{
 "dataset": "AEOeye AI brand recommendation benchmark \u2014 answer-level aggregates",
 "snapshot": "Completed AEOeye audits created 2026-06-26 \u2192 2026-09-07 (no audits completed after 2026-09-07 at extraction time, 2026-10-03)",
 "extractedAt": "2026-10-03",
 "inclusion": "status = complete; excludes example / test / AEOeye / localhost rows (3 audits). Repeat audits of the same brand are kept. Brand names, domains, questions and answers are not published.",
 "unit": "One answer = one AI engine answering one buyer-style question in one audit. 'Mentioned' = the engine's answer named the audited brand (judged by AEOeye's analysis model, then stored per answer).",
 "audits": 127,
 "distinctBrandNames": 27,
 "distinctDomains": 36,
 "fullReports": 14,
 "answers": 892,
 "mentions": 157,
 "mentionRatePct": 17.6,
 "rankedMentions": 147,
 "avgRankWhenRanked": 1.54,
 "firstPlaceShareOfRankedMentionsPct": 71.4,
 "avgCompetitorsNamedPerAnswer": 2.93,
 "engines": {
  "claude": {
   "answers": 509,
   "mentions": 143,
   "mentionRatePct": 28.1,
   "rankedMentions": 134,
   "avgRankWhenRanked": 1.56,
   "firstPlaceShareOfRankedPct": 72.4,
   "avgCompetitorsPerAnswer": 3.15,
   "sentimentOfMentions": {
    "positive": 133,
    "neutral": 9,
    "negative": 1
   },
   "usedSearchKnown": 20,
   "usedSearchPct": 100
  },
  "chatgpt": {
   "answers": 161,
   "mentions": 8,
   "mentionRatePct": 5,
   "rankedMentions": 8,
   "avgRankWhenRanked": 1.38,
   "firstPlaceShareOfRankedPct": 62.5,
   "avgCompetitorsPerAnswer": 3.17,
   "sentimentOfMentions": {
    "positive": 7,
    "neutral": 1,
    "negative": 0
   },
   "usedSearchKnown": 107,
   "usedSearchPct": 100
  },
  "perplexity": {
   "answers": 74,
   "mentions": 3,
   "mentionRatePct": 4.1,
   "rankedMentions": 3,
   "avgRankWhenRanked": 1.33,
   "firstPlaceShareOfRankedPct": 66.7,
   "avgCompetitorsPerAnswer": 3.08,
   "sentimentOfMentions": {
    "positive": 3,
    "neutral": 0,
    "negative": 0
   },
   "usedSearchKnown": 20,
   "usedSearchPct": 100
  },
  "google_ai": {
   "answers": 74,
   "mentions": 1,
   "mentionRatePct": 1.4,
   "rankedMentions": 0,
   "avgRankWhenRanked": null,
   "firstPlaceShareOfRankedPct": null,
   "avgCompetitorsPerAnswer": 1.93,
   "sentimentOfMentions": {
    "positive": 0,
    "neutral": 1,
    "negative": 0
   },
   "usedSearchKnown": 20,
   "usedSearchPct": 100
  },
  "gemini": {
   "answers": 74,
   "mentions": 2,
   "mentionRatePct": 2.7,
   "rankedMentions": 2,
   "avgRankWhenRanked": 1.5,
   "firstPlaceShareOfRankedPct": 50,
   "avgCompetitorsPerAnswer": 1.69,
   "sentimentOfMentions": {
    "positive": 1,
    "neutral": 1,
    "negative": 0
   },
   "usedSearchKnown": 20,
   "usedSearchPct": 100
  }
 },
 "caveats": [
  "Self-selected sample: brands whose owners (or AEOeye) chose to run an audit; repeats included. Not a market estimate.",
  "Engine samples are unequal and not comparable: until mid-2026 the free audit ran on Claude only, so Claude has 509 answers; the other engines mostly come from full reports and later free audits on different brands and questions.",
  "Four of five engines have fewer than 10 mentions \u2014 their rates have very wide uncertainty.",
  "usedSearch was only recorded for recent answers (see usedSearchKnown per engine)."
 ],
 "previousVersion": "The 2026-08-30 snapshot (108 audits, 838 answers, 18.7% mention rate) used the same inclusion rule on a shorter window."
}