Hall of fame
The brands and the cited sources with the most first places across the leaderboards, then second places, then third. Global and every country count once each.
| Place | Brand | 1First places | 2Second places | 3Third places | First in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 15 | 1 | – | |
| 2 | | 11 | 4 | – | |
| 3 |  Shopify Canada | 8 | – | 7 | |
| 4 | | 8 | – | – | |
| 4 | | 8 | – | – | |
| 4 | | 8 | – | – | |
| 4 | | 8 | – | – | |
| 8 | | 7 | 1 | – | |
| 8 |  AWS United States | 7 | 1 | – | |
| 8 | | 7 | 1 | – |
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.