Pop
Questions 8Top 5 of 150 brandsScore
Subcategory
Rock & Alternative
This index adds up the scores of 8 questions. 248 brands are ranked.
- Edition
- Nov 12, 2026
- Methodology
- v5.0
- Panel
- 6 AI surfaces
AI Visibility Ranking
Brands across every question in this category, ordered by GenRank score.
#BrandScore
- 1The Beatles181.3
- 2Led Zeppelin143.0
- 3Black Sabbath134.5
- 4Nirvana133.8
- 5Metallica125.8
- 6Queen (band)118.6
- 7Radiohead114.2
- 8The Rolling Stones112.5
- 9Jimi Hendrix109.6
- 10Pixies99.7
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- 11Freddie Mercury96.1
- 12Arctic Monkeys95.1
- 13The Smiths88.8
- 14Foo Fighters85.9
- 15The Strokes84.9
- 16Sonic Youth84.2
- 17Robert Plant76.3
- 18AC/DC72.5
- 19Fontaines D.C.70.7
- 20Iron Maiden67.4
- 21Jimmy Page65.9
- 22Pink Floyd65.6
- 23Eddie Van Halen64.8
- 24Judas Priest63.4
- 25Pavement61.3
- 26The Velvet Underground61.2
- 27B.B. King57.8
- 28Slayer57.6
- 29Turnstile56.6
- 30Chris Cornell55.1
- 31Chuck Berry53.7
- 32R.E.M.53.7
- 33Mick Jagger52.7
- 34Eric Clapton47.0
- 35Fleetwood Mac46.1
- 36Django Reinhardt46.0
- 37Megadeth43.6
- 38Geese43.0
- 39Stevie Ray Vaughan42.2
- 40Red Hot Chili Peppers41.8
- 41Green Day41.2
- 42Sister Rosetta Tharpe41.2
- 43Jeff Beck40.9
- 44Neutral Milk Hotel40.7
- 45The Who40.7
- 46Janis Joplin40.7
- 47Kurt Cobain39.6
- 48The Cure38.9
- 49Axl Rose38.5
- 50Ronnie James Dio38.4
- 1The Beatles181.3
- 2Led Zeppelin143.0
- 3Black Sabbath134.5
- 4Nirvana133.8
- 5Metallica125.8
- 6Queen (band)118.6
- 7Radiohead114.2
- 8The Rolling Stones112.5
- 9Jimi Hendrix109.6
- 10Pixies99.7
- 11Freddie Mercury96.1
- 12Arctic Monkeys95.1
- 13The Smiths88.8
- 14Foo Fighters85.9
- 15The Strokes84.9
- 16Sonic Youth84.2
- 17Robert Plant76.3
- 18AC/DC72.5
- 19Fontaines D.C.70.7
- 20Iron Maiden67.4
- 21Jimmy Page65.9
- 22Pink Floyd65.6
- 23Eddie Van Halen64.8
- 24Judas Priest63.4
- 25Pavement61.3
- 26The Velvet Underground61.2
- 27B.B. King57.8
- 28Slayer57.6
- 29Turnstile56.6
- 30Chris Cornell55.1
- 31Chuck Berry53.7
- 32R.E.M.53.7
- 33Mick Jagger52.7
- 34Eric Clapton47.0
- 35Fleetwood Mac46.1
- 36Django Reinhardt46.0
- 37Megadeth43.6
- 38Geese43.0
- 39Stevie Ray Vaughan42.2
- 40Red Hot Chili Peppers41.8
- 41Green Day41.2
- 42Sister Rosetta Tharpe41.2
- 43Jeff Beck40.9
- 44Neutral Milk Hotel40.7
- 45The Who40.7
- 46Janis Joplin40.7
- 47Kurt Cobain39.6
- 48The Cure38.9
- 49Axl Rose38.5
- 50Ronnie James Dio38.4
Top 50 of 248
The GenRank score sums each brand’s question-level visibility inside this category. Higher means AI names the brand more often and earlier. It is not bounded, so compare brands within one category, not across categories. Methodology
The questions behind this index
8Each question with its top three brands by GenRank score and how many brands its answers named.
