Original Research
State of AI Visibility 2026
We analyzed 10,000+ AI-generated responses across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity to measure how brands appear in the new search landscape. This is what we found.
Avg. Share of Answer
<12%
Most brands are invisible to AI buyers.
AI-Referred Sessions Growth
+527%
YoY growth in early 2025.
Citation Lift from Original Research
3.2×
Brands with data get cited more.
Brands Cited per AI Answer
3–5
Down from 10 organic links in 2018.
What this report covers
- Share of Answer benchmarks across 8 industries
- How AI citations differ from traditional backlinks
- The 5 tactics that actually move SoA (with effect sizes)
- Schema markup impact on LLM citation rates
- Platform-specific behavior: ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Perplexity vs Claude
- Predictive model: which content attributes drive AI visibility
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Methodology
We issued 10,000 prompts across 4 major LLM providers using SIQA's own campaign engine. Prompts covered 120 keywords across 8 industries. Responses were parsed for brand mentions, citations, and sentiment. All data was collected between January and April 2026. See our research blog for the full methodology.
Cite this research
SIQA Editorial Team. "State of AI Visibility 2026." SIQA, 11 May 2026,
https://siqaai.com/research/state-of-ai-visibility-2026/