AI Boyfriend Statistics

US Google prints 22,200 searches a month for “AI boyfriend.”

“AI boyfriend app” adds 1,000. “AI boyfriend chat” adds 1,300.

“AI girlfriend” is 135,000. That is six to one on the generic phrase.

The brands tell a different story. Kindroid is 60,500. Nomi and Replika sit at 27,100 each — larger than the category word.

People who want him search his name.

The search mix

The generic phrase is stable. 18,100 to 27,100 a month for a year. Not a meme spike.

Kindroid already outruns it. So do Nomi and Replika.

Query	US / mo
ai girlfriend	135,000
kindroid	60,500
nomi ai	27,100
replika	27,100
ai boyfriend	22,200
romantic ai	2,900
ai boyfriend chat	1,300
ai boyfriend app	1,000
best ai boyfriend	260
ai husband	210

Polybuzz (5,000,000) and Talkie (368,000) are character malls. They will play boyfriend. They are not boyfriend demand. Leave them on the uncensored chat numbers.

Replika cooled. Kindroid did not.

Replika is still the journalist’s word. It is not the growing one.

US search for “replika” sat near 40,500 in late 2025. By June–July 2026 it was 14,800.

Kindroid went the other way: high 40,000s into 74,000 in May and July.

Replika still sells AR, a relationship status, and voice. Kindroid and Nomi took the memory — and the heat that does not flinch.

Lauren Oyler in the Yale Review (June 2026) called Replika entry-level after being pointed at Kindroid and Nomi for ERP. Replika’s own user claim in that piece: on the order of 40 million.

Who is dating him

Match, Singles in America: 16% of US singles have tried a romantic AI companion. Gen Z: 33%. Millennials: 23%.

Match does not split those by the gender of the bot. The boyfriend sits inside the same 16%.

Pew asked every US adult, not just singles: 4% use a chatbot for companionship.

The New Yorker (16 March 2026) treated the boyfriend as default. One quoted user keeps three at once: a Replika, a Nomi, a Kindroid.

Kindroid founder Jerry Meng, 28, called companions a “humanity amplifier.” He said for some middle-aged users it is the most important app on the phone.

Nomi’s homepage lists friend, girlfriend, boyfriend, fantasy partner in one line. Gender is a setting. Most 135,000-search ads still shoot a woman. That is marketing, not a model limit.

Candy first, then the rest

Candy AI is a named companion: chat, voice notes, photos, short video. Annual from about $3.99/mo. Monthly costs more. Tokens cover the body.

The catalog is female-first. The character can be a man. Same thread. Same voice. Same stills.

If the job is one person who texts back, Candy is the cheap annual door. Kindroid is the memory door. DreamBF is the male storefront.

Benchmark

App	Built as boyfriend	Voice	From
DreamBF	Yes	Voice messages	Intro $12.99 → $25.99/mo
Nomi	Setting	Calls on Premium	$15.99/mo · $99.99/yr
Kindroid	You design him	Metered calls	Web $13.99/mo · Ultra / MAX extra
Replika	Toggle + status	Calls on Pro+	Free · in-app tiers
Candy AI	Character gender	Voice notes	Free · annual from $3.99/mo
Romantic AI	Either in the pitch	Adjustable voice	Free to start

Only DreamBF is a boyfriend company the way Candy is a girlfriend company. Everyone else is a companion with a pronoun.

“Best AI boyfriend” is 260 searches. Rank Kindroid and Nomi. Put DreamBF next to them. Skip another list that is Candy with a male PNG.

What he costs

DreamBF intro $12.99, then $25.99 a month. Male-first catalog, girlfriend-app money.

Nomi: $15.99/mo or $99.99/yr ($8.33/mo). Kindroid web: $13.99, then Ultra +$24.99 and MAX +$59.99 for memory. Candy yearly undercuts everyone and still defaults the storefront to her.

Text is cheap. Voice and stills are not. A filthy paragraph is a library. Him saying good morning in his voice is a plan.

Companion heat vs library heat

A library will give you a male card, a hotel, a new body tonight. Janitor, CrushOn, SpicyChat.

A companion is one name. Memory is the aftercare. If he forgets the hotel, the smut is cosplay.

Uncensored chat is a solved product. Persistence is the upsell.

