Hakkoai trend
Hakkoai is no longer trending: the rise no longer passes the Next Big Pulse's check, so read the chart below as history, not a forecast.
- ConfidenceHow sure the Pulse is over its last 13 weeks. Low confidence: one company's sources, or noisy ones, carry the line lately. Every label
- Low
- StageExploding: interest at least doubled over about two years and still sits at 70% or more of its peak. Every label
- Exploding
No longer trending as of October 20, 2026. It last passed our check on October 19, 2026. The rise no longer passes the Pulse's check.
Three things to know
- Hakkoai is exploding on the Next Big Pulse, +175% in a year, about 1K searches a month in the US.
- Near its peak: at 100% of its two-year peak; searches at this point were higher a year later 76% of the time, against 73% for any search.
- It no longer passes our check (last on October 19, 2026): read the chart as history.
Behind the rise
Discussed around it: a YouTube video.
Where the line turned
- 1Behind the rise, Sep 2026: a YouTube video.
Things that happened around the rise, never a claim of what caused it.
- Searches a month
- 1K
- The Pulse now, US, between 750 and 3K
- Rise so far
- Near its peak
- At 100% of its 2-year peak, climbing 10 weeks. Searches here were higher a year on 76% of the time (any search 73%)
- Overall interest, a year
- +175%
- from 564 to 1K searches a month (rough)
- Last 3 months
- +13%
- no longer trending
- Stage
- Exploding
- holding level
- Trend score
- 52/100
- Worth building on, from eight parts: how it's made is below the numbers
- Peaks
- All year
- no seasonal peak
- A click is worth
- $1.57
- what advertisers pay
- Ranking difficulty
- 6/100
- room for a new page
Searches a month added are rough: right direction about 3 times in 4, size within ×2 (check 14a). What that means.
How the trend score is made
| Part | Reading | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growth over a year | 61/100 | 25% | 15.2 |
| The last weeks | 52/100 | 15% | 7.7 |
| Fits a business (judged in review) | 70/100 | 15% | 10.5 |
| Interest now | 97/100 | 10% | 9.7 |
| Kept rising | 0/100 | 10% | 0.0 |
| What a click is worth | 31/100 | 10% | 3.1 |
| Posts about it | 30/100 | 10% | 3.0 |
| Searches a month | 59/100 | 5% | 2.9 |
| Before adjustments | 100% | 52.2 | |
| Trend score | 52/100 |
How worth building on a search is, not how big it is. Every weight is on the methodology.
What's next for hakkoai
- Direction
- No longer trending: overall interest stopped rising.
- What it opens
- Comparison and setup guides for AI companion apps covering pricing, privacy and cancelling, plus character and persona templates for people trying HakkoAI.
- Its market
- AI companions: its searches are up a median +28% on a year ago, opportunity 65/100.
The next wave inside it
Searches rising fastest alongside hakkoai. Breakout means more than five thousand percent.
- ai girlfriendBreakout
- replikaBreakout
New this week: ai companion, chai ai, replika.
Is hakkoai really trending?
Only Hunger is measured for hakkoai so far: no source of Heat counts it yet, so there's no verdict.
- Hungerwhat people go looking forlevel over 3 monthsFrom Bing searches
- HeatHeat: what the crowd is shown, unasked. No source counts it for this search yet.
Real when people are shown it and go looking for it; Early when the crowd is shown it first; Hype when it's shown and not sought; Quiet demand when searches rise with little talk. How the two sides are read.
Is hakkoai still growing?
Not any more. Hakkoai last passed our check on October 19, 2026. The rise no longer passes the Next Big Pulse's check, so read the chart as history, not a forecast.
- +13%in 3 months, within its own noise, so flatJul 2026 to this week
- +175%in 1 yearOct 2025 to this week
Each figure compares overall interest at the end of the window with its start.
Who searches for it, and why
HakkoAI refers to an AI companion app linked in searches to AI girlfriend apps, in which users chat with virtual characters. People search how to use it, its app on the App Store and versions for PC, Mac and Linux, comparisons with rivals, and how to cancel its subscription. In practice it is used by adults looking for a virtual companion on a paid plan. Its sharp rise is recent, following the wider growth of companion apps. For a business it is a new competitor in a crowded category, and cancellation searches again point to billing friction across these apps.
Most people search it to learn about it.
What people ask about hakkoai
Questions
- how to use hakkoai
- how to cancel hakkoai subscription
- how to turn off hakkoai
- does hakkai cost money
- how to get cybernid
Cost
- hakkoai cost
- hakko ai alternative free
Apps and tools
- hakko ai for pc
- hakko ai for linux
- hakko ai for mac
- hakkoai app
- hakko ai app store
Also searched
- hakai
- hakai tv
- hakaitsu gd
- hakaine maiko
- hakaishin
- hakai theme
What's built around it
The apps, code and videos hakkoai already has: where the market is, and where it isn't yet.
Apps, 10 in the store
Open-source code, 3 repos
Sources
The chart is the Next Big Pulse: every source with a weekly or monthly reading for hakkoai, blended into one line of overall interest. A trend counts only when independent sources confirm the rise, each read against what every other search we track did there.
- Bing searches96%since Nov 2024
Confidence: low, one company's sources, or noisy ones, carry the line lately. The last 2 weeks rest on fewer sources: they aren't in Bing searches yet. How the grade works
| Source | Rose with it | This search, in a year | The typical search there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bing searches | No rise above typical | ||
| Wikipedia views | No rise above typical | ||
| Bluesky posts | No rise above typical | ||
| Hacker News mentions | No rise above typical | ||
| Research papers | No rise above typical | ||
| New York Times articles | No rise above typical | ||
Searches a month is the Pulse's reading now, in Google Ads' scale for the US; cost per click and ranking difficulty are Google Ads keyword estimates.
The same search on Google Trends · How we read every source
Projections are Next Big's forecasts from public search data. They aren't financial, investment, trading or medical advice.
Questions
Is hakkoai still popular in 2026?
No. Hakkoai is no longer trending: overall interest stopped rising with its searches.
How many people search for hakkoai?
About 1,427 searches a month in the US, on the Next Big Pulse.
When do searches for hakkoai peak?
It doesn't follow a season. Its busiest week in five years was in April 2026.
What's rising alongside hakkoai?
The searches rising fastest with it are ai girlfriend and replika: often the next wave inside a trend.
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