Flowstep articles that rank #1, and get quoted by AI

Overview

I tested Flowstep on actual design work and wrote about it on Medium and LinkedIn. This report shows, with screenshots, how far it reached, where it ranks and where AI answers quote it.

My role

Writer and designer: testing, writing, visuals and sharing

Channels

Medium (Bootcamp, Muzli) and LinkedIn

Checked

21 and 27 Sep 2026

Impact overview

Search

#1 on Google and #1 on Bing for its title (21 Sep).

AI answers

A source in Google's AI Overview, twice.

Google readers

2.1K readers from google.com across two articles.

Summary

Flowstep is an AI design tool that turns a prompt into connected screens and user flows. I wrote about it in two Medium articles and one LinkedIn article. In each one I tested Flowstep on actual design tasks, next to other tools.

The top article ranked #1 on Google and #1 on Bing for its title, and Google's AI Overview used it as a source. The two Medium articles have 5.3K views, and 2.1K readers came straight from Google.

10 Best AI Tools for UI Design: How I 10x My UI/UX WorkflowBootcamp on Medium · 21 Apr 2026 · 9 min read Best AI UI generator in 2026: I tested 6 AI Tools with the same promptMuzli on Medium · 3 Jun 2026 Top 5 AI Prototyping Tools in 2026: I Tested Flowstep, Figma Make, Google Stitch, V0 and Claude DesignLinkedIn article · 2,247 impressions

Article 1: reach

10 Best AI Tools for UI Design: How I 10x My UI/UX Workflow follows one app from research to launch. Flowstep is tool number 1.

3Kviews

1.5Kreads, 50% of views

709readers from google.com

+27new followers

Medium stats for 10 Best AI Tools for UI Design: 9.7K presentations, 3K views, 1.5K reads, 50% read ratio — **Lifetime stats.** 9.7K presentations, 3K views, 1.5K reads. **Half of all visitors read it**, my best read ratio. 11.1% of people who saw it in a feed clicked it.

Medium traffic sources: google.com 709, www.bing.com 6, search.brave.com 5 — **google.com sent 709 readers.** Bing and Brave search sent more. It was also opened from Microsoft 365.

Medium monthly chart for September 2026: 173 views, 140 from non members — **Still read five months later.** 173 views in September, 140 of them from people who are not Medium members.

Article 1: Google, Bing and AI answers

Google search for 10 best AI tools for UI design: my article first, my LinkedIn post second, and my article in the AI Overview sources — **#1 on Google** for "10 best AI tools for UI design". My LinkedIn version is #2. The AI Overview on top lists this article as its first source.

Google AI Overview for best AI tools for UI UX design workflow, citing Medium — **Quoted on a broad search.** For "best AI tools for UI UX design workflow", the AI Overview cites Medium, and its Figma AI line closely matches my article.

Bing search for the article title: my article is first and cited in the answer box — **#1 on Bing** out of about 31,300 results, and a source in Bing's answer box.

Article 2: search does the work

Best AI UI generator in 2026 gives the same prompt to 6 tools, including Flowstep, and compares the results. Almost all of its readers come from outside Medium.

2.3Kviews

90%from outside Medium

1.4Kreaders from google.com

8readers from Gemini

Medium stats for Best AI UI generator in 2026: 2.6K presentations, 2.3K views, 603 reads — **Lifetime stats.** 2.6K presentations and 2.3K views. Here views are close to presentations, because most readers arrive from Google, not from Medium's feed. 603 reads, a 26% read ratio.

Medium traffic sources: 90% external, google.com 1.4K, gemini.google.com 8 — **google.com sent 1.4K readers**, the most of any of my articles. **gemini.google.com sent 8**, so Google's AI chat already links people to it.

LinkedIn article: a source in the AI Overview

On LinkedIn I published Top 5 AI Prototyping Tools in 2026: I Tested Flowstep, Figma Make, Google Stitch, V0 and Claude Design. Flowstep came first in my test for a mobile app flow. It reached 2,247 impressions and 182 article views.

Google AI Overview for flowstep vs figma make, with a citation to LinkedIn, Nishkarsh Gupta — **Part of Google's answer.** Searching "flowstep vs figma make" shows an AI Overview. Its first point cites **LinkedIn · Nishkarsh Gupta**. I cut out the middle of the answer to keep it short.

Google web results for flowstep vs figma make: my LinkedIn article is third — **#3 web result** under the AI Overview for "flowstep vs figma make".

Google results for best ai prototyping tools 2026: my LinkedIn article is seventh — **#7 on page one** for "best ai prototyping tools 2026", a much bigger search.

What Flowstep got

First place in a #1 ranked list. Flowstep is tool number 1 in an article that ranked #1 on Google and Bing.
Part of Google's AI answer when people compare Flowstep with Figma Make.
2.1K readers from Google across the two Medium articles, people who were searching for tools like Flowstep.
Early AI chat traffic. Gemini already sends readers to the Muzli article.

Honest limits

The #1 Google and Bing screenshots are from 21 September. Rankings move every week.
Perplexity did not cite the article on 21 September. It used 15 listicle sites instead.
I can see readers, not sign ups. Only Flowstep can see how many readers tried the tool.
The Muzli article has a lower read ratio (26%). Search visitors skim more.

What's next

Add a summary table of the 10 tools near the top. The sites Perplexity cites all have one.
Ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot the same questions and add screenshots with dates.
Check every 30 days and show the trend here.

How I checked

Medium numbers are screenshots of my own stats pages, taken on 27 September 2026. The search screenshots are from live searches in my signed in Chrome in India, on 21 and 27 September 2026. Click any screenshot to open it full size.