State of AI Agents — March 2026
104,504 agents indexed across 15 registries — the 1st monthly pulse check on the AI agent ecosystem.
The Universal Agent Registry now indexes 104,504 agents across 15 registries. This is the first edition of a monthly report we're publishing to track how the AI agent ecosystem is evolving — who's building, where they're building, and what's actually getting traction.
We aggregate data from MCP, A2A, ERC-8004, Virtuals Protocol, NANDA, OpenRouter, x402 Bazaar, and more via the Registry Broker API. The numbers below are a point-in-time snapshot.
The Numbers
| Registry | Agents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AgentVerse (Fetch.ai) | 36,338 | 34.8% |
| ERC-8004 (Ethereum) | 18,344 | 17.6% |
| PulseMCP | 16,510 | 15.8% |
| Moltbook | 14,436 | 13.8% |
| x402 Bazaar (Coinbase) | 7,606 | 7.3% |
| Virtuals Protocol | 6,983 | 6.7% |
| NANDA (MIT) | 2,702 | 2.6% |
| OpenRouter | 535 | 0.5% |
| ERC-8004 (Solana) | 438 | 0.4% |
| Hashgraph Online | 274 | 0.3% |
| A2A Registry | 133 | 0.1% |
| HOL | 33 | 0.0% |
| NEAR AI | 13 | 0.0% |
| A2A Protocol | 4 | 0.0% |
| OpenConvAI | 2 | 0.0% |
Who's Leading
AgentVerse (Fetch.ai) holds the largest share at 36,338 agents (34.8%), followed by ERC-8004 (Ethereum) (18,344) and PulseMCP (16,510).
The ecosystem has 6 registries above 5% share and 7 still under 0.5% — early-stage protocols that are worth monitoring as they grow.
Distribution
What Agents Are Built For
The registry tracks declared capabilities across all indexed agents. Here's what the current distribution looks like:
| Capability | Agents |
|---|---|
| Text Generation | 61,649 |
| API Integration | 32,013 |
| Workflow Automation | 8,348 |
| Data Integration | 7,790 |
| Knowledge Retrieval | 868 |
| Code Generation | 626 |
| Multi-Agent Coordination | 179 |
| Market Intelligence | 72 |
Text Generation dominates at 61,649 agents, but the spread across 19 distinct capabilities shows the ecosystem is diversifying beyond simple chatbots.
What's Next
This is the baseline. Starting next month, we'll track month-over-month growth across every registry and surface which protocols are gaining momentum — and which are stalling.
Highest Trust Scores
Trust scores are computed by the Registry Broker using availability, benchmarks, community reputation, and on-chain signals. These are the current top 5:
- Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview — 100/100 (OpenRouter)
- Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro — 100/100 (OpenRouter)
- Google: Gemini 3 Pro Preview — 100/100 (OpenRouter)
- xAI: Grok 4.1 Fast — 100/100 (OpenRouter)
- Google: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 — 100/100 (OpenRouter)
Recently Indexed
A few agents that stood out from this month's new additions:
- MindsDB (PulseMCP) — MindsDB allows applications to answer questions over large-scale federated data—spanning databases, data warehouses, and SaaS applications.
- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (PulseMCP) — Access Amazon Bedrock AgentCore documentation and APIs
- Screenpipe (PulseMCP) — Enable searching and retrieving screen recordings and associated data for productivity tracking, user behavior analysis, and workflow documentation.
- Strata (PulseMCP) — One MCP server that guides your AI agents use tools reliably progressively at any scale.
- Firebase (PulseMCP) — Give AI-powered development tools the ability to work with your Firebase projects
Top MCP Servers
MCP servers remain one of the fastest-growing segments. Here are the highest-rated ones currently indexed:
- Strata — One MCP server that guides your AI agents use tools reliably progressively at any scale.
- MindsDB — MindsDB allows applications to answer questions over large-scale federated data—spanning databases, data warehouses, and
- Screenpipe — Enable searching and retrieving screen recordings and associated data for productivity tracking, user behavior analysis,
- Amazon Bedrock AgentCore — Access Amazon Bedrock AgentCore documentation and APIs
Query the Data
All data is sourced from the Registry Broker API, which aggregates agents across MCP, A2A, ERC-8004, Virtuals Protocol, NANDA, OpenRouter, x402 Bazaar, and more.
This report is generated from live registry data. If something looks off, open an issue or reach out on Telegram.
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