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Leading Skincare & Cosmetics Brands in AI Search

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

August 2026 edition

Across the six months through August 2026, Redken leads AI search visibility in Skincare & Cosmetics on Perplexity with a Goodie visibility score of 82.9, ahead of EltaMD (82.2) and SkinMedica (81.8). The median score across the 10 ranked brands is 79.8. The most-cited source grounding these answers is youtube.com at 4.2% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 13.1%.

5k prompts · 1.7m AI answers · 7.8m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

August 2026 · Skincare & Cosmetics · 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
79.8
Half of the 10 ranked skincare & cosmetics brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Index-wide median is 74.5
Score to enter the top 10
Fewer than ten brands are ranked in this category, so there is no top-ten bar to report yet.
Brands named per answer
10.3
A typical answer names ten brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Index-wide average is 7.7
Citation mix
  • UGC 6%
  • Editorial 3%
  • Video 4%
  • Reference 5%
  • Other 82%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding skincare & cosmetics answers. Brand-owned citations sit in the next cell and are not counted here.
Brand-owned citation share
13.1%
Owned content is weak here: third-party sources decide most of these answers.
Index-wide average is 24.2%
Industry sentiment
85/100
Mean tone of mentions across all ranked brands. Per-brand sentiment sits on each brand profile.
Prompts sampled
5k
Real buyer phrasing, 4 models
AI answers analysed
1.7m
207k in August · ▲ 5.1% vs July
Citations parsed
7.8m
1m in August · ▼ 0.3% vs July
Brands observed
565
10 ranked here · 555 unranked
Brand visibility leaderboard for Skincare & Cosmetics, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentTop cited source
01Redken
82.9
10.4%Perplexity86reddit.com
02EltaMD
82.2
10.3%Perplexity▲ 2.386dermstore.com
03SkinMedica
81.8
10.2%Perplexity86dermstore.com
04Huda Beauty
80.4
10.1%Perplexity▲ 9.685rivaliq.com
05SkinCeuticals
79.8
10.0%Perplexity▼ 3.185youtube.com
06La Roche-Posay
79.8
10.0%Perplexity▲ 6.585youtube.com
07CeraVe
79.3
9.9%Perplexity85youtube.com
08Fenty Beauty
77.6
9.7%Perplexity▲ 9.684rivaliq.com
09Dior Beauty
77.4
9.7%Perplexity84youtube.com
10Rare Beauty
77.0
9.6%Perplexity83rivaliq.com
10 ranked · visibility is a six-month averageTop source = most frequent source in answers mentioning the brand · Δ compares Aug with Jul

Most-Cited Domains

The answer supply chain
Most-cited domains in AI answers for Skincare & Cosmetics
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01youtube.com
4.2%
▼ 3.6
02rivaliq.com
3.9%
▲ 4.6
03home.blog
3.6%
04whowhatwear.com
3.4%
▲ 4.6
05reddit.com
3.0%
06makeupbrands.org
2.8%
07com.au
2.7%
08instagram.com
2.7%
09forbes.com
2.7%
10heirstobeauty.com
2.7%
▲ 1.8
Top 10 of 1k domains observedΔ compares Aug with Jul, in percentage points

Prompts, Topics & Movers

What's driving this month's answers

Top prompts

Top prompts sampled for Skincare & Cosmetics, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Skincare brands people see real results from3245
02Beauty brands popular on social media3338
03Haircare brands trusted by salons3136
04Luxury makeup brands professionals recommend3135
05Which cosmetic brands are dermatologist approved?4031
Top 5 of 5k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Aug vs Jul
Rising
Huda Beautyscore 80.4
▲ 9.6
Fenty Beautyscore 77.6
▲ 9.6
La Roche-Posayscore 79.8
▲ 6.5
Falling
SkinCeuticalsscore 79.8
▼ 3.1
5 ranked brands scored in both Jul and AugIndustry avg ±6.2/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
141,045 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Skincare & Cosmetics, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States87K
02United Kingdom28K
03Australia5K
04Germany4K
05Italy4K
06France3K
07Egypt3K
08United Arab Emirates2K
09Canada2K
10Japan1K
11Singapore623
12Saudi Arabia542
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

Redken leads Skincare & Cosmetics this edition with a visibility score of 82.9, ahead of EltaMD at 82.2.

youtube.com is the most-cited source grounding skincare & cosmetics answers, at roughly 4.2% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 13.1% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked skincare & cosmetics brands is 79.8, and a score above 59.8 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

This data results from processing millions of real user prompts. We use advanced semantic and agentic processing to categorize them and define intent, filtering out noise to focus on high-value queries.

Global Model Interrogation

We execute these prompts across different models, including GPT, Perplexity, AI Mode, and more, and across different regions. This allows us to map model understand exactly "how they think" in each market.

Attribution Mapping

We analyze the generated answers to capture the "Kingmaker" domains; the specific sources the models cite giving you a causal link between source authority and brand visibility.

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FAQ · Skincare & Cosmetics

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Redken currently leads AI search visibility in skincare & cosmetics with a Goodie visibility score of 82.9, measured across the tracked AI models.

youtube.com is the most-cited source in skincare & cosmetics AI answers, grounding roughly 4.2% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked skincare & cosmetics brands is 79.8. A score above 59.8 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.