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Brand report · July 2026

Beehiiv Beehiiv: AI Visibility Report

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When buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini about publishing & newsletters, Beehiiv ranks #3 of 15, a Visibility Score of 58 in Publishing & Newsletters (and appears in 2 categories of the index).

These rankings are measured from what the three models know from training, not a live web search. The live-web grounded surface is rolling out across the index. Methodology.

How AI sees Beehiiv

Owns newsletters; gets buried when buyers think 'email marketing'.

Where it wins. In Publishing and Newsletters, Beehiiv ranks third with a 68% mention rate and shows up as first pick 11% of the time, including on broad 'Best overall' prompts where generalist tools usually dominate.

Where it loses. In Email Marketing it ranks seventh, earns a first-pick rate of only 4%, and never appears when buyers ask about best overall fit, use-case matching, or enterprise options, which are the prompts that convert.

AI-generated analysis of the July 2026 measurements.

On message

How Beehiiv positions itself vs how AI ranks it

Beehiiv claims Publishing & Newsletters and the models back it: #3 of 15 there.

The pitch

"NEWSLETTERS. PODCASTS. COMMUNITY. ONE PLATFORM."

What AI actually says
In Publishing & Newsletters #3 of 15, claim holds

Homepage self-messaging · July 2026 ranking · the biggest gaps across the index →

Publishing & Newsletters · #3 of 15

58 / 100 first snapshot (July 2026)
68%
mention rate (72 answers)
3
avg. position
11%
first pick
12%
share of voice
First snapshot: July 2026. The trend line appears with the second monthly measurement; no modeled history.
ChatGPT
58
Claude
55
Gemini
60
Prompt themes Beehiiv would want to own

Share of each theme's answers that mention Beehiiv. Hover a row for the exact prompt. Compare shapes on the head-to-head page.

Top tools in 2026
9/9 · #1×3
Startup & small team
9/9 · #1×2
Budget & alternatives
7/9 · #1×3

Gaps Enterprise pick

Most co-mentioned competitors
Ghost
90%
Substack
80%
Kit
76%
WordPress
35%
Mailchimp
29%
Buttondown
29%

Share of Beehiiv's mentions where the AI models name this brand in the same answer. That is the real competitive set in the AI channel.

Scores are measured from real AI answers, refreshed monthly. Methodology.

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