SA-AEO-Bench v1 · citation source
citizen.co.za
AI cites this source 164 times across 5 SA brands in the bench. 164 editorial mentions, 0 complaint mentions.
Brands this source mentions
The top 3 brands cited by citizen.co.za are visible below with their exact editorial and complaint counts. The remaining brands and their counts are gated — that table is part of the Q2 Index Report. For the brand-specific cut on your own brand, run the free Scorecard.
| Brand | Industry | Editorial | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|
| MTN | telecom | 44 | — |
| Vodacom | telecom | 41 | — |
| Cell C | telecom | 31 | — |
| Telkom | telecom | ||
| Rain | telecom |
+ 2 more brands in the Q2 Index
The full per-brand citation table for citizen.co.za — with exact editorial and complaint counts on every SA brand it mentions — is in the Q2 Index Report. The brand-specific source map for your nameplate is in the free Scorecard.
Bench provenance
- Dataset: sa-aeo-bench-v1
- Snapshot: 2026-05-19 · 17 days old · budget 270 days
- Pre-registration: osf.io/w4az2
- 14,826 responses · 188,877 citations · 100 brands · 10 industries
Compliance & trust
- POPIA-compliant · Information Officer registered
- Data residency: SA + EU only
- Methodology: pre-registered before data collection · audit trail per record
- Models measured: OpenAI GPT-5 · Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Google Gemini 2.5 Pro