ActuallyUses
Menu

What do creators use to design visuals?

Higgsfield is the most-adopted tool for this among creators we track, used by 51 creators (56% of its mentions organic over the past 90 days). This ranking counts real, receipt-backed creator usage — no editorial opinion, no paid placement.

Spans: 2 categories · ranked by active tracked creators

Affiliate links · Werbung›

Affiliate disclosure: links marked with ↗ on this page are affiliate links. If you buy through them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This never influences rankings, trending scores or organic/sponsored labels — those are computed exclusively from creator-mention data.

Werbehinweis gemäß §5a UWG: Mit ↗ markierte Links auf dieser Seite sind Affiliate-Links (Werbung). Bei einem Kauf über diese Links erhalten wir eine Provision; für Sie entstehen keine Mehrkosten. Dies hat niemals Einfluss auf Rankings, Trend-Scores oder Organisch/Gesponsert-Kennzeichnungen — diese werden ausschließlich aus Creator-Erwähnungsdaten berechnet.

  1. 1
    HiggsfieldAI Image & Audio

    Creative suite for AI media: generate images and video from prompts or references, then edit and upscale them.

    51 active creators · 329 mentions · 56% organic (past 90 days)

    “today I’m showing you how to create an AI real estate video from a floor plan using GPT-6 Astra, Blender, and Higgsfield” — Mira AIsource ↗

    try Higgsfieldreceipts →
  2. 2
    Epidemic SoundAI Image & Audio

    Subscription library of royalty-free music and sound effects, licensed for use in videos and podcasts without copyright claims.

    40 active creators · 257 mentions · 53% organic (past 90 days) · Subscription from ~$10/month for creators

    “Try Epidemic Sound for free →” — Amy Wangsource ↗

    try Epidemic Soundreceipts →
  3. 3
    ElevenLabsAI Image & Audio

    AI voice platform: text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and conversational voice agents with highly natural output in many languages. Creators use it for narration, audio versions of posts and localized dubs.

    32 active creators · 66 mentions · 70% organic (past 90 days) · Free tier; paid from ~$5/month, usage-based credits

    “3️⃣ ElevenLabs: clone your voice” — Jonathan Acuña - Doctor AIsource ↗

    try ElevenLabsreceipts →
  4. 4
    Google FlowAI Image & Audio

    Google's AI filmmaking tool built on Veo, for scenes, shots and camera moves.

    30 active creators · 78 mentions · 99% organic (past 90 days)

    “This video shows you how to use Google Flow and AI UGC video tools to create compelling digital product promotions” — Success With Samsource ↗

    try Google Flowreceipts →
  5. 5
    CanvaDesign

    Template-driven online design platform for social graphics, presentations, video and print. Drag-and-drop editing, a large asset library and brand kits make it the default for non-designers producing thumbnails, carousels and marketing assets.

    28 active creators · 144 mentions · 97% organic (past 90 days) · Free plan; Canva Pro ~$13/month

    “Print it, launch it, and make it happen with Canva.” — Canvasource ↗

    try Canvareceipts →
  6. 6
    SeeDance 2.0AI Image & Audio

    Video model from ByteDance's Seed team, generating coherent scenes from text and images.

    22 active creators · 35 mentions · 89% organic (past 90 days)

    “Seedance 2.0 for cinematic video” — Jonathan Acuña - Doctor AIsource ↗

    try SeeDance 2.0receipts →
  7. 7
    Claude DesignDesign

    Anthropic's design surface, where drafts take shape on a visual canvas through conversation with Claude.

    20 active creators · 34 mentions · 100% organic (past 90 days)

    “I tried Anthropic's new Claude Design. Now I design right in the editor” — CoderOnesource ↗

    try Claude Designreceipts →
  8. 8
    AdobeDesign

    The software company behind Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Creative Cloud.

    19 active creators · 23 mentions · 87% organic (past 90 days)

    try Adobereceipts →
  9. 9
    HeyGenAI Image & Audio

    Generates video with talking avatars from a script, including voice, captions and translation.

    18 active creators · 34 mentions · 62% organic (past 90 days)

    “4️⃣ HeyGen: an AI avatar of you” — Jonathan Acuña - Doctor AIsource ↗

    try HeyGenreceipts →
  10. 10
    PhotoshopDesign

    Adobe's image editor, with layers, masks, retouching and generative fill.

    16 active creators · 37 mentions · 100% organic (past 90 days)

    “Discover what layer masks are, how they work, and how to use them to hide and reveal anything in Photoshop!” — PiXimperfectsource ↗

    try Photoshopreceipts →
  11. 11
    FigmaDesign

    Collaborative, browser-based interface design tool: vector editing, components, variables, prototyping and multiplayer editing in one canvas. FigJam adds whiteboarding. The de facto standard for product design teams and design-focused creators.

