AI VISIBILITY IS A TOPIC-LEVEL GAME: A STUDY OF 50,000 BRANDS IN CHATGPT

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A study of 50K brands found that winning one ChatGPT prompt does not mean owning a topic. Only 15% of categories had a clear leader, leaving most topics open for competitors. Traditional SEO metrics like traffic and authority scores only predicted winners about half the time. Brands that consistently appear across related questions build stronger AI visibility. Once a brand gains a wide lead, it becomes harder to overtake.