Rank trend
Rank trends are drawn once two weekly editions under the same methodology exist. Only the first edition is in so far.
Named by surface
Each cell: of the surface's 8 answers, how many named the brand. Darker means named more often.
- Window
- Oct 18, 2026 ~ Nov 8, 2026
| Brand |  Google AI Overviews |  ChatGPT |  Claude |  Gemini | Google AI Mode |  Microsoft Copilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1The Beatles | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2Led Zeppelin | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3Black Sabbath | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4Nirvana | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 5Metallica | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 6Queen (band) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7Radiohead | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 8The Rolling Stones | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 9Jimi Hendrix | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10Pixies | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 11Freddie Mercury | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12Arctic Monkeys | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 13The Smiths | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 14Foo Fighters | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 15The Strokes | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Named alongside
Brands named in the same answers in the last four weeks. Circle size: answers naming the brand. Line width: answers naming both.
- Answers naming the brand
- 4
- 10
- 23
- Answers naming both
- 1
- 16
- Answers naming the brand
- 4
- 10
- 23
- Answers naming both
- 1
- 16
| Brand | Answers naming the brand | Named alongside |
|---|---|---|
| The Beatles | 17 | Queen (band) (16), Led Zeppelin (16), Nirvana (15) |
| Led Zeppelin | 17 | The Beatles (16), Queen (band) (15), The Rolling Stones (14) |
| Black Sabbath | 12 | Metallica (9), Led Zeppelin (7), Judas Priest (6) |
| Nirvana | 23 | Radiohead (16), The Beatles (15), Queen (band) (14) |
| Metallica | 13 | Black Sabbath (9), Judas Priest (6), Iron Maiden (6) |
| Queen (band) | 17 | The Beatles (16), Led Zeppelin (15), Nirvana (14) |
| Radiohead | 19 | Nirvana (16), Pixies (11), The Smiths (10) |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | The Beatles (14), Led Zeppelin (14), Queen (band) (13) |
| Jimi Hendrix | 7 | Eddie Van Halen (6), B.B. King (6), Jimmy Page (6) |
| Pixies | 13 | Radiohead (11), Sonic Youth (10), The Smiths (10) |
| Freddie Mercury | 6 | Robert Plant (6), Chris Cornell (5), Jimi Hendrix (1) |
| Arctic Monkeys | 13 | The Strokes (9), Radiohead (7), Pixies (7) |
| The Smiths | 11 | Radiohead (10), Pixies (10), Sonic Youth (9) |
| Foo Fighters | 9 | Nirvana (7), The Beatles (6), AC/DC (5) |
| The Strokes | 10 | Arctic Monkeys (9), Pixies (8), Radiohead (7) |
| Sonic Youth | 11 | Pixies (10), The Smiths (9), Radiohead (8) |
| Robert Plant | 6 | Freddie Mercury (6), Chris Cornell (5), Jimi Hendrix (1) |
| AC/DC | 13 | The Beatles (12), Queen (band) (12), Led Zeppelin (11) |
| Fontaines D.C. | 5 | Turnstile (3), Arctic Monkeys (3), The Strokes (2) |
| Iron Maiden | 6 | Metallica (6), Judas Priest (6), Black Sabbath (6) |
| Jimmy Page | 6 | Eddie Van Halen (6), Jimi Hendrix (6), B.B. King (6) |
| Pink Floyd | 12 | The Rolling Stones (11), The Beatles (11), Queen (band) (11) |
| Eddie Van Halen | 6 | Jimi Hendrix (6), B.B. King (6), Jimmy Page (6) |
| Judas Priest | 6 | Metallica (6), Iron Maiden (6), Black Sabbath (6) |
| Pavement | 6 | The Strokes (5), Pixies (5), Sonic Youth (4) |
| The Velvet Underground | 7 | Radiohead (7), Nirvana (7), Sonic Youth (5) |
| B.B. King | 6 | Eddie Van Halen (6), Jimi Hendrix (6), Jimmy Page (6) |
| Slayer | 6 | Metallica (6), Judas Priest (6), Iron Maiden (6) |
| Turnstile | 4 | Fontaines D.C. (3), Metallica (1), Foo Fighters (1) |
| Chris Cornell | 6 | Freddie Mercury (5), Robert Plant (5), Radiohead (1) |
Most cited sources
Sites cited by the answers to this category's questions and its subcategories'. Counts are citing answers. All of this week's questions. Earlier ranks appear once two weekly runs of the same methodology exist.
