The most visible marketing agencies in Germany, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Germany in German and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Claneo

26Heralded Score, range 7–38

Most cited source

semrush.com

11citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Claneo

2/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not on Google AI Mode and ChatGPT

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– w3-digitalbrands.com Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– WE-WER Digitalagentur DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– WebFX US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Webnique DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– WPP GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
3% 0% None First reading
– WPP Media GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– YEERS Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– YOYABA DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– ZODA Media DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 2% None First reading
– ZweiDigital DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
11 creationell.de Consultancy 5.0% 2 of 4 2 Not read
12 designenergie-werbeagentur.de Consultancy 5.0% 3 of 4 1 Not read
13 dremaze.media Consultancy 5.0% 2 of 4 2 Not read
14 gwa.de Directory 1.7% 1 of 4 3 Not read
15 omr.com Media 5.0% 3 of 4 3 Not read
16 onetoone.de Media 3.3% 1 of 4 3 Not read
17 reddit.com Community 3.3% 1 of 4 3 Not read
18 webtak.de Consultancy 5.0% 2 of 4 1 Not read
19 creatif.agency Consultancy 3.3% 2 of 4 1 5
20 deutsche-rentenversicherung.de Regulator 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
marketing agency vs in-house marketing team in Germany English No brand recommended
best digital marketing agencies in Germany English Claneo and Peak Ace, tied
marketing agency for a small business in Germany English 3W FUTURE, Adfreak, baseplus DIGITAL MEDIA, KlickPiloten, Online Solutions Group (OSG) and taismo, tied
Welche sind die besten Marketingagenturen in Deutschland? German Claneo, denkwerk, fischerAppelt, Jung von Matt, Mediaplus, Peak Ace and Publicis Groupe, tied
Ich leite ein Unternehmen mit 50 Mitarbeitenden in Deutschland. Welche Marketingagentur sollten wir beauftragen? German Akubu GmbH, baseplus®, Binärfabrik GmbH, Brixon Marketing, Claneo, Digital Masters GmbH, Haush Haush and Think11, tied

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

Google AI Overviews

  1. 1 Claneo

ChatGPT

No brand named in at least three answers.

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.

How the leaderboards are measured