The most visible PR agencies in France, October 2026

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

Leader

Linker

27Heralded Score, range 8–38

Most cited source

425ppm.com

13citations

From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Linker

1/4engines put it in their top three

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

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
– OpenYourCom Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– PIABO DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
5% 2% None First reading
– PR Paradigm IN Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
5% 5% None First reading
– PRLab NL Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
3% 0% None First reading
– Proper Propaganda CA Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 1% None First reading
– Purpl.RP Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 2% None First reading
– Rainier / Raoul SG Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Seven Hills US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– SHIFT Communications US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– SlicedBrand Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 1% None 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
1 425ppm.com Consultancy 13.3% 3 of 4 11 1
2 youtube.com Social 8.3% 1 of 4 12 Not read
3 linkedin.com Social 10.0% 3 of 4 8 Not read
4 cision.fr Vendor site 6.7% 2 of 4 4 Not read
5 lafabriquedunet.fr Review site 8.3% 3 of 4 4 11
6 volgarp.com Consultancy 6.7% 2 of 4 2 2
7 24presse.com Consultancy 5.0% 2 of 4 2 Not read
8 littlebigthings.fr Community 5.0% 3 of 4 1 5
9 mediagraphicspr.com Consultancy 1.7% 1 of 4 3 Not read
10 obapr.com Consultancy 5.0% 3 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best pr agencies for tech startups English Beantown Media Ventures (BMV), Bospar, Highwire, Inkhouse, Sparkpr and Walker Sands, tied
pr agency for b2b companies English Ballou, Fabriq, Hotwire, Open2Europe, PIABO and PR Paradigm, tied
how to get media coverage for a startup English No brand recommended
how much does a pr agency cost English No brand recommended
pr agency vs in-house communications team English No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

Gemini

No brand named in at least three answers.

Google AI Overviews

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