Leader
68Heralded Score, range 54–77
Leader
68Heralded Score, range 54–77
Most cited source
31citations
From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT
Where engines disagree most
2/4engines put it in their top three
Top three on Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not on Google AI Mode and ChatGPT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | | New entry | 5 , range 2–30 | 5#11 | 5
| 6% | 2% | | First reading | |
| 12 | | New entry | 3 , range 1–21 | 3#12 | 3
| 5% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | –
| 2% | 2% | | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | –
| 2% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | –
| 0% | 0% | | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | –
| 2% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | –
| 0% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | –
| 0% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | –
| 1% | 1% | | First reading | |
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | –
| 2% | 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.
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Vendor site | 18.3% | 3 of 4 | 28 | Not read |
| 2 | | Vendor site | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 8 | Not read |
| 3 | | Community | 5.0% | 1 of 4 | 7 | Not read |
| 4 | | Social | 6.7% | 2 of 4 | 5 | Not read |
| 5 | | Community | 10.0% | 2 of 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | | Vendor site | 6.7% | 3 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 7 | | Review site | 3.3% | 2 of 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | | Review site | 5.0% | 3 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 9 | | Vendor site | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | | Vendor site | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 2 |
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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.