Cited Brands
Citation Explorer · Q3 2026 · 20 brands
Open dataset · Q3 2026
Browse the full SA AI Citation Index.
Every brand we’ve measured this quarter, ranked by net narrative control. Filter by industry, sort by any column, open a brand for the full report.
This is the public view. The full Index — 100 brands across 5 LLMs — ships in Q4 2026.
43
Brands measured this quarter
Q3 2026 · pilot
5
Industries covered
Telecom · Banking · Retail · Insurance · Medical aid
7,010
Total AI search citations
ChatGPT + Claude + Gemini
3
Frontier LLMs measured
Perplexity + AI Overviews added Q4
Industry
#
01
Discovery
Medical Aid
+18.9
18.9%
0.0%
375
02
Momentum
Medical Aid
+16.6
16.6%
0.0%
331
03
Medihelp
Medical Aid
+12.6
12.6%
0.0%
223
04
Standard Bank
Banking
+7.0
22.2%
15.2%
171
05
Spar
Retail
+3.2
14.0%
10.8%
157
06
Afrihost
Telecom
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
0
07
Bestmed
Medical Aid
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
190
08
Bonitas
Medical Aid
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
300
09
Budget Insurance
Short Term Insurance
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
19
10
Checkers
Retail
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
224
11
Dialdirect
Short Term Insurance
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
0
12
Discovery Health
Medical Aid
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
319
13
Fedhealth
Medical Aid
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
171
14
Food Lover
Retail
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
50
15
Investec
Banking
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
27
16
Makro
Retail
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
18
17
Momentum Health
Medical Aid
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
315
18
Nedbank
Banking
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
147
19
Pick n Pay
Retail
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
204
20
Profmed
Medical Aid
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
0
21
Rain
Telecom
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
130
22
Shoprite
Retail
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
127
23
TymeBank
Banking
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
29
24
Woolworths
Retail
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
179
25
OUTsurance
Short Term Insurance
−7.0
32.2%
39.2%
245
26
Naked
Short Term Insurance
−7.7
21.0%
28.7%
167
27
Capitec
Banking
−10.9
0.0%
10.9%
239
28
Discovery Bank
Banking
−12.1
0.0%
12.1%
33
29
Absa
Banking
−13.2
0.0%
13.2%
204
30
Telkom
Telecom
−13.3
0.0%
13.3%
211
31
Cell C
Telecom
−14.0
0.0%
14.0%
200
32
Vodacom
Telecom
−16.6
0.0%
16.6%
302
33
MTN
Telecom
−17.8
0.0%
17.8%
304
34
FNB
Banking
−19.1
0.0%
19.1%
188
35
Hollard
Short Term Insurance
−20.3
14.6%
34.9%
192
36
Naked Insurance
Short Term Insurance
−28.7
0.0%
28.7%
167
37
Auto & General
Short Term Insurance
−29.4
0.0%
29.4%
51
38
MiWay
Short Term Insurance
−32.3
0.0%
32.3%
220
39
King Price
Short Term Insurance
−33.0
0.0%
33.0%
106
40
Discovery Insure
Short Term Insurance
−34.6
0.0%
34.6%
104
41
Santam
Short Term Insurance
−46.3
0.0%
46.3%
214
42
GEMS
Medical Aid
−50.0
0.0%
50.0%
10
43
African Bank
Banking
−50.3
0.0%
50.3%
147
Net narrative control = own-domain citation share minus complaint-site citation share. Range −100 to +100. Higher is better. See methodology for how each engine is queried and how sources are classified.
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