Editorial source · tracked monthly

apnews.com

Citation profile

Where this domain grounds AI answers in Auto Manufacturers & Parts, how much of each tracked industry it carries, and which brands depend on it.

October 2026 edition

apnews.com ranks #3 of 1k cited domains in Auto Manufacturers & Parts, grounding 4.6% of citations in this ChatGPT cut, up 3.9 percentage points from Aug. Across the index, its strongest measured position is Auto Manufacturers & Parts at 4.6%, and it appears in 14 of 31 published industries. Sampled answers that cite it name 47 tracked brands.

Source profile · October 2026 · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Source snapshot

Auto Manufacturers & Parts · ChatGPT
Citation share
4.6%
▲ 3.9 Oct vs Aug
Industry rank
#3
of 1k cited domains
Industries cited in
14/31
14 live · 0 preview
Source type
Editorial
Inferred from the domain
Brands named alongside
47
In 36 sampled answers that cite it

Citation footprint by industry

All-model · China
Every industry where apnews.com is cited, by citation share
Industry Edition Citation share Industry rank Month-over-month Δ
Auto Manufacturers & Parts Current live
4.6%
#3 ▲ 3.9
Commercial & Residential live
3.3%
#4 —
Oil & Gas live
3.2%
#11 ▲ 1.3
Renewable Energy live
2.7%
#8 —
Packaged Foods & Beverages live
2.5%
#4 —
Quick Service Restaurants live
2.2%
#17 ▼ 1.0
Streaming Services live
2.2%
#21 ▲ 1.5
Specialty Retail live
2.0%
#10 —
Cloud Computing live
1.8%
#15 —
Airlines & Travel Services live
1.8%
#19 —
14 of 31 published industries cite this domain above their display threshold · 10 shown Share and movement are measured independently in each industry

Brands named alongside apnews.com

In sampled answers that cite this source · ChatGPT only
Tracked brands named in sampled answers that cite apnews.com, by number of answers
BrandIndustryShared answersVisibility scoreIndustry rank
BYD Auto Manufacturers & Parts 3
69.8
#5
Toyota Auto Manufacturers & Parts 3
73.1
#1
Geely Auto Manufacturers & Parts 1
70.0
#4
Subaru Auto Manufacturers & Parts 1
67.5
#8
Volkswagen Auto Manufacturers & Parts 1
64.0
#10
BP Oil & Gas 5
69.8
#5
Home Depot Specialty Retail 5
66.7
#7
Shell Oil & Gas 5
71.1
#3
TotalEnergies Oil & Gas 5
70.1
#4
Equinor Oil & Gas 4
65.2
#9
47 tracked brands named in 36 sampled answers · top 10 shown Counted from stored answers that name the brand and cite the source
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A citation profile shows how often a domain is cited as a source in sampled AI answers, and which brands those citations support.

apnews.com currently grounds 4.6% of cited answers in Auto Manufacturers & Parts.

Monthly. Each edition re-samples the tracked prompt set so month-over-month figures are directly comparable.