 1.96% | 25.96% | 9.23% | 4.02% | 16.23% | 8.53% | 8.59% | 5.36% | 0.02% | 0% |
2025/09/23 | 0.15% | 10.97% | 10.62% | 4.14% | 18.36% | 9.95% | 2.94% | 8.28% | 0.03% | 6.62% |
2025/09/24 | 0.15% | 7.98% | 7.7% | 2.88% | 18.28% | 9.37% | 4.78% | 5.04% | 0.07% | 28.09% |
2025/09/25 | 1.52% | 12.4% | 5.21% | 5.5% | 25.06% | 9.63% | 0.48% | 3.44% | 0% | 13.13% |
2025/09/26 | 2.39% | 7.58% | 9.09% | 0.94% | 24.46% | 12.83% | 6.23% | 8.51% | 2.1% | 8.88% |
2025/09/27 | 8.6% | 6.33% | 13.84% | 0.71% | 28.53% | 3.74% | 4.75% | 2.86% | 6.89% | 6.59% |
2025/09/28 | 18.21% | 10.38% | 9.05% | 1.98% | 34.87% | 1.34% | 0.45% | 5.34% | 4.91% | 0.81% |
2025/09/29 | 6.94% | 9.2% | 4.56% | 8.44% | 22.05% | 9.02% | 0.58% | 6.44% | 13.26% | 0% |
2025/09/30 | 15.03% | 13.27% | 11.46% | 11.26% | 7.5% | 7.24% | 7.23% | 2.19% | 0.02% | 0% |
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In September 2025, IBM led with a peak impression share of 34.87% on the 28th. Freshworks and ChatGPT followed, showing consistent presence. Claude.ai and Chatbot.com had notable spikes, while Uniphore surged mid-month. The month concluded with IBM’s dominance.
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