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US Preview · May 2026 · 10 brands

The AI Visibility Index 2026 — How 10 leading US D2C brands rank in ChatGPT, Perplexity & Claude

We ran 80+ buyer prompts across 10 major US D2C brands. Here's which ones AI recommends — and which ones are invisible to 393M daily AI-search users.

10 US D2C brands audited
80+ AI prompts tested
3 AI platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude)
4 Ecommerce categories
How we scored them

Same prompts. Every brand. Same AI models.

For each brand we ran the same 8 category-specific buyer prompts across ChatGPT (GPT-4o), Perplexity (Sonar Large), and Claude (Sonnet 4) in May 2026. A brand "wins" a prompt when it appears in a recommendation or citation. Score = % of prompts where the brand appears, out of 100. This US Preview covers beauty, food & beverage, pet, and apparel — 10 brands selected for their AI-search relevance and D2C brand recognition. Full 50-brand US index coming Q3 2026.

Audit specification
Brands
10
Categories
4
AI platforms
3
Prompts per brand
8
Total prompt runs
240
Audit window
May 2026
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Full Rankings — 10 US D2C Brands

Sorted by AI Visibility score, highest first. Click any brand to see their full profile.

Rank Brand Category Score Band
1GlossierbeautyBeauty81↑ Strong
2Rare BeautybeautyBeauty76↑ Strong
3OlipopfoodFood & Bev74↑ Strong
4BarkBoxpetPet71↑ Strong
5The Farmer's DogpetPet68↑ Strong
6AllbirdsapparelApparel66→ Visible
7Magic SpoonfoodFood & Bev62→ Visible
8KosasbeautyBeauty58→ Visible
9ChompsfoodFood & Bev49→ Fading
10JinxpetPet41→ Fading
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Category Breakdowns

Top performer and AI visibility snapshot for each of the 4 categories audited in this US preview.

3 brands · Beauty
Beauty & Skincare
#1 Glossier 81
Glossier
81
Rare Beauty
76
Kosas
58

Glossier dominates clean beauty AI queries through consistent editorial coverage and strong product FAQ pages. Rare Beauty's celebrity association drives citations; Kosas' ingredient-first positioning hasn't fully translated to AI citations yet.

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3 brands · Food & Beverage
Food & Beverage
#1 Olipop 74
Olipop
74
Magic Spoon
62
Chomps
49

Olipop's strong prebiotic soda narrative wins health-drink AI queries. Magic Spoon's protein cereal niche is well-covered by comparison content. Chomps scores lowest — meat snack queries are dominated by retail giants, not DTC brands.

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3 brands · Pet
Pet & Animal
#1 BarkBox 71
BarkBox
71
The Farmer's Dog
68
Jinx
41

US pet brands significantly outperform UK equivalents — BarkBox and The Farmer's Dog have invested heavily in FAQ and ingredient content that AI models cite. Jinx lags despite strong product positioning; breed-specific content is the gap.

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1 brand · Apparel
Apparel & Fashion
#1 Allbirds 66
Allbirds
66

Allbirds earns strong citations on sustainability and material origin queries — exactly the prompts AI models use when answering "best eco-friendly sneakers". The full US Apparel category (5+ brands) lands in the Q3 complete index.

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Key Takeaways — US Preview

66pts
Median score is 66 — 28 points above the UK median
US D2C brands selected for this preview skew toward well-funded brands with dedicated content teams. The full 50-brand US index will show the long tail — where the gap is expected to be just as severe as in the UK.
Pet
US pet brands dominate where UK brands failed
BarkBox (71) and The Farmer's Dog (68) both score higher than any UK pet brand. The difference: US pet DTC brands invest heavily in ingredient transparency and vet-backed feeding guides that AI cites directly.
+23pt
Gap between #1 and #10 is just 40 points — tighter than UK
UK brands had a 73-point spread (#1 Charlotte Tilbury at 84, #10 Furnish at 11). US D2C brands show more compressed scores — the visibility race is tighter, but the window to establish AI dominance is still open.
Food
Functional food brands cite their way to the top
Olipop (74) wins on prebiotic soda queries because they publish ingredient comparison articles that AI models index as authoritative. The pattern is repeatable — any food DTC brand with science-backed content can replicate it.
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