AI agent trend

Is ai agent still growing?

Yes. Google's weekly index for it is up +248% in a year, though down -26% over the last 3 months. The rise is measured, not a one-week spike or a change in how Google counts, and Wikipedia views, Hacker News mentions and Bluesky posts rose with it, each above what every other search on the same source did.

3 months

-26%

1 year

+248%

2 years

+2,606%

Each figure compares Google's weekly index at the end of the window with its start.

Checked outside Google

A rise on Google alone can be a change in how Google counts. These rose with it, each against what every other search on the same source did:

• Wikipedia views (AI agent): 99 → 4,275 views a week, +4234% on the year against a library median of -22%
• Hacker News mentions (ai agent): 2,506 → 6,825 out of 100 (weekly average), +172% on the year against a library median of +15%
• Bluesky posts (ai agent): 60 → 155 out of 100 (weekly average), +158% on the year against a library median of +21%
• New York Times articles rose too, by more than they did for the typical search we track there (their licence lets us name the source, not quote its numbers).
• Bing searches rose too, by more than they did for the typical search we track there (their licence lets us name the source, not quote its numbers).
• research papers (OpenAlex): 1,260 → 5,344 papers a year, +324% on the year against a library median of +31%

About this search

AI agent refers to software that uses a language model to plan and execute multi-step tasks with tools, memory and access to apps, from coding agents and browser agents to customer-service and personal assistants such as OpenClaw and Hermes. Searchers are developers, businesses and consumers trying to understand and adopt them. The category is the centre of AI investment. It signals demand for agent platforms, vertical agents, security, evaluation and hosting.

Rising alongside it

Searches Google lists as rising with ai agent.

• openclaw
• openclaw ai agent
• medvi
• shop lc
• moltbook
• medvi reviews
• embody reviews
• hermes

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