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14%
Conversion Lift
AI Max advertisers

Advertisers activating AI Max see an average 14% lift in conversions at similar CPA.

  • at similar cost per acquisition
Q4 2025 · groas
Grade B 78/100 ai
88%
AI Marketing Tool Adoption
US marketers

Roughly 88% of U.S. marketers use AI in some part of their daily work.

  • Approximation stated as 'roughly 88%'
  • Source cites 'recent industry data' without naming the original study
2026 · circlesstudio.com
Grade B 68/100 ai
44.83%
Conversion Lift
AI-generated landing page vs human-designed landing page

An AI-generated landing page achieved a 44.83% relative conversion lift over a human-designed version in an A/B test.

  • Small sample size analyzed (124 visitors on the AI variant, 176 on the human variant)
  • Single A/B test on Crazy Egg Web Analytics landing page
2026 · Crazy Egg
Grade B 76/100 ai
8
Distinct Brands Recommended By AI Models
AI models (Claude, Perplexity)

Claude and Perplexity collectively named 8 distinct help desk software brands in response to a single prompt.

  • Only 2 of 4 models returned recommendations in this single snapshot run.
2026-07 · Honeyb
Grade B 61/100 ai
14
Total Citations By AI Models
AI models (Claude, Perplexity) for client portal query

A total of 14 citations (source URLs) were returned across AI models for the query 'What's the best client portal software for a marketing agency?'.

  • Only 2 of the 4 tracked models (Claude and Perplexity) were measured in this run; ChatGPT and Gemini had not yet been measured for this category.
2026-07 · Honeyb
Grade B 61/100 ai
98%
AI Response Visibility Rate
HubSpot (CRM software segment, global AI search)

HubSpot achieved a 98% visibility rate across AI responses analyzed for the CRM software category globally in August 2026.

  • Aggregated across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot Search, and Grok Search
2026-08 · Temso
Grade B 61/100 ai
22%
Response Rate
AI-driven sales campaign with proper preparation

A medium-sized precision tool manufacturer achieved a stable 22% response rate in cold outreach after proper ICP definition, content structuring, team training, and AI automation implementation.

2026 · Author's personal blog
Grade B 71/100 ai
72%
AI Adoption Marketing Percentage
AI adoption in marketing

AI adoption in marketing has reached 72% among leading digital brands.

2025 · McKinsey
Grade B 68/100 ai
85.7%
AI Adoption Rate Creative
DTC advertisers

Approximately 85.7% of DTC advertisers use AI for creative research to generate ad variations.

2025 · Yotpo
Grade B 72/100 ai
31%
Us SMB AI Design Adoption
US SMB marketers and business owners

31% of US SMB marketers and business owners use AI-driven design or layout recommendations to optimize landing pages.

2025 · Insider Intelligence
Grade B 72/100 ai
13%
Conversion Value Lift
Google Performance Max with AI Max active

Google claims a +13% conversion value lift with AI Max active in Performance Max campaigns.

  • Claim reported by Google under controlled conditions
2026 · Google
Grade B 66/100 ai
36
AI Visibility Score
Fontanería (plumbing) businesses in Spain

Fontanería (plumbing) businesses had an average AI visibility score of 36 out of 100 based on a study of 333 businesses tested across 10 cities.

2026 · Surfeo
Grade B 60/100 ai
0.57%
Businesses Visible Across All 4 AI Platforms
Clínicas estéticas (Spain, 10 cities)

0.57% of aesthetic clinics analyzed across 10 cities appeared across all 4 AI platforms.

2025 · Surfeo
Grade B 60/100 ai
28%
AI Visibility Appearance Rate
ChatGPT — clínicas estéticas (Spain, 10 cities)

ChatGPT has a 28% capture rate (appearance rate) for aesthetic clinics across 10 cities analyzed by Surfeo.

2025 · Surfeo
Grade B 60/100 ai
332
Businesses Appearing In Only One AI Platform
Clínicas estéticas (Spain, 10 cities)

332 aesthetic clinics appeared in only one AI platform out of the 352 analyzed across 10 cities.

2025 · Surfeo
Grade B 60/100 ai
3
Count Of Firms With Cross Platform AI Visibility
Spanish law firms (abogados) across AI platforms

Only 3 of 274 analyzed Spanish law firms achieve cross-platform visibility across AI platforms.

2025 · Surfeo
Grade B 60/100 ai
31.3%
Share Of AI Case Studies Mentioning Failures
enterprise AI case studies

31.3% of enterprise AI case studies analyzed mentioned any failures at all.

2025 · Applied AI
Grade B 61/100 ai
62%
Fact Coverage Advantage Of AI Overview Cited Articles
Google AI Overviews

AI Overview-cited articles cover 62% more facts than non-cited articles.

2025-11 · Surfer SEO
Grade B 61/100 ai
70%
Share Using AI To Prepare For Interviews
job seekers using AI tools

70% of job seekers using AI tools use AI to prepare for interviews.

2026-05 · PerceptionX Research
Grade B 61/100 ai
78%
Training Completion Rate
AI-delivered sales training

Completion rates reach 78% for AI-delivered training compared to 41% for traditional e-learning.

  • Original source/study not specifically cited in text
2026 · 11x.ai
Grade B 61/100 ai
2
AI Recommendation Rank
reddit.com — rank among AI-recommended sources for the Software category globally

reddit.com ranked #2 among Top Performing Communities & Directories in AI recommendations for Software globally in August 2026.

2026-08 · Temso AI
Grade B 61/100 ai
67%
Implementation Time Reduction
AI-powered marketing automation

AI-powered marketing automation reduces implementation time by 67%.

