B
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46,315
46,315 -- brand mentions and citations for South African market AI platforms (2026)
46,315 individual mentions and citations were measured across AI platforms in the South African market study.
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Value
46,315
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
43
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Algorithm Agency
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Tier B
https://www.algorithm.agency/blog/search-social-ai-why-you-need-all-three ↗
Source Article
Search, Social, AI: why you need all three (and what we actually sell)
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Algorithm Agency
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Methodology
Agency study across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude for 43 South African brands
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South African market AI platforms: 46,315 brand mentions and citations. Source: Algorithm Agency (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/sa-ai-brand-mentions-measured
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