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AI Search Engines ChatGPT AI Rankings

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Current Champion

Perplexity

AI Index 94.5

Podium Snapshot

#1 Perplexity · #2 Phind · #3 Kagi Search

Latest Refresh

Jun 27, 2026

7 tracked engines and 18 entities in the latest public snapshot.

Category Overview

AI Search Engines tracks which products are most consistently surfaced by AI answer engines in this category. In the latest public snapshot, Perplexity, Phind, and Consensus lead the overall ranking across 8 engines. The overall AI Index combines ranking strength and mention-rate signals. Perplexity ranks #1 with a 95.5 AI Index and 95.8% mention rate, leading Phind by 5.2 points. Use the engine tabs to see where that position comes from. The overall view shows the combined category ranking, while engine-level views show whether a product is broadly visible or depends on strength in only a few answer systems.

Perplexity is the current #1 entity in AI Search Engines, with a 95.5 AI Index and 95.8% mention rate. Within this public leaderboard snapshot, it is the clearest benchmark for how tracked AI systems answer AI Search Engines comparison prompts. Phind ranks #2 and trails Perplexity by 5.2 AI Index points. That gap is the first number to check when deciding whether the top of the category is leader-dominated or closely contested. Consensus ranks #3 and completes the current podium. Comparing the top three across individual engine tabs helps separate broad recommendation consistency from single-engine strength. The latest public snapshot refreshed on 2026-04-28, covering 8 engines and 18 entities. Freshness matters because AI recommendations can shift as models, retrieval sources, prompts, and category evidence change.

Use the engine tabs to compare how ChatGPT, gemini, Grok, and Claude rank brands differently. Some engines reward category authority while others emphasize popularity or recommendation style, so individual rankings can diverge from the overall leaderboard.

This ChatGPT page is a public AI rank tracking benchmark for AI Search Engines: it shows how entities rank inside one answer engine, using mention rate, recommendation strength, and latest snapshot signals. For model-level ChatGPT rank tracking across industries, use the ChatGPT benchmark hub. Use the private AI rank tracker when you need recurring monitoring for your own prompts, competitors, and saved answer history.

Why This Matters

The overall ranking gives a fast read on which products AI systems currently surface most often for AI Search Engines prompts. The engine tabs add the important detail: they show where visibility is broad, uneven, or concentrated in one answer system. Rank alone is not enough. Mention rate, score gaps, refresh date, and engine-level outliers help show whether a product's position looks durable or depends on a narrower set of prompts and engines. Read this page as AI visibility evidence, not as a product-quality, compliance, safety, or market-share ranking.

Current Ranking Takeaways

Perplexity is currently #1 in the AI Search Engines ChatGPT public rank tracking benchmark, with a 94.2 AI Index and 95% mention rate.

Elicit is the nearest visible challenger on ChatGPT, trailing Perplexity by 2.2 points. That gap helps separate engine-specific visibility from broader cross-engine strength.

The ChatGPT benchmark refreshed on Jun 27, 2026, so it should be read as a public engine snapshot rather than a private recurring tracker run.

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AI Engines

Jun 27, 2026

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Ranking Methodology

How this AI product leaderboard is calculated

AI Index

The combined visibility score used to sort the default public leaderboard view.

Mention Rate

How often tracked AI engines mention each product inside completed public runs.

Recommendation Strength

How strongly the answer positions, first mentions, and recommendation signals support each ranking.

Engine Coverage

Compare overall visibility and engine-specific rankings

AI Search Engines currently compares products across 7 tracked AI engines, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Qwen and 1 more. Use the tabs below to separate broad AI visibility from engine-specific outliers.

Leaderboard Podium

Open the leading entity pages in this category leaderboard

Overall Ranking

ChatGPT ChatGPT

Latest public AI rank tracking benchmark for ChatGPT.

10 / 10 entities Jun 27, 2026
Sort
RankEntityAI IndexMention Rate
👑 #1
Perplexity
94.2
95.0%
🥈 #2
Elicit
92.0
92.0%
🥉 #3
Consensus
91.8
91.0%
#4
Scite
91.8
90.0%
#5
Brave Search
89.4
88.0%
#6
SearchGPT
88.7
89.0%
#7
Phind
86.8
87.0%
#8
You.com
85.8
86.0%
#9
Kagi Search
85.0
84.0%
#10
Felo Search
83.5
84.0%

FAQ

How is this leaderboard calculated?

Overall ranking combines the latest AI visibility signals across tracked engines for this industry.

Why do rankings differ across engines?

Each AI engine can prefer different brands, evidence, and recommendation patterns, so engine-specific rankings can vary.

How often is this industry updated?

This industry page updates whenever new completed leaderboard runs are available.