    15 active creators · 15 mentions · 93% organic (past 90 days) · Free plan; professional seats from ~$16/editor/month

    “So, in Figma, I went into dev mode” — Charli Mariesource ↗

    try Figmareceipts →
  12. 12
    GPT Image 2AI Image & Audio

    13 active creators · 18 mentions · 89% organic (past 90 days)

    “I show my full AI filmmaking workflow using Claude, OpenArt, GPT Image 2, and Seedance 2.0” — Youri van Hofwegensource ↗

    try GPT Image 2receipts →
  13. 13
    Nano Banana ProAI Image & Audio

    Google's image model inside Gemini, known for editing pictures while keeping characters consistent.

    11 active creators · 16 mentions · 88% organic (past 90 days)

    “Working scene by scene inside Higgsfield AI, you build every asset in Soul Cinema, GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana Pro” — Higgsfield AIsource ↗

    try Nano Banana Proreceipts →
  14. 14
    Kling 3.0AI Image & Audio

    Video model from Kuaishou that turns text or a still image into moving footage.

    10 active creators · 10 mentions · 90% organic (past 90 days)

    “how we use ... Kling 3.0 for video generation” — Your Average Tech Brosource ↗

    try Kling 3.0receipts →
  15. 15
    RunwayAI Image & Audio

    AI tools for moving image: generate video from text or stills, remove objects, transfer styles.

    9 active creators · 38 mentions · 97% organic (past 90 days)

    “Title: AI diplomacy in a divided world | Runway Summit SF 2026” — Runwaysource ↗

    try Runwayreceipts →
  16. 16
    MidjourneyAI Image & Audio

    Subscription AI image generator known for strong aesthetics and style control, used through its website and Discord. Produces concept art, thumbnails and brand imagery; added video generation in 2025.

    9 active creators · 8 mentions · 88% organic (past 90 days) · From ~$10/month (Basic), no free tier

    try Midjourneyreceipts →
  17. 17
    VeoAI Image & Audio

    Google's model for generating video scenes from a text description, with sound.

    4 active creators · 4 mentions · 100% organic (past 90 days)

    try Veoreceipts →

FAQ

What tool do most creators use to design visuals?
Higgsfield is the most-adopted tool for this job among the creators we track: 51 tracked creators have an active usage record for it. 56% of its classified mentions are organic, meaning no sponsorship signal was found in them (mentions we cannot classify are excluded from that ratio). Adoption counts, not editorial opinion, order this list, and the receipts behind it are linked above.
What is the runner-up to Higgsfield, and when is it the better choice?
Epidemic Sound is the runner-up with 40 active creators, against 51 for Higgsfield, in the same category. We do not editorialize the gap. What the data offers: 53% of Epidemic Sound's classified mentions are organic, versus 56% for Higgsfield. Pricing: Subscription from ~$10/month for creators. Read the receipts on both tool pages and weigh the quotes yourself; that is what they are there for.
How is this ranking decided?
By counting creators, not opinions. Every mention we ingest carries a receipt: a source link, a timestamp or position, a verbatim quote of at most 120 characters, and a sponsorship classification (organic, sponsored or ambiguous). The list orders tools by how many tracked creators actively use each one; organic mentions weigh four times more than sponsored ones in scoring. Affiliate links on this page have no path into that computation. Full detail is on the methodology page.
How fresh is this data?
The scores behind this ranking are snapshotted weekly, and the data behind the current list was computed on 31 Oct 2026, the same date the stamp at the bottom of this page shows. After a recompute, the page refreshes within roughly ten to twenty minutes (two stacked 600-second caches). Recency also shapes the ranking itself: mention weight decays with a 14-day half-life, so current usage counts more than last year's.
Are these affiliate recommendations?
No. Some links on this page, marked with an arrow, are affiliate links, and if you buy through them we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. That revenue has no path into the ranking: positions, trending scores and sponsorship labels are computed exclusively from creator-mention data. The full disclosure, in FTC wording and the German paragraph 5a UWG wording, sits on this page above the list.
Where do these creator mentions come from?
From public content by the creators we track: YouTube videos, podcast episodes, X posts and newsletters. When a tracked creator mentions a tool there, we ingest the mention together with its receipt: a source link, a timestamp or position, a quote of at most 120 characters, and a sponsorship classification. Rankings are computed exclusively from that mention data; money never changes them.
data updated