Learning Management Systems: AI Market Discovery Index

Benchmark Summary

Docebo and TalentLMS are tied for the lead in the Learning Management Systems category in August 2026, each holding 7.4% valid recommendation coverage. Docebo takes the top rank on the strength of a higher rank-one rate (1.6% versus TalentLMS's 1.1%). No tracked brand recorded a significant increase in valid recommendation coverage this month. All ten tracked brands recorded significant declines in valid recommendation coverage compared with July 2026, the widest being TalentLMS (44.8% to 7.4%, down 37.4 points) and the narrowest being D2L Brightspace (7.9% to 0.7%, down 7.2 points). Moodle also recorded a large decline, from 39.8% to 5.8%.

The current benchmark reflects movement across every tracked brand rather than an isolated shift: each brand's decline in valid recommendation coverage exceeded the threshold for significant movement in this series. The underlying prompt collection totaled 800 prompt-surface observations in July 2026 and 600 in August 2026, producing 467 and 447 qualified observations respectively after qualification.

Current Benchmark at a Glance

Qualified surface breadth counts the number of canonical AI surface families with at least one qualified observation: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews, and AI Mode.

For the strategic interpretation of this benchmark, read CiteWorks Studio's analysis of How AI Search Is Recommending Learning Management Systems

Research Scope and Qualification

The public benchmark is narrower than the raw collection universe by design. The following table shows how observations moved through the research stages.

Brand-level percentages use the qualified observations as the public denominator, not the raw collection. AI Market Discovery Methodology

Current Brand Standings

How to Read the Standings

• Presence rate: share of qualified observations where the brand is mentioned, regardless of recommendation status.
• Valid recommendation coverage: share of qualified observations where the brand appears in a valid recommendation shortlist.
• Top-three rate: share of qualified observations where the brand appears in the first three recommendation positions.
• Rank-one rate: share of qualified observations where the brand is the first recommendation.
• Net sentiment: positive minus negative mention tone, divided by total mentions, ranging from -1 to 1.

For formulas and denominator rules, see AI Market Discovery Metric Definitions.

Recommendation Coverage Movement

Largest Decline: TalentLMS

TalentLMS fell 37.4 percentage points, from 44.8% valid recommendation coverage in July 2026 to 7.4% in August 2026. This was the largest single-month decline in the category. Presence rate dropped from 79.7% to 16.6%, and top-three rate fell from 23.5% to 3.1% over the same period.

Broader Declines Across the Category

Moodle declined 34.0 points from 39.8% to 5.8%, Docebo declined 33.5 points from 40.9% to 7.4%, and Canvas (Instructure) declined 29.8 points from 34.7% to 4.9%. Absorb LMS fell 27.1 points from 31.3% to 4.2%, and 360Learning fell 25.3 points from 28.7% to 3.4%. The smallest movement in the category was D2L Brightspace, down 7.2 points from 7.9% to 0.7%, followed by SAP Litmos, down 8.1 points from 10.3% to 2.2%. Blackboard (Anthology) and Cornerstone OnDemand also recorded significant declines.

Category Leader: Docebo

Docebo holds the top position at 7.4% valid recommendation coverage in August 2026, tied with TalentLMS. Rankings compressed considerably from July 2026, when the leader TalentLMS held 44.8% coverage and the gap to second-place Docebo stood at 3.9 points. In August 2026, the top-two gap is 0 points, with Moodle trailing at 5.8%.

Recommendation Placement Snapshot

Coverage alone does not show how prominently a brand is recommended. Placement rates reveal whether a brand appears early in recommendation shortlists or farther down.

Tight coverage gaps can still hide different first-position rates. Docebo and TalentLMS show identical coverage at 7.4%, but Docebo's rank-one rate of 1.6% exceeds TalentLMS's 1.1%.

Buyer-Intent Distribution

In August 2026, all qualified observations fell into the Brand Recommendation class, where users asked for direct brand suggestions.

The current public series measures brand recommendation discovery specifically and does not yet contain qualified observations in the pricing or multi-brand comparison classes.

Historical Measurement Record

This is an evergreen benchmark URL. New measurements are added to the same report.

Evidence and Source Layer

The benchmark is built from prompt-level observations that retain the query, AI/search surface, answer, brand outcome, recommendation placement, sentiment, and where exposed, citations or attributable evidence sources. Source presence is evidence about the information environment. It is not automatically proof that the source caused the recommendation.

Scope Boundaries

This public benchmark does not measure market share, attributable sales, every possible AI response, organic-search ranking, social mention volume, private or sponsored channels, or causality from a metric movement alone.

About This Benchmark

The LLM Authority Index AI Market Discovery Index tracks how AI assistants surface and recommend brands across major AI and search surfaces. This neutral industry benchmark measures presence, recommendation coverage, placement, and sentiment for tracked brands in each category.

• AI Market Discovery Methodology
• AI Market Discovery Metric Definitions
• AI Market Discovery Research Standards
• Modeled AI Authority Value

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