| Rank | Source | Citing answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ranker.com | 10 |
| 2 | youtube.com | 9 |
| 3 | rollingstone.com | 9 |
| 4 | reddit.com | 8 |
| 5 | beatintel.io | 8 |
| 6 | facebook.com | 7 |
| 7 | billboard.com | 7 |
| 8 | imdb.com | 5 |
| 9 | themetalverse.net | 5 |
| 10 | melophobemusic.com | 4 |
Sources and brands
Which cited sources appear in the answers that name each brand, counted in answers.
| Cited sources | Brand | Answers naming the brand |
|---|---|---|
| reddit.com | Led Zeppelin | 5 |
| reddit.com | The Beatles | 5 |
| reddit.com | The Rolling Stones | 4 |
| reddit.com | Queen (band) | 4 |
| reddit.com | Nirvana | 4 |
| beatintel.io | Black Sabbath | 4 |
| beatintel.io | Metallica | 4 |
| billboard.com | Nirvana | 3 |
| beatintel.io | Queen (band) | 3 |
| billboard.com | The Rolling Stones | 3 |
| billboard.com | The Beatles | 3 |
| billboard.com | Queen (band) | 3 |
| billboard.com | Led Zeppelin | 3 |
| ranker.com | Metallica | 3 |
| reddit.com | Black Sabbath | 3 |
| rockhall.com | Radiohead | 3 |
| rockhall.com | Nirvana | 3 |
| facebook.com | Led Zeppelin | 2 |
| davidlovesagoodlist.medium.com | Black Sabbath | 2 |
| davidlovesagoodlist.medium.com | The Beatles | 2 |
| davidlovesagoodlist.medium.com | Queen (band) | 2 |
| davidlovesagoodlist.medium.com | Led Zeppelin | 2 |
| davidlovesagoodlist.medium.com | Nirvana | 2 |
| facebook.com | The Rolling Stones | 2 |
| reddit.com | Metallica | 2 |
| reddit.com | Radiohead | 2 |
| beatintel.io | Nirvana | 2 |
| rockhall.com | Queen (band) | 2 |
| beatintel.io | Led Zeppelin | 2 |
| beatintel.io | The Beatles | 2 |
| beatintel.io | The Rolling Stones | 2 |
| billboard.com | Black Sabbath | 2 |
| rockhall.com | Led Zeppelin | 2 |
| rockhall.com | The Rolling Stones | 2 |
| facebook.com | The Beatles | 2 |
| davidlovesagoodlist.medium.com | The Rolling Stones | 2 |
| facebook.com | Nirvana | 2 |
| imdb.com | Metallica | 2 |
| imdb.com | The Rolling Stones | 2 |
| imdb.com | Black Sabbath | 2 |
| imdb.com | The Beatles | 2 |
| imdb.com | Led Zeppelin | 2 |
| imdb.com | Nirvana | 2 |
| rockhall.com | The Beatles | 2 |
| ranker.com | Radiohead | 2 |
| ranker.com | Black Sabbath | 2 |
| ranker.com | Queen (band) | 2 |
| ranker.com | Nirvana | 2 |
| facebook.com | Black Sabbath | 1 |
| davidlovesagoodlist.medium.com | Radiohead | 1 |
| facebook.com | Queen (band) | 1 |
| ranker.com | Led Zeppelin | 1 |
| billboard.com | Metallica | 1 |
| beatintel.io | Radiohead | 1 |
| ranker.com | The Rolling Stones | 1 |
| davidlovesagoodlist.medium.com | Metallica | 1 |
| ranker.com | The Beatles | 1 |
| imdb.com | Queen (band) | 1 |
Citations by source type
How many citations in this edition point at each kind of source.
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