# What AI answers about AI visibility cited in October 2026

In October 2026, Perplexity and ChatGPT answers about AI visibility cited hubspot.com more than any other site: 21% of the 140 answers that listed sources.

140 of the 140 answers listed their sources, 1290 pages on 457 sites in all.

Updated 23 October 2026 · next update ~21 November 2026

## Key figures

- hubspot.com was cited in 21% of AI answers about AI visibility that listed sources (30 of 140, answers collected 15–23 October 2026). ([CSV](https://citedindex.com/data/what-ai-answers-cite/2026-10.csv))
- semrush.com was cited in 18% of AI answers about AI visibility that listed sources (25 of 140, answers collected 15–23 October 2026). ([CSV](https://citedindex.com/data/what-ai-answers-cite/2026-10.csv))
- writesonic.com was cited in 16% of AI answers about AI visibility that listed sources (22 of 140, answers collected 15–23 October 2026). ([CSV](https://citedindex.com/data/what-ai-answers-cite/2026-10.csv))
- Answers citing a product’s own site: 81% of those that listed sources (113 of 140, answers collected 15–23 October 2026). ([CSV](https://citedindex.com/data/what-ai-answers-cite/2026-10-kinds.csv))
- Answers citing a review site: 12% of those that listed sources (17 of 140, answers collected 15–23 October 2026). ([CSV](https://citedindex.com/data/what-ai-answers-cite/2026-10-kinds.csv))
- Answers citing social media or a blog: 11% of those that listed sources (16 of 140, answers collected 15–23 October 2026). ([CSV](https://citedindex.com/data/what-ai-answers-cite/2026-10-kinds.csv))

## The sites cited most

Answers citing each site, out of the 140 that listed sources.

| Rank | Site | Kind | Answers | Share | Perplexity | ChatGPT |
|---:|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 | hubspot.com | Product sites | 30 | 21% | 25 | 5 |
| 2 | semrush.com | Product sites | 25 | 18% | 17 | 8 |
| 3 | writesonic.com | Product sites | 22 | 16% | 22 | 0 |
| 4 | techradar.com | Other sites | 20 | 14% | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | rankability.com | Product sites | 18 | 13% | 14 | 4 |
| 6 | seranking.com | Product sites | 16 | 11% | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | 01net.com | Other sites | 15 | 11% | 13 | 2 |
| 7 | airops.com | Product sites | 15 | 11% | 15 | 0 |
| 7 | frase.io | Product sites | 15 | 11% | 15 | 0 |
| 7 | sona.com | Other sites | 15 | 11% | 15 | 0 |
| 7 | tryprofound.com | Product sites | 15 | 11% | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | amicited.com | Other sites | 13 | 9% | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | linkedin.com | Social and blogs | 13 | 9% | 8 | 5 |
| 14 | business.com | Other sites | 12 | 9% | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | indexly.ai | Product sites | 12 | 9% | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | kime.ai | Other sites | 12 | 9% | 12 | 0 |
| 17 | g2.com | Review sites | 11 | 8% | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | metehan.ai | Other sites | 11 | 8% | 5 | 6 |
| 17 | orchly.ai | Product sites | 11 | 8% | 2 | 9 |
| 20 | meev.ai | Other sites | 10 | 7% | 0 | 10 |
| 20 | siftly.ai | Other sites | 10 | 7% | 9 | 1 |
| 22 | proranktracker.com | Other sites | 9 | 6% | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | searchable.com | Product sites | 9 | 6% | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | seo.com | Other sites | 9 | 6% | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | useomnia.com | Product sites | 9 | 6% | 9 | 0 |

## By kind of site

| Kind | Answers | Share | Pages |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Product sites | 113 | 81% | 351 |
| Review sites | 17 | 12% | 21 |
| Forums | 0 | 0% | 0 |
| Video | 2 | 1% | 2 |
| Encyclopedias | 0 | 0% | 0 |
| Social and blogs | 16 | 11% | 18 |
| This site | 3 | 2% | 3 |
| Other sites | 140 | 100% | 895 |

## Method

Every week we ask Perplexity and ChatGPT the same set of questions about AI visibility and keep each answer with the sources it lists. This edition counts the 140 answers collected between 15 October 2026 and 23 October 2026, to 36 questions. A site counts once per answer that lists at least one of its pages, and a site is its main domain, so en.wikipedia.org is wikipedia.org. Shares are of the 140 answers that listed any source. A product site is the website of a product listed here.

## Data

- Sites: https://citedindex.com/data/what-ai-answers-cite/2026-10.csv
- Kinds of site: https://citedindex.com/data/what-ai-answers-cite/2026-10-kinds.csv
- License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Cite as: CitedIndex. "What AI answers about AI visibility cited in October 2026." 23 October 2026. https://citedindex.com/data/what-ai-answers-cite/2026-10/. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.