ATS market share statistics 2026
Which applicant tracking systems large employers actually use — every number below is from the 421 employers re-verified in October 2026, and free to cite. The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
Which ATS is most used in 2026?
Workday is the most-used applicant tracking system in the October 2026 re-verification, at 48.2% of 421 re-verified large employers (203 of 421). Greenhouse follows at 15.4% and Oracle Cloud HCM at 7.1%; the top three cover 70.8%. The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
Source: ResumeAI — 2026-10-09
Further reading: ResumeAI State of ATS 2026 (source dataset), JSON API for the dataset
Cite as: ResumeAI — withresumeai.com
The numbers, ready to quote
Workday runs hiring at 48.2% of 421 re-verified large employers in the October 2026 refresh (203 of 421) — the most-used ATS in that subset, but far from a majority. The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
The top three ATS vendors in the October 2026 re-verified subset — Workday, Greenhouse, and Oracle Cloud HCM — cover 70.8% (298 of 421). The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
Greenhouse is the ATS at 15.4% of the October 2026 re-verified subset (65 of 421), concentrated in venture-backed tech. The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
Oracle Cloud HCM runs hiring at 7.1% of the October 2026 re-verified subset (30 of 421). The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
iCIMS is the ATS at 7.1% of the October 2026 re-verified subset (30 of 421). The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
Eightfold is the ATS at 4.0% of the October 2026 re-verified subset (17 of 421). The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
Avature is the ATS at 3.3% of the October 2026 re-verified subset (14 of 421). The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
Ashby is the ATS at 3.3% of the October 2026 re-verified subset (14 of 421). The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
20 distinct ATS platforms appear across the 421 re-verified employers. The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
6 employers in the October 2026 re-verified subset use an internal ATS, including Amazon, AWS, and Apple. The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
The State of ATS 2026 dataset covers 738 large employers. The October 2026 refresh re-verified 421 of them with live evidence. The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs.
Get the underlying data
The full dataset is open (MIT license) — use it, republish it, build on it. Attribution appreciated, not required.
- Full report + methodology
- JSON API — free, no key (/api/v1/ats)
- CSV download
- GitHub — Kayvan-Zahiri/state-of-ats-2026 ↗
- npm — @withresumeai/ats-data ↗
- Kaggle dataset ↗
- Hugging Face dataset ↗
Cite as: ResumeAI, "State of ATS 2026," re-verified October 2026 — withresumeai.com/reports/state-of-ats-2026. The verified sample skews toward vendors with public job APIs. For broader ATS adoption and resume statistics, see ATS statistics 2026.