AEO INDEX OCTOBER 2026 USA: Travelpro tops AI’s luggage recommendations, but the three engines agree on the No. 1 brand for just one question in ten
Sandeep Amar · November 1, 2026
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The monthly AEO Index: how ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews rank brands across consumer categories.
AEO INDEX OCTOBER 2026 USA: Lenovo appears in 97% of AI laptop answers, but Apple is the brand the engines most often name first
Sandeep Amar · November 1, 2026
AEO INDEX OCTOBER 2026 USA: AI names a different insurer first on each of ten insurance questions, and the three engines agree on only one
Sandeep Amar · November 1, 2026
AEO INDEX OCTOBER 2026 USA: YouTube is the website AI cites most for home appliance advice, and appliance makers’ own sites got 1 of 132 citations
Sandeep Amar · November 1, 2026
AEO INDEX OCTOBER 2026 USA: Sony and Bose are each named in 73% of AI headphone answers, but Sony is ranked first 12 times and Bose once
Sandeep Amar · November 1, 2026
AEO INDEX OCTOBER 2026 USA: Pureology is named in fewer than a quarter of AI haircare answers, yet no brand is ranked first more often
Sandeep Amar · November 1, 2026
AEO INDEX OCTOBER 2026 USA: Nike is the shoe brand AI names first most often, but seven different brands win the ten footwear questions
Sandeep Amar · November 1, 2026
AEO INDEX OCTOBER 2026 USA: Chase leads AI’s credit card answers, and nearly one in five citations goes to a card issuer’s own website
Sandeep Amar · November 1, 2026
AEO INDEX OCTOBER 2026 USA: Peet’s leads AI’s coffee recommendations with a score of just 34.3, and nine different brands win the ten questions
Sandeep Amar · November 1, 2026