Sillytavern AI trend
Sillytavern AI is still accelerating: overall interest is up +249% in a year and +132% in the last three months. Next Big's projection: likely to ease off over the next 12 months.
- ConfidenceHow sure the Pulse is over its last 13 weeks. Medium confidence: sources from more than one company carry the line lately, not all of them steady. Every label
- Medium
- StageExploding: interest at least doubled over about two years and still sits at 70% or more of its peak. Every label
- Exploding
Two things to know
- Sillytavern AI is exploding on the Next Big Pulse, +249% in a year, about 9K 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.
What is sillytavern AI?
SillyTavern AI refers to SillyTavern, a free, open-source chat interface that users install themselves to role-play with AI characters, connecting it to models through APIs such as OpenRouter, local models or other providers. People search it for installation guides, running it on a phone, response formatting, the best models for role-play and comparisons with Janitor AI and Chub AI. In practice users are dedicated role-play hobbyists who want control over models, memory and content. The rise follows frustration with filtered commercial apps. Openings lie in hosting, model access, character cards and simpler setups.
- Searches a month
- 9K
- The Pulse now, US, between 6K and 15K
- Rise so far
- Near its peak
- At 100% of its 2-year peak, climbing 39 weeks. Searches here were higher a year on 76% of the time (any search 73%)
- Shelf life
- 9 to 63 weeks
- How long past rises like this one lasted: median 23 weeks, from 3,914 rises. History, not a forecast
- Overall interest, a year
- +249%
- from 5K to 9K searches a month (rough)
- Last 3 months
- +132%
- accelerating, +5.3K a month (rough)
- Next 12 months
- Easing off
- Next Big's projection, -20%
- Stage
- Exploding
- growing faster each month
- Trend score
- 66/100
- Worth building on, from eight parts: how it's made is below the numbers
- Peaks
- All year
- no seasonal peak
- A click is worth
- $6.65
- what advertisers pay
- Ranking difficulty
- 11/100
- 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 | 65/100 | 25% | 16.2 |
| The last weeks | 87/100 | 15% | 13.1 |
| Fits a business (judged in review) | 70/100 | 15% | 10.5 |
| Interest now | 100/100 | 10% | 10.0 |
| Kept rising | 25/100 | 10% | 2.5 |
| What a click is worth | 100/100 | 10% | 10.0 |
| Posts about it | 0/100 | 10% | 0.0 |
| Searches a month | 69/100 | 5% | 3.5 |
| Before adjustments | 100% | 65.7 | |
| Trend score | 66/100 |
How worth building on a search is, not how big it is. Every weight is on the methodology.
What's next for sillytavern AI
- Direction
- Accelerating, +132% over the last 3 months.
- Next 12 months
- Next Big's projection: likely to ease off (-20%).
- Its market
- AI companions: its searches are up a median +28% on a year ago, opportunity 65/100.
Is sillytavern AI really trending?
Only Hunger is measured for sillytavern AI so far: no source of Heat counts it yet, so there's no verdict.
- Hungerwhat people go looking for+132% in 3 monthsFrom Google web search, web popularity
- HeatHeat: what the crowd is shown, unasked. Posts about it are being counted; the line shows once there are 4 weeks of them, in about 3 weeks.
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 sillytavern AI still growing?
Yes. Overall interest in sillytavern AI is up +249% in a year, and still up +132% over the last 3 months. The line blends every source we read for it, each listed below with its own figures.
- +132%in 3 monthsJul 2026 to this week
Each figure compares overall interest at the end of the window with its start.
Who searches for it, and why
Most people search it to reach one site.
What people ask about sillytavern AI
Questions
- how to use sillytavern ai
- how to install sillytavern ai
- how to setup sillytavern ai
- how to use vertex ai sillytavern
- how to make sillytavern like character ai
- how to use sillytavern with chub ai
Best
- sillytavern best ai for roleplay
- best sillytavern ai
- best sillytavern ai model
- sillytavern best ai response configuration
- sillytavern best free ai
- sillytavern best local ai
Compared
- sillytavern ai vs janitor ai
- sillytavern vs ai dungeon
Apps and tools
- sillytavern ai on phone
- sillytavern ai response formatting
- ai for sillytavern
- sillytavern ai app
Also searched
- sillytavernai
- sillytavernai companion
Alternatives to sillytavern AI
What people weigh it against: brands in the same market, and the names they compare it with in search.
What's built around it
The apps, code and videos sillytavern AI already has: where the market is, and where it isn't yet.
Brands and companies behind it
Who sillytavern AI names, makes it or builds it, from Wikidata, SEC EDGAR and GitHub. Each name says where it comes from.
Sources
The chart is the Next Big Pulse: every source with a weekly or monthly reading for sillytavern AI, 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.
- Google web search70%since Oct 2025
- Web popularity30%since Oct 2025
Confidence: medium, sources from more than one company carry the line lately, not all of them steady. The last 2 weeks rest on fewer sources: they aren't in web popularity 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 sillytavern AI still popular in 2026?
Yes. Overall interest in sillytavern AI is up +249% on a year ago, and +132% over the last three months.
How many people search for sillytavern AI?
About 9,340 searches a month in the US, on the Next Big Pulse.
When do searches for sillytavern AI peak?
It doesn't follow a season. Its busiest week in five years was in October 2026.
Will sillytavern AI keep growing?
Next Big's projection says it's likely to ease off over the next 12 months (-20%). It's a forecast from public search data, not advice.
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