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Ahrefs
Ahrefs was named in 1 of the 11 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 117 of the 224 AI responses sampled across those questions (52.2%).
Ahrefs is strongest on “Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants?”, where it was named in 117 of 224 responses (52.2%), placing it in tier 2 of that report.
What Ahrefs is surfaced for in AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies
Based on the measured answers, Ahrefs is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants?”.
How the answers describe the firmProvides traditional search intelligence and AI citation monitoring tools tracking mentions across AI engines.
In this sample, Ahrefs was named on 1 of the 10 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- Ai visibility monitoring — named in 117 of 224 responses (52.2%), tier 2.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
Every question in AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies
Ahrefs was named on 1 of these 10 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
Who leads AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies overall: iPullRank tops 2 of 10 · Siege Media tops 2 of 10 · Enleaf tops 1 of 10 · FIVESIXTEN tops 1 of 10 · Omniscient Digital tops 1 of 10 · Optimist tops 1 of 10. See all reports.
Where Ahrefs was named
| Question | Tier | Responses | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants? | 2 | 117 of 224 | 52.2% |
What Ahrefs gets named for
Across the 11 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured, Ahrefs is named most often on “Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants?” — it appears in 117 of the 224 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 52.2% of them.
That is the only question in this set where Ahrefs cleared the reporting threshold, so its visibility is concentrated in one kind of buyer question rather than spread across the category.
What Ahrefs’s tier placings mean
On “Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants?”, Ahrefs sits in tier 2 of 5, named in 117 of 224 responses (52.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 62.5% of responses against Ahrefs’s 52.2%. It shares tier 2 with Peec AI and Semrush, which the sample cannot separate from it. 6 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Ahrefs from them.
What this page is, and is not
- It is a count of how often AI assistants named Ahrefs when asked buyer questions about AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
- Ahrefs did not submit this listing, was not contacted about it, and cannot pay to change it, move up, or be removed.
- A firm named in few responses may still be excellent. Share follows what has been published about a firm online, which is what an AI assistant reads.
- Wrong details, or a firm merged with another of a similar name? We fix those.