B
Evidence Grade B
Graded
accuracy verified by the review judge
Safe to Cite
Current
16%
16% -- share of brands for brands (2026)
Only 16% of brands systematically track their AI search performance.
Attribution:
View source
Lighthouse Research Team
Last verified:
·
How we verify data →
Source verified
Evidence graded
Value
16%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Onely
Primary
Tier C
https://webpulsehq.com/services/geo/perplexity/ ↗
Source Article
Perplexity AI Visibility & GEO Optimization | WebPulse
GEO FOR PERPLEXITY
Get cited by Perplexity — the AI search engine buyers actually trust.
Perplexity cites nearly 3x more sources per answer than ChatGPT. But getting cited isn’t about gaming an algorithm — it’s about being structured, fresh, and authoritative enough to earn a numbered source link in…
Original Research
Onely
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Onely, 2026
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
Cite this stat
Plain Text
brands: 16% share of brands. Source: Onely (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/brands-tracking-ai-search-2026
HTML Embed
<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/brands-tracking-ai-search-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>16%</strong> -- share of brands for brands<br><small>Source: Onely (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/brands-tracking-ai-search-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
Share
Use this data in your work
Copy the citation, embed the widget, or explore thousands more verified marketing statistics -- all free.