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Leading Specialty Retail Brands in AI Search in the United Arab Emirates

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

October 2026 edition

Across the six months through October 2026, DICK'S Sporting Goods leads AI search visibility in Specialty Retail on Perplexity in United Arab Emirates with a Goodie visibility score of 83.1, ahead of West Elm (82.3) and Home Depot (79.8). The median score across the 10 ranked brands is 78.7, and a score above 72.8 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is usatoday.com at 4.2% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 22.9%.

35k prompts · 2.6m AI answers · 12.2m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

October 2026 · Specialty Retail · 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
78.7
Half of the 10 ranked specialty retail brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Index-wide median is 75.8
Score to enter the top 10
72.8
Clearing 72.8 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 5.9 points below the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
4.5
A typical answer names five brands, so the consideration set is narrow and a mention is hard-won.
Index-wide average is 7.0
Citation mix
  • UGC 7%
  • Editorial 3%
  • Video 2%
  • Reference 11%
  • Retail 1%
  • Other 76%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding specialty retail 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
22.9%
Owned content sits below the index-wide average here: third-party sources decide most of these answers.
Index-wide average is 26.8%
Industry sentiment
57/100
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
2.6m
319k in October · ▲ 7.4% vs September
Citations parsed
12.2m
1m in October · ▲ 3.0% vs September
Brands observed
1,657
10 ranked here · 1,647 unranked

Brand Visibility Leaderboard

Brand visibility leaderboard for Specialty Retail, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentTop cited source
01DICK'S Sporting Goods
83.1
10.6%Perplexity▼ 5.460dickssportinggoods.com
02West Elm
82.3
10.5%Perplexity▼ 2.168bhg.com
03Home Depot
79.8
10.2%Perplexity▼ 7.974hiri.org
04Valley Vet Supply
78.8
10.0%Perplexity—41bestvetcare.com
05Lowe's
78.7
10.0%Perplexity—51bottomturnsurf.com
06Med-Vet International
78.7
10.0%Perplexity—38shopmedvet.com
07Best Buy
77.4
9.9%Perplexity▼ 6.573pcmag.com
08Miller Veterinary Supply
77.4
9.9%Perplexity—58allvetsupply.com
09Apple
76.1
9.7%Perplexity▼ 5.779pcmag.com
10Ace Hardware
72.8
9.3%Perplexity—30bottomturnsurf.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 Specialty Retail
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01usatoday.com
4.2%
▼ 1.6
02reddit.com
3.2%
—
03linkedin.com
2.9%
—
04livingcozy.com
2.8%
—
05bottomturnsurf.com
2.8%
—
06almarwan.com
2.7%
▲ 0.1
07simon.com
2.7%
▲ 0.1
08pcmag.com
2.7%
▼ 2.6
09lifestoryresearch.com
2.5%
—
10authentic.com
2.3%
—
Top 10 of 2k domains observedΔ compares Oct with Sep, in percentage points

Prompts, Topics & Movers

What's driving this month's answers

Sampled prompts

Prompts sampled for Specialty Retail, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Electronics retailers with strong after sales support3851
02Furniture retailers balancing quality and price2248
03Best veterinary medical supply retailers2541
04Sporting goods retailers selling authentic brands3439
05الأطباء البيطريين يشترون المستلزمات الطبية من وين؟015
5 of 35k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Oct vs Sep
Rising

No rising brands this month.

Falling
Home Depotscore 79.8
▼ 7.9
Best Buyscore 77.4
▼ 6.5
Applescore 76.1
▼ 5.7
5 ranked brands scored in both Sep and OctIndustry avg ±5.5/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
111,738 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Specialty Retail, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States92K
02United Kingdom8K
03Australia2K
04France2K
05Germany2K
06Japan2K
07Canada2K
08Egypt887
09Italy777
10Saudi Arabia319
11United Arab Emirates196
12Singapore98
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

DICK'S Sporting Goods leads Specialty Retail this edition with a visibility score of 83.1, ahead of West Elm at 82.3.

usatoday.com is the most-cited source grounding specialty retail answers, at roughly 4.2% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 22.9% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked specialty retail brands is 78.7, and a score above 72.8 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 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 · Specialty Retail

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DICK’S Sporting Goods currently leads AI search visibility in specialty retail with a Goodie visibility score of 83.1, measured across the tracked AI models.

usatoday.com is the most-cited source in specialty retail AI answers, grounding roughly 4.2% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked specialty retail brands is 78.7. A score above 72.8 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.