https://mentionova.com/research Research, statistics and playbooks on AI visibility: how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Google AI and Reddit choose which brands to cite. en Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://mentionova.com/research/why-reddit-runs-the-ai-answer https://mentionova.com/research/why-reddit-runs-the-ai-answer Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Reddit is the single most-cited domain in AI, at roughly 40% of all citations. Here is why the models trust a forum of strangers, what kind of thread actually gets cited, and the three reasons that trust is more fragile than it looks. https://mentionova.com/research/six-engine-divergence-index https://mentionova.com/research/six-engine-divergence-index Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Ask six AI engines the same buying question and you get six different answers. Across 118,000 AI responses, engines shared just 11% of their cited sources. The data on how far apart ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Google AI really are — and what it means for your brand. https://mentionova.com/research/perplexity-seo https://mentionova.com/research/perplexity-seo Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Perplexity SEO explained: how Perplexity picks its cited sources, the steps to get your brand into its answers, and how it differs from Google SEO. A practical 2026 playbook. https://mentionova.com/research/llm-seo https://mentionova.com/research/llm-seo Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 LLM SEO explained: what it is, how LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini decide which brands to mention, how to optimize for them, and how to measure your LLM visibility. https://mentionova.com/research/how-to-rank-on-chatgpt https://mentionova.com/research/how-to-rank-on-chatgpt Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A step-by-step playbook to get your brand named and cited in ChatGPT's answers: what the model reads, the seven moves that earn a mention, and how to track it across engines. https://mentionova.com/research/geo-statistics https://mentionova.com/research/geo-statistics Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Twenty-eight cited GEO statistics on what actually gets content cited by AI: the Princeton study's per-method lifts, answer capsules, page length, internal links, and the off-page signals that predict citation. https://mentionova.com/research/comparison-pages-ai-era https://mentionova.com/research/comparison-pages-ai-era Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Comparison content is the highest-cited format on ChatGPT, at a 95% citation rate. Why answer engines love "X vs Y" pages, how to structure one they will quote, and why your own comparison page is not enough on its own. https://mentionova.com/research/chatgpt-statistics https://mentionova.com/research/chatgpt-statistics Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Thirty cited ChatGPT statistics for 2026: 900M weekly users, $10B revenue, the fastest app ever to 1B downloads, who uses it and for what, and how much traffic it sends to the web. https://mentionova.com/research/chatgpt-seo https://mentionova.com/research/chatgpt-seo Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 ChatGPT SEO explained: what it is, whether traditional SEO works on ChatGPT, how it differs from Google SEO, and how to optimize and measure your brand's presence in ChatGPT answers. https://mentionova.com/research/answer-engine-optimization https://mentionova.com/research/answer-engine-optimization Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Answer engine optimization (AEO) explained: what it is, how it differs from SEO and GEO, how answer engines pick sources, and a framework to get cited across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI. https://mentionova.com/research/ai-seo-tools https://mentionova.com/research/ai-seo-tools Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The best AI SEO and visibility tools in 2026, compared — what each tracks, who each is best for, and how to choose a tool to monitor your brand across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI. https://mentionova.com/research/ai-search-statistics https://mentionova.com/research/ai-search-statistics Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Thirty cited AI search statistics on how buyers find brands in 2026: ChatGPT's 800M+ weekly users, the zero-click majority, AI Overview click loss, and the 1,200% surge in AI referral traffic. https://mentionova.com/research/ai-citation-statistics https://mentionova.com/research/ai-citation-statistics Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Twenty-six cited statistics on how AI engines choose sources: Reddit's citation share, how few sources overlap between engines, how citations relate to Google rankings, and how fast they change. https://mentionova.com/research/ai-brand-monitoring https://mentionova.com/research/ai-brand-monitoring Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 AI brand monitoring explained: how to track your brand's mentions and citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Google AI — what to measure, and how to choose a tool. https://mentionova.com/guides/get-cited-by-ai https://mentionova.com/guides/get-cited-by-ai Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 How to Get Cited by AI https://mentionova.com/comparisons/ai-vs-seo https://mentionova.com/comparisons/ai-vs-seo Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 AI visibility vs SEO: how getting cited inside AI answers differs from ranking in Google's blue links — and why brands now need to win both surfaces. https://mentionova.com/research/state-of-ai-search https://mentionova.com/research/state-of-ai-search Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 900M weekly ChatGPT users, a 25% drop in classic search, and a zero-click majority. The data behind the shift from ten blue links to one AI answer. https://mentionova.com/research/how-ai-engines-cite https://mentionova.com/research/how-ai-engines-cite Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Reddit drives 40% of AI citations; the WSJ doesn't crack the top 20. A teardown of how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI pick their sources — and why it changes overnight. https://mentionova.com/research/geo-playbook https://mentionova.com/research/geo-playbook Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A Princeton benchmark lifted AI visibility by up to 40%. We break the winning moves — statistics, quotations, citations, structure — into a repeatable generative engine optimization playbook.