The most visible website builders in United Kingdom, October 2026

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

AI: how the engines answer the board's questions; Search: Google's top 10 for the questions' demand keywords; All: both combined. How the Heralded Score works.

Leader

Wix

69%of answers name it

Most cited source

youtube.com

44citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

They agree

Every engine names the same top three.

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Ghost SG Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% First reading
– Gomag RO Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Google Sites US Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
9% 0% First reading
– Homepage-Baukasten.de Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Hoppla Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– HostGator Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– HubSpot CMS Hub US Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– HubSpot Content Hub US Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– IONOS DE Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
3% 1% None First reading
– Jimdo DE Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
1% 1% First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

This month's moves

First reading. No comparable previous month yet.

Biggest risers

No clear rise.

Biggest fallers

No clear fall.

Drop-outs

No drop-outs.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 youtube.com Social 26.7% 2 of 4 36 Not read
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6 reddit.com Community 15.0% 3 of 4 7 10
7Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it.
8 startups.co.uk Media 11.7% 2 of 4 2 5
9 zapier.com Vendor site 13.3% 3 of 4 2 11
10Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it.

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
best website builder for small businesses English Hostinger, Shopify, Squarespace and Wix, tied
build a professional website for a small business English Shopify and Squarespace, tied
best website builder for freelancers English Squarespace and Wix, tied
how can a small business get a website customers can use English Shopify
how to sell products online without hiring a developer English Shopify

Each engine's top three

Method

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