2026 · v12.ai
Grade B 61/100 ai
60%
Share Of Sites With Core Content Discarded By AI Engines
local business sites using page builders

In a test of 500 local business sites using popular page builders, over 60% of the core content was pushed so far down the DOM tree that AI engines discarded it.

  • Reported as 'over 60%'
2026 · lovedby.ai
Grade B 61/100 ai
31%
AI Model Business Mention Rate
Gemini

In a sample of 13,094 businesses across 10 Spanish cities, Gemini mentioned 31% of businesses (3,996 businesses).

  • Not an estimate of the entire market
  • Based on 406 ranking pages across 30 industries and 10 Spanish cities
2026-09 · Surfeo
Grade B 60/100 ai
44%
AI Search Primary Source Share
AI-powered search users

44% of AI-powered search users say AI is their primary source of insight.

2025-08 · McKinsey & Company
Grade B 61/100 ai
1.2%
Share Of Local Businesses Recommended By AI Search
local businesses

A study of more than 350,000 business locations found that AI search recommends 1.2% of local businesses.

2026 · SOCi
Grade B 61/100 ai
76%
Dealership Executives Increasing AI Budget Rate
dealership executives

76% of dealership executives plan to increase their AI budgets for 2026.

2026 · Spyne
Grade B 61/100 ai
74%
AI Voice Agents Top Investment Priority Rate
dealership executives

74% of dealership executives cite AI voice agents as their top investment priority for lead response, inbound call management, and service scheduling.

2026 · Spyne
Grade B 61/100 ai
12%
AI Agent Partial Scale Deployment Rate
executives (global)

12% of surveyed executives report that their organizations have deployed AI agents at partial scale.

2025 · Capgemini Research Institute
Grade B 61/100 ai
62%
AI Scaling Barrier Rate
hotel chains - lack of expertise

62% of hotel chains cite lack of expertise as a main obstacle preventing them from fully leveraging AI.

2025 · h2c GmbH
Grade B 61/100 ai
72%
AI Guest Experience Usage Rate
hotel chains

72% of hotel chains use AI to enhance guest interactions and experience.

2025 · h2c GmbH
Grade B 61/100 ai
45%
ROI Improvement Rate
Data Driven Campaigns

Data-driven campaigns integrated with AI and advanced analytics improve ROI by up to 45%.

  • Improvement is stated as 'up to 45%'
2025 · Deloitte
Grade B 70/100 ai
20%
Marketing ROI Lift
AI in content marketing

Teams using AI in content marketing experience an average 20% lift in marketing ROI.

  • Reported as an average lift
2025 · ColorWhistle
Grade B 68/100 ai
20%
Campaign ROI Increase
Coca-Cola
2026 · Agentic AI
Grade B 68/100 ai
45
Sales Cycle Length
AI SDRs
2026 · Try Valley
Grade B 72/100 ai
20%
AI Agent Attribution Accuracy Improvement
industry benchmarks
2026 · Industry benchmarks
Grade B 74/100 ai
7.6%
Uncertain Response Rate
Recruiters identifying AI vs real headshots

7.6% of responses in an AI vs real headshot identification task selected the 'couldn't tell' option.

2024-06 · Ringover
Grade B 61/100 ai
50%
Lead Growth Rate
businesses using AI-powered marketing automation
2026 · Leadspicker
Grade B 65/100 ai
50%
Lead Growth Rate
businesses using AI-powered marketing automation

Businesses using AI-powered marketing automation see a 50% increase in leads compared to those managing campaigns manually.

2026 · Leadspicker
Grade B 66/100 ai
0.22%
AI Traffic Share Of Referral
greenmotion.com

AI platforms accounted for 0.22% of all referral traffic to greenmotion.com in July 2026.

2026-07 · SimilarWeb
Grade B 74/100 ai
226
AI Adoption Marketing
SEO professionals
2026 · HubSpot
Grade B 60/100 ai
76%
Share Of AI Overview Cited Pages Ranking Top10
Google AI Overviews

76% of pages cited by Google in AI Overviews ranked in the top 10 search results seven months prior to the recent measurement.

2025 · Ahrefs
Grade B 61/100 ai
25%
Vendor Generative AI Mention Rate
ShopTalk 2025 vendors

25% of vendors at ShopTalk 2025 explicitly mention generative AI.

2025 · Forbes
Grade B 60/100 ai
1.8%
Faq Schema Presence Rate
AI-cited pages
2026 · AccuraCast
Grade B 61/100 ai
5.3%
AI Citation Rate
LinkedIn (Perplexity)

LinkedIn is cited in 5.3% of Perplexity AI search responses.

2026 · SE Ranking
Grade B 61/100 ai
0.3%
Share Of AI Citations From Paid Content
AI-cited links

Paid content accounts for 0.3% of AI citations according to an analysis by Muck Rack.

2026 · Muck Rack
Grade B 60/100 ai
60%
Operational Efficiency Gain
Enterprises successfully scaling agentic AI

Enterprises successfully scaling agentic AI report 60% greater operational efficiency compared to their peers.

2025-2026 · IBM Institute for Business Value
Grade B 61/100 ai
90%
Buyer Trust In AI Recommendations
UK B2B buyers using AI tools

90% of UK B2B buyers with purchasing responsibility who use AI tools for procurement research trust the recommendations provided by these tools.

2025 · urbanelement.com
Grade B 61/100 ai
46.7%
AI Answer Consistency Rate
AI search engines (local business shortlists)

Asking an AI search engine the same local business query twice returned matching shortlisted results 46.7% of the time across 269 repeat pairs.

2026 · Pluspoint
Grade B 61/100 ai
97
Businesses Visible In Chatgpt
Clínicas estéticas (Spain, 10 cities)

97 aesthetic clinics appeared in ChatGPT across 10 cities.

2025 · Surfeo
Grade B 60/100 ai
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