2026 AI Directory Traffic Tier List

On 8 September 2026 we ranked eleven directories and launch boards by the latest month Semrush’s public pages actually showed. There's An AI For That (TAAFT) had 10.05 million visits in July, so it goes in S. NewName.ai had no public month that day; we did not invent a visit count. It sits in A with Toolify and AIxploria on product shape: emerging-brand and launch tracking.

Directory traffic, 2026

3M+ is S, 800k–3M A, 300k–800k B, 100k–300k C. Months differ; they are in the table.

TAAFT’s volume is the largest here. India is a big slice on the public page, so the count does not tell you how many buyers showed up. Product Hunt (3.95M, May) and AlternativeTo (2.91M, May) still clear S. Toolify (1.52M, July) and AIxploria (1.07M) land in A. Futurepedia, Peerlist and Future Tools sit in B. SaaSHub’s May print is 270.7k, C. BetaList had no public Semrush month that day, so D.

How we ranked this

On 8 September 2026 we used Semrush’s public traffic pages and took the latest month each page actually showed. Product Hunt, AlternativeTo and SaaSHub only exposed May; the others showed July. Bands: 3M+ is S, 800k–3M is A, 300k–800k is B, 100k–300k is C, no public month is D. NewName.ai had no public Semrush month that day, so we did not invent a visit count. It sits in A with Toolify and AIxploria on product shape: emerging-brand and launch tracking.

What the main sites actually do

Visit counts say how many people showed up. This section is the business each site runs.

Product Hunt

Ryan Hoover’s launch community, live since 2013. Each day new products line up on the homepage; people vote, comment, and hunters help projects get seen. Tech companies still treat it as the default launch day. Press and investors open it too. The core product is the product page and the crowd, later wrapped with newsletters, jobs and Ship. AI fills a lot of the front page now, but the site is still a general launch board, not a search engine organised by task. Semrush’s public page showed 3.95 million visits for May 2026. BacklinkBot prints Ahrefs DR 91.

TAAFT (There's An AI For That)

An AI directory organised by the job you want done, with fine-grained categories. Closest thing here to an AI-tools search engine. People arrive to search a task and click a listing. Semrush showed 10.05 million visits in July 2026, the largest in this set. India is a big slice on the public page, so volume is not the same as paying buyers. DR 79, and listing links are often nofollow. Founders submit mainly to get found.

Toolify

AI tools only. Hundreds of categories, and listing pages often show traffic estimates, which helps if you want to see whether a tool is actually used. 1.52 million public visits in July. DR 72, often marked dofollow on submission lists, so SEO teams treat it as its own stop.

AlternativeTo

An older software-alternatives site. Searches like “alternative to X” still land here, in any category. Users vote on substitutes and leave short notes; the site lives on those comparison pages. 2.91 million visits in May, DR 89. It is a comparison catalog. It does not run a Product Hunt-style daily homepage vote.

NewName.ai

Tracks new brands and launches. The homepage lists recent products by developer tools, AI, SaaS, fintech and similar buckets, with write-ups, founder stories and a weekly report. Same discovery job, smaller than Product Hunt or TAAFT, so it sits in A on all three boards. Semrush had no public traffic page that day, so we did not invent a visit count; it is also missing from BacklinkBot’s DR table.

The rest

Futurepedia mixes a directory with courses; about 465k visits in July, DR 76, more “learn then pick.” Future Tools is Matt Wolfe’s curated AI list, about 300k in July, fewer entries, heavier editing. Peerlist is developer profiles plus launches, about 435k, a narrower circle. BetaList is a startup launch board, quieter than Product Hunt, but DR 78 — the domain age shows. SaaSHub compares SaaS products, about 271k in May. AIxploria is an AI directory with 1.07 million July visits, named less often than TAAFT or Toolify.

Same sites, other rulers: 2026 AI Directory Domain Rating Tier List · 2026 Product Discovery Authority Tier List.