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Leading Consumer Electronics – General Brands in AI Search

The same monthly sample, re-ranked using only Perplexity answers.

October 2026 edition

Across the six months through October 2026, Apple leads AI search visibility in Consumer Electronics – General on Perplexity with a Goodie visibility score of 79.9, ahead of Microsoft (76.3) and Samsung (76.1). The median score across the 11 ranked brands is 75.3, and a score above 74.1 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is sina.cn at 12.9% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 6.9%.

35k prompts · 2.5m AI answers · 11m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

October 2026 · Consumer Electronics – General · Perplexity
What good looks like in this category. Read a brand's own score against these before looking at who is winning.
Median visibility score
75.3
Half of the 11 ranked consumer electronics – general brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Score to enter the top 10
74.1
Clearing 74.1 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 1.3 points below the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
5.4
A typical answer names five brands, so the consideration set is narrow and a mention is hard-won.
Citation mix
  • UGC 3%
  • Editorial 8%
  • Video 2%
  • Reference 3%
  • Retail 0%
  • Other 84%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding consumer electronics – general answers. Brand-owned citations sit in the next cell and are not counted here. “Other” covers domains we have not classified into a type yet.
Brand-owned citation share
6.9%
Owned content is weak here: third-party sources decide most of these answers.
Index-wide average is 26.8%
Industry sentiment
62/100
Mean tone of mentions across the ranked brands that carry a measured value. Per-brand sentiment sits on each brand profile.
Prompts sampled
35k
Real buyer phrasing, 4 models
AI answers analysed
2.5m
311k in October · ▲ 7.6% vs September
Citations parsed
11m
991k in October · ▲ 3.3% vs September
Brands observed
413
11 ranked here · 402 unranked

Brand Visibility Leaderboard

Brand visibility leaderboard for Consumer Electronics – General, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentMarketsTop cited source
01Apple
79.9
9.6%Perplexity▼ 5.46513/13youtube.com
02Microsoft
76.3
9.2%Perplexity▼ 0.95713/13youtube.com
03Samsung
76.1
9.2%Perplexity▲ 1.76013/13youtube.com
04Google
75.8
9.2%Perplexity▼ 2.6649/13reddit.com
05Bose
75.5
9.1%Perplexity▼ 1.57413/13soundguys.com
06Dell
75.3
9.1%Perplexity▲ 4.65713/13pcmag.com
07Sony
75.3
9.1%Perplexity▲ 0.67413/13soundguys.com
08Lenovo
75.3
9.1%Perplexity▲ 5.25612/13pcmag.com
09HP
74.7
9.0%Perplexity▲ 5.35310/13pcmag.com
10OnePlus
74.1
8.9%Perplexity▲ 3.4657/13reddit.com
11 ranked · visibility is a six-month average · worldwide ranking requires presence in at least 5 of 13 marketsTop source = most frequent source in answers mentioning the brand · Δ compares Oct with Sep

Most-Cited Domains

The answer supply chain
Most-cited domains in AI answers for Consumer Electronics – General
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01sina.cn
12.9%
▲ 3.3
02sina.com.cn
8.4%
▼ 0.4
03youtube.com
7.4%
—
04reddit.com
5.3%
—
05apple.com
4.6%
—
06microsoft.com
4.5%
—
07pcmag.com
4.1%
▼ 2.0
08tomshw.it
4.0%
▲ 2.9
09aranzulla.it
4.0%
▲ 1.1
10chip.de
4.0%
▼ 0.7
Top 10 of 1k domains observedΔ compares Oct with Sep, in percentage points

Prompts, Topics & Movers

What's driving this month's answers

Sampled prompts

Prompts sampled for Consumer Electronics – General, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Flagship smartphones that feel worth the price1551
02Tech products known for durability and support2644
03Which laptops do students rely on daily?1244
04Noise canceling headphones for frequent flyers841
05Tablets creative professionals use for work1139
5 of 35k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Oct vs Sep
Rising
HPscore 74.7
▲ 5.3
Lenovoscore 75.3
▲ 5.2
Dellscore 75.3
▲ 4.6
Falling
Applescore 79.9
▼ 5.4
Googlescore 75.8
▼ 2.6
Bosescore 75.5
▼ 1.5
11 ranked brands scored in both Sep and OctIndustry avg ±2.9/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
137,901 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Consumer Electronics – General, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States76K
02United Kingdom31K
03Germany13K
04Australia4K
05Canada3K
06Japan3K
07Egypt2K
08France2K
09Italy1K
10Saudi Arabia991
11United Arab Emirates962
12Singapore692
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

Apple leads Consumer Electronics – General this edition with a visibility score of 79.9, ahead of Microsoft at 76.3.

sina.cn is the most-cited source grounding consumer electronics – general answers, at roughly 12.9% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 6.9% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked consumer electronics – general brands is 75.3, and a score above 74.1 reaches the industry top ten.

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Our Methodology

Our Approach to Gathering AI Visibility Data

We process millions of real prompts across AI Mode, ChatGPT, Copilot and Perplexity, then track which brands, products, and domains show up in the answers. That's the raw data behind every score in the Index.

Real Intent Capture

Each tracked industry has a fixed set of prompts modelled on how people actually ask about it, so one month can be compared directly with the next.

Global Model Interrogation

We run each industry's prompts across the tracked models in each market we cover, so each market is scored on its own answers rather than on a global average applied everywhere.

Attribution Mapping

We analyze the generated answers to capture the "Kingmaker" domains: the specific sources models cite most often in the answers that name a brand, so you can see which sources the models lean on where you appear and where you do not.

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FAQ · Consumer Electronics – General

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Apple currently leads AI search visibility in consumer electronics – general with a Goodie visibility score of 79.9, measured across the tracked AI models.

sina.cn is the most-cited source in consumer electronics – general AI answers, grounding roughly 12.9% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked consumer electronics – general brands is 75.3. A score above 74.1 places a brand in the industry top ten.

Each edition samples the same tracked prompt set across the models Goodie follows, then ranks brands by how often they are named in those answers.

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