{
 "title": "AI Search & Recommendation Statistics",
 "date": "July 11, 2026",
 "license": "CC-BY-4.0 — cite 'Agent Exchange' + link https://compare.agentexchange.work/ai-search-statistics",
 "stats": [
  {
   "value": "3–6",
   "statement": "brands are typically named per AI buying answer — everyone else is invisible to that buyer",
   "source": "Agent Exchange live recommendation engine, 12 industries × 5 buyer questions, sampled July 11, 2026"
  },
  {
   "value": "2/5",
   "statement": "buyer questions mention Mailchimp in email-marketing answers (AI-visibility score 40/100) — even category leaders lose AI answers",
   "source": "Agent Exchange live recommendation engine, 12 industries × 5 buyer questions, sampled July 11, 2026"
  },
  {
   "value": "3/5",
   "statement": "buyer questions mention GAF in roofing answers (60/100), while HubSpot and Asana captured 5/5 in their categories",
   "source": "Agent Exchange live recommendation engine, 12 industries × 5 buyer questions, sampled July 11, 2026"
  },
  {
   "value": "12",
   "statement": "industries sampled show ~5 brands dominating each category's AI recommendations, from CRM to moving companies",
   "source": "Agent Exchange live recommendation engine, 12 industries × 5 buyer questions, sampled July 11, 2026"
  },
  {
   "value": "8,100",
   "statement": "US searches/month for \"ai seo\"",
   "source": "Google Keyword Planner, July 2026, US"
  },
  {
   "value": "4,400",
   "statement": "US searches/month for \"generative engine optimization\"",
   "source": "Google Keyword Planner, July 2026, US"
  },
  {
   "value": "2,400",
   "statement": "US searches/month for \"ai seo tools\" — rated LOW competition",
   "source": "Google Keyword Planner, July 2026, US"
  },
  {
   "value": "+285%",
   "statement": "year-over-year growth in searches for \"ai visibility\"",
   "source": "Google Keyword Planner, July 2026, US"
  },
  {
   "value": "+81%",
   "statement": "year-over-year growth in searches for \"best ai seo tools\"",
   "source": "Google Keyword Planner, July 2026, US"
  },
  {
   "value": "287",
   "statement": "AI-crawler hits per day recorded on a ~30-page niche site (our own network)",
   "source": "Cloudflare AI Crawl Control, 24-hour sample, July 11, 2026, agentexchange.work network"
  },
  {
   "value": "142",
   "statement": "daily hits from BingBot alone — the crawler feeding ChatGPT search and Microsoft Copilot",
   "source": "Cloudflare AI Crawl Control, 24-hour sample, July 11, 2026, agentexchange.work network"
  },
  {
   "value": "21–25",
   "statement": "daily hits each from GPTBot, ClaudeBot and Amazonbot on the same small site",
   "source": "Cloudflare AI Crawl Control, 24-hour sample, July 11, 2026, agentexchange.work network"
  },
  {
   "value": "14",
   "statement": "daily fetches from Claude-User — real-time page fetches triggered by live human questions to an AI assistant",
   "source": "Cloudflare AI Crawl Control, 24-hour sample, July 11, 2026, agentexchange.work network"
  }
 ],
 "check_any_brand": "https://store.agentexchange.work/score?brand={BRAND}&category={CATEGORY}"
}