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91%
91% -- share of smbs with ai visibility score below 60 for SMBs (2026)
91% of SMBs scored below 60 out of 100 in AI visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude audits.
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91%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Sample Size
1,300
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B
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95
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Surfeo
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https://surfeo.ai/blog/busqueda-conversacional-ia ↗
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Conversational Search & AI Visibility: A Practical Guide for SMBs (2026)
Conversational Search & AI Visibility: A Practical Guide for SMBs (2026)
When a potential customer types "who's the best physiotherapist in Austin?" into ChatGPT, they're not browsing a list of links. They want one answer. If your business doesn't show up in it, you don't exist for that person.
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Surfeo audit of 1,300 businesses with 11,641 prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude
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SMBs: 91% share of smbs with ai visibility score below 60. Source: Surfeo (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/smb-ai-visibility-below-60
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