Other source · tracked monthly

qsrmagazine.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

qsrmagazine.com ranks #16 of 1k cited domains in Quick Service Restaurants, grounding 3.1% of citations in this all 4 models cut, up 1.7 percentage points from Sep. Across the index, its strongest measured position is Quick Service Restaurants at 3.1%, and it appears in 1 of 31 published industries. Sampled answers that cite it name 16 tracked brands.

Source profile · October 2026 · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Source snapshot

Quick Service Restaurants · all 4 models
Citation share
3.1%
▲ 1.7 Oct vs Sep
Industry rank
#16
of 1k cited domains
Industries cited in
1/31
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Source type
Other
Inferred from the domain
Brands named alongside
16
In 123 sampled answers that cite it

Citation footprint by industry

All-model · All markets
Every industry where qsrmagazine.com is cited, by citation share
Industry Edition Citation share Industry rank Month-over-month Δ
Quick Service Restaurants Current live
3.1%
#16 ▲ 1.7
1 of 31 published industries cite this domain above their display threshold Share and movement are measured independently in each industry

Brands named alongside qsrmagazine.com

In sampled answers that cite this source
Tracked brands named in sampled answers that cite qsrmagazine.com, by number of answers
BrandIndustryShared answersVisibility scoreIndustry rank
McDonald’s Quick Service Restaurants 75
55.1
#4
Burger King Quick Service Restaurants 65
26.5
#15
Subway Quick Service Restaurants 53
53.3
#5
KFC Quick Service Restaurants 51
42.5
#9
Taco Bell Quick Service Restaurants 43
49.3
#8
Wendy’s Quick Service Restaurants 40
33.3
#11
Starbucks Quick Service Restaurants 38
61.2
#3
Five Guys Quick Service Restaurants 32
52.1
#6
Culver’s Quick Service Restaurants 30
27.8
#14
Shake Shack Quick Service Restaurants 29
31.1
#12
16 tracked brands named in 123 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.

qsrmagazine.com currently grounds 3.1% of cited answers in Quick Service Restaurants.

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