AI Visibility Stats October 2026: Google AI Overviews Now Name Just One Business, ChatGPT Hits 1.2B Weekly Users
Published Oct 11, 2026 · 5:33 · Michael Hermon
The October 2026 AI visibility stats: Google AI Overviews now name a median of one brand per answer, ChatGPT reports about 1.2 billion weekly users, and Google's AI leans more on its own Maps links. What changed in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and AI Overviews citations, and what small businesses should do.
Timestamps
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:25 Where the data comes from
- 01:03 Who uses what: the October usage snapshot
- 01:41 The big mover: AI Overviews got much pickier
- 02:35 Google is citing itself differently
- 03:13 ChatGPT and Perplexity
- 03:48 What cited pages look like
- 04:16 Your action plan for this month
- 04:49 Recap
- 05:13 Questions
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