Independent product intelligence · Worldwide · 2026-05-01 → 2026-07-31

Character.AI

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General Assistantcharacter.aiTracked since 2026-08-194 discovery sources
343.8KBacklinks
17.9KReferring domains
46Domain authority
+3.9%Referring domains · 90 days

Authority & distribution

How strong is Character.AI’s web footprint?

Backlinks measure accumulated distribution; referring domains show how broadly that authority is spread. Both are observable on the open web, so both are published for every product here.

Backlinks

343.8KCurrent snapshot

Referring domains

17.9KCurrent snapshot

Authority

46Domain authority · category median 22

90-day move

+3.9%Referring domains, last 90 days
At 46, Character.AI sits above the 22 median for its category.

Trajectory · Pro

The counts above are the latest of 370 daily observations. The curve through them is on the full profile.

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Traffic & engagement

Where Character.AI ranks

Measured · Pro

Measured for this product: global rank, country rank and category rank.

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AI referral visibility

Which AI assistants are already sending Character.AI traffic?

Measured · Pro

Measured for this product: AI referral traffic, which assistants refer it and which pages those referrals land on.

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Product profile

What Character.AI is selling.

Traffic makes more sense when you can connect it to the actual product promise.

“Character.AI”

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General AssistantSeen 2026-08-19 → 2026-08-19Coverage tier C

What we have measured

4 of 8 signal groups are available for this product: identity, authority and backlinks, AI referrals, search demand.

Not measured for this domain: traffic and engagement, audience demographics, country distribution, acquisition mix. Those sections are left out of the page rather than filled with estimates.

Canonical website: https://beta.character.ai/

Observed across 4 discovery sources.

Research questions

What the evidence answers about Character.AI.

Every answer is tied to a source we collected, and the questions with no evidence behind them are left unanswered rather than guessed.

What problem does Character.AI solve?

Character.AI solves the problem of wanting to interact with custom AI personalities. It lets users create characters and chat with them, providing conversational assistance across multiple unrelated tasks.

What features or capabilities does Character.AI offer?

Character.AI offers the ability to create custom AI characters and chat with them. The platform supports broad conversational assistance and multiple unrelated tasks.

What is Character.AI used for, and in what situations?

Character.AI is used for chatting with custom AI characters across a broad range of conversational assistance scenarios. It is a platform where AI is central to the interaction.

Who is Character.AI designed for?

Character.AI is designed for users who want to create and chat with custom AI characters. It is classified as a general assistant, providing broad conversational support.

What is Character.AI?

Character.AI is a platform for creating and chatting with custom AI characters. It is categorized as a general assistant, providing broad conversational assistance across multiple unrelated tasks.

5 of 6 research questions are answered for this product. The rest need source evidence we have not collected yet, so they are left unanswered rather than guessed.

Behind the lock

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  • Backlink trajectoryThe figures above are the latest observation. The daily curve behind them holds 370.
  • AI referral detailHow much traffic assistants send, which 10 of them do it, and the 24 pages they land on.
  • Search structure and ranking depthOrganic against paid, brand against non-brand, and how many keywords rank in the top three against the long tail — which is what decides whether the demand is portable or tied to the name.
  • The rest of the marketPage through every leaderboard 100 rows at a time, put any five products side by side, and query the whole dataset over API / MCP.

Worldwide estimates · Data period 2026-05-01 → 2026-07-31. Figures are measured estimates intended for market research. Signals we have not measured for this domain are omitted, never estimated; a measured zero is still reported as zero. How this was measured