Editorial source · tracked monthly

businessinsider.com

Citation profile

Where this domain grounds AI answers in Quick Service Restaurants, how much of each tracked industry it carries, and which brands depend on it.

October 2026 edition

businessinsider.com ranks #184 of 1k cited domains in Quick Service Restaurants, grounding 1.6% of citations in this all 4 models cut, up 0.8 percentage points from Sep. Across the index, its strongest measured position is Credit Cards & Payment Processing at 2.7%, and it appears in 29 of 31 published industries. Sampled answers that cite it name 333 tracked brands.

Source profile · October 2026 · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Source snapshot

Quick Service Restaurants · all 4 models
Citation share
1.6%
▲ 0.8 Oct vs Sep
Industry rank
#184
of 1k cited domains
Industries cited in
29/31
29 live · 0 preview
Source type
Editorial
Inferred from the domain
Brands named alongside
333
In 921 sampled answers that cite it

Citation footprint by industry

All-model · All markets
Every industry where businessinsider.com is cited, by citation share
Industry Edition Citation share Industry rank Month-over-month Δ
Credit Cards & Payment Processing live
2.7%
#48 —
Wireless Carriers live
2.0%
#164 ▲ 2.5
Asset Management & Wealth live
1.9%
#114 —
Streaming Services live
1.8%
#119 ▲ 2.7
Pharmaceuticals live
1.8%
#128 —
Consumer Electronics – Wearables live
1.8%
#188 ▼ 1.0
Quick Service Restaurants Current live
1.6%
#184 ▲ 0.8
Renewable Energy live
1.5%
#491 —
Fragrance live
1.5%
#312 —
Airlines & Travel Services live
1.5%
#342 —
29 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 businessinsider.com

In sampled answers that cite this source
Tracked brands named in sampled answers that cite businessinsider.com, by number of answers
BrandIndustryShared answersVisibility scoreIndustry rank
Wendy’s Quick Service Restaurants 78
33.3
#11
Shake Shack Quick Service Restaurants 65
31.1
#12
In-N-Out Burger Quick Service Restaurants 64
62.8
#2
Five Guys Quick Service Restaurants 61
52.1
#6
McDonald’s Quick Service Restaurants 60
55.1
#4
Culver’s Quick Service Restaurants 59
27.8
#14
Burger King Quick Service Restaurants 58
26.5
#15
KFC Quick Service Restaurants 30
42.5
#9
Taco Bell Quick Service Restaurants 30
49.3
#8
Raising Cane's Quick Service Restaurants 15
51.9
#7
333 tracked brands named in 921 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.

businessinsider.com currently grounds 1.6% of cited answers in Quick Service Restaurants.

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