Does AI recommend SE Ranking? ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Mode data (2026-W43)

SE Ranking in SEO tools: rank 3 of 13

• Mention rate: 72.7% of 22 answers (95% CI 51.8% to 86.8%)
• Named first (top pick): 9.1% of answers
• Average position when named: 3.19
• Own website cited in: 13.6% of the answers that named it
• Category leader: Semrush at 95.5%

By engine

Websites cited in answers that named SE Ranking

Domains cited alongside SE Ranking in these answers (number of answers in brackets): zapier.com (6), techradar.com (3), seo.com (3), ahrefs.com (3), seranking.com (3), semrush.com (3), search.google.com (3), reddit.com (3).

The questions we asked

1. What are the best SEO tools for keyword research and rank tracking?
2. What is the best SEO tool for a small business on a budget?
3. What is the best SEO software for an agency managing many clients?
4. What is the best tool to track rankings in AI search like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews?
5. What is the best alternative SEO tool for keyword data that costs less?
6. What are the top 5 SEO tools in 2026?

Other tracked brands in this category

Semrush (95.5%), Ahrefs (81.8%), Google Search Console (63.6%), Mangools (40.9%), Screaming Frog (31.8%), Profound (18.2%), Ubersuggest (13.6%), AccuRanker (13.6%), Otterly (13.6%), Surfer (13.6%), Moz (9.1%), Similarweb (0%)

How to read this

This is one weekly snapshot: 22 answers per category (6 questions, 4 engines), so the confidence interval above is wide for small samples. Engines change their answers between runs. A brand that is not tracked here may still be named; we only track the brands we listed in advance for each category. The data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: brands CSV, methodology.

Across all 231 answers in 2026-W43, 69% of the 1,503 cited pages were third-party sites (reviews, listicles, forums, publishers) and the rest were vendors’ own domains. So for most brands, what AI engines say depends on what other sites say. Full 2026-W43 edition.

Check your own brand (or a client’s)

This page is about SE Ranking as one of the brands we track. To see how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Mode treat your brand, run the free check: 20 live answers, about a minute, no card. Agencies can order a white-label audit for up to 5 client domains.

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