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1% -- ai answer brand list consistency rate for ChatGPT and Google AI brand recommendations for identical repeated prompts (2026)

2026  · n=2,961  · SparkToro

The probability that ChatGPT or Google AI provides the exact same brand list twice for identical prompts is under 1%.

  • Probability is under 1%
  • Order matches in fewer than 0.1% of cases
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1%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
ChatGPT and Google AI brand recommendations for identical repeated prompts
Sample Size
2,961
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Source Trust
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Methodology
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SparkToro Primary Tier C
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Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Probability that ChatGPT or Google's AI returns the same brand list twice for the same prompt is 'under 1%'; SparkToro study with 2,961 identical prompts.

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ChatGPT and Google AI brand recommendations for identical repeated prompts: 1% ai answer brand list consistency rate. Source: SparkToro (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/sparktoro-brand-list-consistency
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