September 2026 snapshot · 72 AI answers Contested

Rank Tracking: AI Visibility Ranking

Keyword rank tracking tools: monitor search positions across markets and devices over time. Right now, AccuRanker is the brand AI assistants recommend most, with a Visibility Score of 65 and the #1 spot in 8% of answers. Head-to-head: AccuRanker vs Semrush →

These rankings are measured from what the three models know from training, not a live web search. When the models DO search the web, see which sources they cite. Methodology.

AccuRanker and Semrush trade punches while the field watches.

The two leaders sit within 2 points of each other on overall score, but they win differently: AccuRanker shows up in 82% of answers yet gets first pick only 8% of the time, while Semrush leads first-pick mentions at 40% despite lower mention breadth. The model split sharpens the story further, with Claude heavily favoring Semrush at 80.4 versus AccuRanker's 58.3, making the race look different depending on which AI your buyer uses. Ahrefs and SE Ranking both clear 50% mention rates but sit roughly 20 points behind on score, confirming the top two have pulled meaningfully ahead.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

#	Brand	Visibility Score	Trend (3 mo)	Mention rate	Avg. position	#1 pick rate	Models
1	AccuRanker	65 ±3.6	▲ 11	82%	3.1	8%	ChatGPT #1 Claude #2 Gemini #1
2	Semrush	63 ±4.9	flat	71%	2.1	40%	ChatGPT #2 Claude #1 Gemini #4
3	Ahrefs	44 ±6.4	flat	57%	3.2	1%	ChatGPT #4 Claude #3 Gemini #5
4	SE Ranking	42 ±4.5	flat	56%	3.4	19%	ChatGPT #3 Claude #9 Gemini #2
5	Nightwatch	31 ±5.2	flat	47%	4.5	1%	ChatGPT #8 Claude #5 Gemini #3
6	Wincher	21 ±5.5	flat	33%	4.6	4%	ChatGPT #5 Claude #13 Gemini #6
7	Mangools	20 ±6.7	flat	32%	4.7	1%	ChatGPT #7 Claude #6 Gemini #9
8	BrightLocal	19 ±4	flat	28%	4.2	6%	ChatGPT #6 Claude #10 Gemini #7
9	AgencyAnalytics	14 ±3	flat	18%	3.0	1%	ChatGPT #10 Claude #7 Gemini #10
10	Conductor	12 ±0.7	flat	18%	4.3	4%	ChatGPT #9 Claude #11 Gemini #11
11	SERPWatcher	10 ±5.3	flat	13%	3.0	3%	ChatGPT Claude #4 Gemini
12	BrightEdge	9 ±2.3	flat	13%	3.6	1%	ChatGPT #11 Claude #14 Gemini #12
13	STAT Search Analytics	9 ±3.5	flat	13%	3.9	3%	ChatGPT #12 Claude #15 Gemini #8
14	Google Search Console	9 ±3.2	flat	19%	6.6	0%	ChatGPT #14 Claude #8 Gemini #14
15	SerpRobot	8 ±2.2	flat	11%	3.9	3%	ChatGPT #13 Claude #12 Gemini #13

The ± under each score is the reliability band: how much the number would move if we re-ran the identical measurement. It is tight because each prompt is sampled multiple times. It is not the same as how much the ranking depends on which prompts we ask — a separate, wider figure shown on hover.

Just below the cutoff: seoClarity (6.3), Moz Pro (5.3), DataForSEO (5.1), Advanced Web Ranking (4.2), Rank Ranger (3.5). 37 brands were scored in this category; the leaderboard shows the top 15.

Visibility Score: position-weighted presence across all measured answers, 0 to 100. A score of 100 means the brand was the first recommendation in every answer. Every point in a trend line is a live monthly measurement; there is no modeled or backfilled history. Full methodology.

Openness 35/100: the share of this category's recommendation weight not held by the leader.

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Do the models agree?

Per-model Visibility Scores for the top 10. A long gray bar means the three assistants disagree about the brand. Hover a row for exact values.

ChatGPT Claude Gemini

Where they land in the answer

When a brand is mentioned, where does it appear? Box shows the middle 50% of positions, the thick line is the median, whiskers are the extremes. Hover a row for the detail.