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Leading Skincare & Cosmetics Brands in AI Search in the United Kingdom

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

October 2026 edition

Across the six months through October 2026, Medik8 leads AI search visibility in Skincare & Cosmetics on AI Mode in United Kingdom with a Goodie visibility score of 78.8, ahead of e.l.f. Cosmetics (77.8) and Rare Beauty (77.6). The median score across the 10 ranked brands is 76.0, and a score above 74.3 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is google.com at 10.1% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 15.9%.

35k prompts · 2.5m AI answers · 11.3m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

October 2026 · Skincare & Cosmetics · AI Mode
What good looks like in this category. Read a brand's own score against these before looking at who is winning.
Median visibility score
76.0
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 71.9
Score to enter the top 10
74.3
Clearing 74.3 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 1.7 points below the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
10.1
A typical answer names ten brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Index-wide average is 7.6
Citation mix
  • UGC 11%
  • Editorial 2%
  • Video 3%
  • Other 84%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding skincare & cosmetics 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
15.9%
Owned content is weak here: third-party sources decide most of these answers.
Index-wide average is 26.8%
Industry sentiment
73/100
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
293k in October · ▲ 20.1% vs September
Citations parsed
11.3m
1m in October · ▲ 16.6% vs September
Brands observed
728
10 ranked here · 718 unranked

Brand Visibility Leaderboard

Brand visibility leaderboard for Skincare & Cosmetics, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentTop cited source
01Medik8
78.8
10.3%AI Mode—72whiterabbitskincare.co.uk
02e.l.f. Cosmetics
77.8
10.2%AI Mode—76cosmetify.com
03Rare Beauty
77.6
10.2%AI Mode—72cosmetify.com
04Dior Beauty
77.5
10.1%AI Mode—70youtube.com
05Rhode Skin
76.3
10.0%AI Mode—72cosmetify.com
06Huda Beauty
75.7
9.9%AI Mode▼ 8.774cosmetify.com
07Pat McGrath Labs
75.6
9.9%AI Mode—81youtube.com
08La Roche-Posay
75.3
9.9%AI Mode▲ 2.266youtube.com
09Charlotte Tilbury
74.6
9.8%AI Mode▼ 15.569cosmetify.com
10Redken
74.3
9.7%AI Mode▼ 12.976behindthechair.com
10 ranked · visibility is a six-month averageTop 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 Skincare & Cosmetics
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01google.com
10.1%
—
02lemon8-app.com
8.2%
—
03ubuy.com
8.2%
—
04instagram.com
7.6%
—
05youtube.com
6.3%
▲ 4.5
06whiterabbitskincare.co.uk
5.2%
—
07boots.com
4.5%
—
08kosovo.ubuy.com
4.5%
—
09cosmetify.com
4.2%
—
10liberia.ubuy.com
3.6%
—
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 Skincare & Cosmetics, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Beauty brands popular on social media63105
02Which cosmetic brands are dermatologist approved?3494
03Skincare brands people see real results from3093
04Luxury makeup brands professionals recommend3375
05Haircare brands trusted by salons4151
5 of 35k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Oct vs Sep
Rising
La Roche-Posayscore 75.3
▲ 2.2
Falling
▼ 15.5
Redkenscore 74.3
▼ 12.9
Huda Beautyscore 75.7
▼ 8.7
4 ranked brands scored in both Sep and OctIndustry avg ±9.8/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
1,958,226 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Skincare & Cosmetics, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States891K
02United Kingdom265K
03Japan214K
04Australia118K
05Germany113K
06Italy97K
07Egypt85K
08France69K
09Canada42K
10United Arab Emirates39K
11Saudi Arabia12K
12Singapore12K
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

Medik8 leads Skincare & Cosmetics this edition with a visibility score of 78.8, ahead of e.l.f. Cosmetics at 77.8.

google.com is the most-cited source grounding skincare & cosmetics answers, at roughly 10.1% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 15.9% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked skincare & cosmetics brands is 76.0, and a score above 74.3 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 run these prompts across the tracked models and across every 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 · Skincare & Cosmetics

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Medik8 currently leads AI search visibility in skincare & cosmetics with a Goodie visibility score of 78.8, measured across the tracked AI models.

google.com is the most-cited source in skincare & cosmetics AI answers, grounding roughly 10.1% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked skincare & cosmetics brands is 76.0. A score above 74.3 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.