ApplicantStack
Rankings by industry
A rank of 1 to 3 earns that leaderboard's badge for the month.
Rank and score by month
- Applicant tracking systems, GlobalNot measured
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Every leaderboard has one reading so far, from October 2026, so each line is a single dot for now. The next point arrives on 1 November 2026, when the new month's leaderboards publish. Chart up to 5 leaderboards at once.
Every leaderboard it is on
| Leaderboard | Market | All rank (AI and Search combined) | Heralded Score | AI and Search | Change | On chart |
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| Applicant tracking systems, Global | Global | – | Too few answers |
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| Applicant tracking systems, France | France | – | Too few answers |
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| Applicant tracking systems, Italy | Italy | – | Too few answers |
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By engine
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Google AI Mode
–average rank
Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
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Gemini
–average rank
Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
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Google AI Overviews
–average rank
Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
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ChatGPT
–average rank
Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
Questions it answers
| # | Question | Leaderboard | Its place | Also named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is the best applicant tracking system for small businesses? | applicant tracking systems | 7 | |
| 2 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 3 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 4 | Recruiting software for growing companies | applicant tracking systems | Not named | |
| 5 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 6 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||
| 7 | Hiring through email and spreadsheets vs. an applicant tracking system for startups | applicant tracking systems | Not named | |
| 8 | Recruitment agency vs. in-house recruiting software for growing companies | applicant tracking systems | Not named | |
| 9 | Alternatives to managing candidates in spreadsheets | applicant tracking systems | Not named | |
| 10 | Alternatives to posting each job ad on job boards by hand | applicant tracking systems | Not named | |
How engines describe it
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ChatGPT
Best for: Small businesses wanting recruitment and new-hire onboarding together.
Asked: “What is the best applicant tracking system for small businesses?” · The most visible applicant tracking systems
Sources that mention it
| # | Source | Type | Mentions it | Recommends it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | review | Yes | Yes | |
| 2 | vendor | Yes | No | |
| 3 | review | Yes | Yes | |
| 4 | vendor | Yes | Yes | |
| 5 | review | Yes | No | |
| 6 | review | Yes | Yes |
Method
Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.
For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.