How AI systems use aitoolfinder.org
Crawler, assistant and citation evidence taken from Microsoft Clarity for aitoolfinder.org. Every figure is dated, and the page states plainly what the data does not show.
Compiled as of 17 September 2026 · Data source: Microsoft Clarity (project tcmwsslz8t)
Direct answer
Microsoft Clarity reports 37,366 AI crawler, assistant and search requests and 17,152 page citations for 19 August-17 September 2026. Requests and citations are separate measures. These are historical site-wide results, not forecasts for a sponsored page.
Buyers and vendors ask what a placement on this site is actually worth. The honest answer separates two things: how often AI systems read and cite these pages, which is measurable and large, and how much traffic that sends, which is currently very small. Both are reported below.
Crawler and assistant activity
| Metric | Last 7 days 11 Sep – 17 Sep 2026 | Last 30 days 19 Aug – 17 Sep 2026 | Last 60 days 19 Jul – 16 Sep 2026 | Last 120 days 20 May – 16 Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI crawler / assistant / AI-search requests (AI bots) | 11,317 | 37,366 | 103,472 | 135,452 |
| — of which AI assistants + AI search | 3,024 | 10,556 | 42,144 | 61,900 |
| Share of all requests (AI bots) | 17.93% | 14.29% | — | — |
| All requests (humans + all bots) | — | 261,501 | — | — |
| — of which likely human traffic | — | 143,603 (54.91%) | — | — |
| AI page citations | 3,010 | 17,152 | — | — |
| Share of AI authority (SoA) | 13.23 | 14.07 | — | — |
Operators seen in these exports include OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Perplexity, Anthropic, Apple and Google. In the 7 days to 17 Sep 2026 AI bots made 11,317 requests to the site — 17.93% of all requests — of which AI assistants and AI search accounted for 3,024. In the 30-day window AI bots account for 14.29% of all requests. The 60-day and 120-day columns are left blank where the export does not contain that metric.
AI citation windows
Page citations count how often a page on this site was used as a source in an AI answer during the window. Share of authority (SoA) is the site's share of the AI answers tracked for this project.
| Window (ending 17 Sep 2026) | AI page citations | Share of authority (SoA) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 days | 3,010 | 13.23 |
| 30 days | 17,152 | 14.07 |
| 60 days | 31,135 | 15.22 |
| 90 days | 51,783 | 14.43 |
| 120 days | 56,612 | 14.34 |
These windows overlap and must not be added together. They are shown separately so a reader can see the shape of the trend rather than a single headline number.
Most-cited pages (last 30 days)
The pages below were cited most often in the 30 days to 17 Sep 2026. This is a citation count, not a traffic count and not a ranking of product quality.
| Page | AI citations |
|---|---|
/tools/adobe-podcast/ | 4,512 |
/best-ai-product-photo-tools-2026/ | 2,710 |
/best-free-ai-tools-2026/ | 1,597 |
/tools/runway-ml/ | 857 |
/tools/poe/ | 804 |
/best-ai-chatbots-2026/ | 509 |
/tools/soundtrap/ | 444 |
/best-mcp-servers/ | 382 |
/blog/best-ai-coding-assistants-2026 | 382 |
/fda-product-code-builder/ | 353 |
What we do not claim
A citation is a reference to a page in an AI-generated answer, not a visitor, endorsement or sale. Paid placements buy the agreed labelled content and retention, without a traffic, ranking or citation guarantee.
This is deliberately stated before any commercial discussion, because a vendor deciding on a placement should know that machine readership and human traffic are different numbers. The figures on this page are updated from Clarity exports, and they are published as they are found, including when they fall.
How to read this data
All figures come from Microsoft Clarity exports for the aitoolfinder.org project. Crawler and assistant activity is measured over the windows dated in the first table; citation and share-of-authority figures come from the citation exports dated in the second table. The page was compiled as of 17 September 2026.
The exports were taken at slightly different times, so the end date of a window can differ by a day between columns. Each column shows the dates that export actually covers rather than a single uniform end date.
The citation windows overlap and must not be added together. The supplied 120-, 150- and 180-day exports have the same citation total; this alone does not establish a platform retention limit. We show the dated windows without inferring one.
The Clarity AI-visibility panel has been revised during 2026, so comparisons across that revision are not like-for-like. Where a metric is not available in an export, this page shows a dash rather than an estimate.
Frequently asked questions
What does this page measure?
It reports how AI crawlers, AI assistants and AI search systems request and cite pages on aitoolfinder.org, using Microsoft Clarity exports for the windows dated on this page.
Does a high citation count mean AI systems send traffic to the site?
No. Citations measure page references in AI-generated answers; they do not measure referral visits. Bot requests are also separate from human visits.
Can the windows on this page be added together?
No. The 7, 30, 60, 90 and 120 day windows overlap, so adding them would double-count the same citations. Compare the per-window figures instead.
Why does the history stop at 120 days?
This page displays the selected historical export windows. Identical totals in longer exports do not prove a 120-day retention policy.
Is a citation or ranking guaranteed with a paid placement?
No. Paid placements buy a reviewed, clearly labelled as sponsored inclusion in one specific page with a stable URL and an agreed delivery date. No citation, ranking or traffic outcome is promised.