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Vendor reportAirOps, 21 Jul 2026

Only 30% of brands stay visible in an AI answer from one run to the next, and just 20% stay visible across five consecutive runs of the same prompt

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30%

of brands stay visible in an AI answer from one run to the next, while only 20% remain visible across five runs

Reader Note:
This finding is from AirOps' own research; details on sampling and prompt design are not disclosed.
Evidence:
Observed behaviour
Vendor interest:
High — This comes from a company with a commercial interest in this market, so it is not a neutral source.
Sample:
Mixed source. AirOps references analyses of more than 12,000 pages, more than 21,000 brands, and 5.5 million AI answers, plus outside surveys and customer examples. Selection and detailed methodology are not disclosed on this page.

Good for

Comparing yourself against a similar segment, and choosing what to test next.

Not for

  • Saying that one thing caused another, or predicting what you would get.
  • This comes from a company with a commercial interest in this market, so it is not a neutral source.
  • The source says how much it looked at, but not how any of it was chosen.
  • The source never says how this number was measured.

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