The most visible web design agencies in Europe, October 2026

October 2026 · 105 questions asked from 7 countries · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 420 answers read

Most cited source

youtube.com

79citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Clay

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Gemini, not on Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews 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
1 Lounge Lizard US New entry 3 , range 2–5 3#1
3
  • : score 3 · #1
2% 1% First reading
2 Clay US New entry 2 , range 1–4 2#2
2
  • : score 2 · #2
2% 0% First reading
3 Digital Silk US New entry 2 , range 1–3 2#3
2
  • : score 2 · #3
1% 0% First reading
– Big Drop Inc US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Blue Fountain Media US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Fantasy US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Grapefruit RO Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Hello Monday DK Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Huge US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Instrument US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% 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 youtube.com Social 8.6% 3 of 4 67 Not read
2 google.com Vendor site 2.4% 3 of 4 25 Not read
3 clutch.co Directory 5.5% 4 of 4 13 Not read
4 wix.com Vendor site 4.8% 2 of 4 13 Not read
5 reddit.com Community 5.0% 2 of 4 16 Not read
6 magier.com Vendor site 3.6% 3 of 4 2 Not read
7 lafabriquedunet.fr Review site 2.1% 3 of 4 11 Not read
8 designrush.com Directory 2.6% 3 of 4 5 Not read
9 upwork.com Vendor site 2.9% 4 of 4 4 Not read
10 squarespace.com Vendor site 2.6% 3 of 4 3 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Care sunt cele mai bune agenții de web design pentru afacerile mici? Romanian No brand recommended
Agenție de design și dezvoltare web pentru site-ul unei companii Romanian No brand recommended
Cum poate o afacere mică să-și creeze un site profesionist? Romanian No brand recommended
Cum aleg o agenție de web design pentru refacerea site-ului? Romanian No brand recommended
Agenție de web design sau designer web freelancer pentru o afacere mică Romanian No brand recommended
Agenție de web design sau constructor de site-uri pentru site-ul unei companii Romanian No brand recommended
Alternative la construirea pe cont propriu a site-ului unei companii Romanian No brand recommended
Alternative la angajarea unui dezvoltator web cu normă întreagă Romanian No brand recommended
Conduc o companie cu 20 de angajați, iar site-ul nostru pare învechit. Ce agenție de web design ar trebui să angajăm? Romanian No brand recommended
Coordonez marketingul într-o companie B2B și am nevoie de un site nou care să genereze lead-uri. Romanian No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

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