---
title: "Census100™"
url: "https://aivisibilitycensus.com/census-100/"
description: "The brands AI engines name most when buyers ask for recommendations, category by category. Measured, not voted, and no brand pays to be on it."
publisher: "AI Visibility Census"
date_published: "2026-10-30"
date_modified: "2026-10-31"
---

# Census100™

**In short:** the Census100™ lists the brands AI engines name most when buyers ask which product to choose, category by category. It is measured from real answers, not voted on, and no brand pays to be listed. It launches with five categories: project management, CRM, help desk, email marketing and social media management software. The first lists are in preparation.

**5**

categories at launch

**10**

brands at most per category

**3**

AI engines, asked on at least two dates

**0**

brands paying to be listed

## How it is measured

For each category we ask a fixed set of buyer questions, published with each list, on ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Google AI Mode, on at least two separate dates. Brands are ranked by the share of answers that name them as an option, a recommendation or an example. How often answers link to each brand's own site is shown alongside, as a separate number.

AI answers vary from one day to the next, so a list is published only when the rankings from separate dates agree. Every brand is shown with a range, and brands whose ranges overlap are shown as level. If a category's results are not stable enough, we publish the counts without a ranking.

## Why it is called the 100

Each category lists up to 10 brands. The list launches with five categories, so it starts with up to 50 brands, and the 100 builds up as categories are added.

## Independence

No brand pays to be listed, to be left off, or to change its place. There is no application. A brand gets on by being the one AI engines name, and by meeting the entry bar described in [how to get on the Census100](https://aivisibilitycensus.com/census-100/how-it-works/).

## Categories

- First list in preparationProject management software
- First list in preparationCRM software
- First list in preparationHelp desk software
- First list in preparationEmail marketing software
- First list in preparationSocial media management software
- GET LISTEDHow to get on the Census100 The entry bar, and what does not help.[Read the rules →](https://aivisibilitycensus.com/census-100/how-it-works/)

The full method is on the [methodology page](https://aivisibilitycensus.com/methodology/).