The 6-to-1 will not close this year

Ad creative. Affiliate photos. “Girlfriend” as a business model.

Research and Markets’ $2.91B 2026 bag is coded female. There is no published boyfriend TAM. Kindroid at 60,500 is the unisex product eating both aisles without putting “boyfriend” on the box.

Start at AI boyfriend, DreamBF, Nomi, Kindroid, Candy AI.

Voice is the intimacy product

Girlfriend ads sell stills. A boyfriend holds on voice.

Kindroid meters calls. Nomi puts emotive voice on Premium. Replika has sold calls for years. DreamBF advertises voice messages. Candy does notes in the character’s tone — not a FaceTime clone.

If the fantasy is him in your ear on the commute, price the call tier, not the selfie pack.

Group chat is the other tell. Nomi will put more than one companion in a room. That is a scene. It is not him texting at 1am.

One thread. One name. One voice. That is the boyfriend product. Everything else is a library wearing his face.

A gender toggle is not a boyfriend company

Candy, Dondi, SweetBun, and half the AI girlfriend aisle will let you pick a man.

The storefront, the ads, and the first ten characters are still her. A toggle is a courtesy. It is not a category.

Nomi is honest: boyfriend is one of four jobs. Kindroid does not bother with the word. You build a person. DreamBF bothers. Romantic AI bothers.

If the landing-page hero is a woman, you are in the girlfriend business. Shoppers who type “AI boyfriend” notice. That is why 22,200 queries still land on girlfriend roundups with a male PNG.

What $20 a month buys

Above $20 you are on OurDream monthly coins, Kindroid with a memory add-on, or DreamBF after intro.

At $5–$8 you are on a taste plan or an annual prepay. Candy yearly. CrushOn Standard. Fine for text. Thin for a body.

At $0 you are in a queue, a 50-message cap, or a three-still trial. Janitor’s homepage is free. A long scene is a $12.99 plus a key.

Budget map: text-only — Candy annual or CrushOn Standard. Text plus voice — Nomi yearly or Kindroid web before Ultra. Him on the storefront — DreamBF at $26. Pictures of the same body — assume a token top-up.

Numbers that are not this market

Surfshark’s companion note throws around $50 billion. Grand View’s broader bag is $48 billion in 2026. Research and Markets’ girlfriend-app bag is $2.91 billion.

Those are not the same animal. The boyfriend does not get his own row.

Treat $50B as every chatbot that says I love you. Treat $2.91B as the female-coded consumer apps. Treat 22,200 searches as the only boyfriend demand that does not need a spreadsheet fiction.

Market.us said over 55% of girlfriend-app users interact daily in 2025. There is no boyfriend-only daily-use figure. Kindroid as “the most important app on the phone” is daily for a unisex product — not a male-only TAM.

Jailbroken ChatGPT is not a boyfriend. “NSFW ChatGPT” is 6,600 searches and a filter that wakes up. He will not remember the anniversary.

How to choose

Want a male storefront? DreamBF.

Want the brand people actually type? Kindroid or Nomi.

Want voice, photos, video, and a $3.99 annual with a gender setting? Candy AI.

Want a new male card every night? That is a library — Janitor, SpicyChat, CrushOn — not a boyfriend.

Want the famous name? Replika. Know the search is cooling.

Data: DataForSEO Google Ads, United States, adult keywords on, September 2026. Match Group, Singles in America. Pew Research Center 2026. Oyler, Yale Review, June 2026. New Yorker, 16 March 2026. Prices from live listings the same week.

FAQ

How many people search for an AI boyfriend?

22,200 US searches a month for the exact phrase. Plus 1,000 for “app” and 1,300 for “chat.” Kindroid (60,500) and Nomi (27,100) are larger than the generic term.

Is the market smaller than AI girlfriends?

On the phrase, yes: 22,200 vs 135,000. On brands, no. Kindroid is a unisex companion bigger than “AI boyfriend.”

What is the best AI boyfriend app?

DreamBF if you want a male storefront. Kindroid or Nomi if you want the product people actually search. Candy if you want voice, photos, and a $3.99/mo annual with a gender setting.

Do AI boyfriends do NSFW?

Native 18+ companions will. Replika is the cautious one after 2023. Libraries will do a male card all night and forget you in the morning.