B
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50
50 -- average ai visibility score threshold for audited business websites (2026-09)
Most audited business websites score below 50 out of 100 on the VisibAI AI visibility audit score.
- Only includes unique domains from completed audits with a stated industry
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Value
50
Unit
Score
Data Vintage
2026-09
Entity
Sample Size
691
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
VisibAI
Primary
Tier A
https://getvisibai.com/tools/industry-index ↗
Source Article
Industry AI Visibility Index | VisibAI
Industry AI Visibility Index
The Industry AI Visibility Index, published by VisibAI, shows the average AI visibility score by industry across real audited business websites, and the issues most often holding each industry back. Aggregated and anonymous: no individual site is named.
Most audited webs…
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VisibAI
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Methodology
Aggregated from VisibAI automated AI visibility audits; most recent completed audit per domain; snapshot computed 22 September 2026
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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audited business websites: 50 average ai visibility score threshold. Source: VisibAI (2026-09). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-visibility-score-below-50
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