What People Build With AI Website Builders
Based on WeInc's analysis of 956 AI-generated website projects, 2026.
Most people who use an AI website builder create a website for a real business, not an app. In WeInc's analysis of 956 AI-generated projects built on its platform between March 2 and July 17, 2026, roughly 87% of projects were websites rather than apps or software tools. The single largest category was general business websites at 31%, followed by software and SaaS at 20%, photography and portfolio sites at 9.7%, agency and marketing sites at 9.1%, and food and drink businesses at 6.7%.
Headline statistics
- 87%, of AI-built projects are websites, not apps or software tools (WeInc, 2026)
- 31%, are general business websites, the largest single category (WeInc, 2026)
- 9.7%, are photography and portfolio sites, the largest named vertical (WeInc, 2026)
- 9.1%, are agency and marketing websites (WeInc, 2026)
- 6.7%, are food and drink businesses such as restaurants, cafes, and bakeries (WeInc, 2026)
- 956, real projects analyzed, created between March 2 and July 17, 2026 (WeInc, 2026)
Full category breakdown
Share of AI-generated projects by business category, 2026.
Percentages are rounded and classified with keyword and template-category rules, so they are directional rather than exact and do not sum to 100. The two caveats above are called out because honest data beats impressive data.
Websites, not apps
Public showcases for most app-first AI builders skew toward internal tools, dashboards, and SaaS prototypes. WeInc's user base leans the opposite way: roughly 87% of projects are websites for real businesses. No vendor publishes a verified category breakdown of what its users build, which is why the first-party percentages above exist.
- Lovable: 25M projects created, roughly $200M ARR (company-reported)
- v0 by Vercel: 4M users and 9.6M projects (company-reported)
- Replit Agent: 1M prototypes created in 90 days (company-reported)
- Bolt.new: 130k builders joined its hackathon; winning entries skewed to AI tools and developer SaaS
- Base44: 250k users in six months; acquired by Wix for $80M
Methodology
The dataset covers 956 projects created on the WeInc platform between March 2 and July 17, 2026, drawn from WeInc's production database. Roughly 65 test and noise projects were excluded during classification.
Each project was classified into a category using its project name, project description, and the first message the creator sent to the AI, matched against keyword rules and WeInc's template categories.
Two buckets deserve caution. General Business (31%) is mostly bare company names with no industry signal, so some of those projects belong in named verticals. SaaS / Software (20%) is inflated because greedy keywords such as AI, data, ventures, and studios pull generic projects into it. All percentages are directional, not exact.
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Suggested citation: WeInc. "What People Build With AI Website Builders: An Analysis of 956 Projects." We.Inc, 2026. https://we.inc/data/what-people-build-with-ai
Inline attribution: Based on WeInc's analysis of 956 AI-generated website projects, 2026 (we.inc).
Related: WeInc pricing, website templates, industry use cases.
Frequently asked questions
What do most people build with AI website builders?
Most people build websites for real businesses. Based on WeInc's analysis of 956 AI-generated website projects (2026), 31% were general business websites, 20% were software or SaaS sites, 9.7% were photography or portfolio sites, 9.1% were agency or marketing sites, and 6.7% were food and drink businesses.
Do people use AI builders to make websites or apps?
On WeInc, roughly 87% of AI-built projects are websites rather than apps or software tools, based on an analysis of 956 projects created between March and July 2026. Public showcases for app-first tools like Replit and Base44 skew the opposite way, toward internal tools and dashboards.
What is the most popular industry for AI-built websites?
General business websites lead at 31%, but most of those are unbranded company names. Among named industries, photography and portfolio sites are the largest vertical at 9.7%, followed by agency and marketing at 9.1% and food and drink at 6.7%, based on WeInc's analysis of 956 AI-generated website projects (2026).
Where does this data come from?
From WeInc's production database: 956 projects created on the platform between March 2 and July 17, 2026. Projects were classified by name, description, and the creator's first AI prompt using keyword and template-category rules, with roughly 65 test projects excluded. Percentages are directional, not exact.
Can I cite these statistics?
Yes. Every statistic on this page is free to cite in articles, research, and presentations with a link to https://we.inc/data/what-people-build-with-ai. A suggested citation is provided on the page.
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