What is Ahrefs known for?

ChatGPT names Ahrefs most often on the question “Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants?”, where it appeared in 35 of 66 sampled responses (53.0%). Across the 9 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, Ahrefs cleared the reporting threshold on 1.

Is Ahrefs a good AEO, GEO and AI visibility agency?

This measurement cannot answer that. It counts how often ChatGPT names Ahrefs when asked buyer questions, which follows how much has been written about the firm online rather than how well it works. Ahrefs was named in 35 of the 66 responses sampled on the questions it appears in. A firm named rarely may still be excellent, and a firm named often may not suit a given brief.

Why is Ahrefs in tier 1?

Tier 1 does not mean ranked first. It means that at the sample sizes measured, the gap between Ahrefs and the most-named firm is inside the margin of error, so the sample cannot separate them. Firms sharing a tier are listed in arbitrary order.

Which firms compete with Ahrefs?

Ahrefs appears on too few questions in this sample for a reliable overlap with other firms to be reported.

Firm profile

Ahrefs

Ahrefs was named in 1 of the 9 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 35 of the 66 AI responses sampled across those questions (53.0%).

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Ahrefs is strongest on “Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants?”, where it was named in 35 of 66 responses (53.0%), placing it in tier 1 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 8 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

Ai visibility monitoring — named in 35 of 66 responses (53.0%), tier 1.

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 8 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where Ahrefs placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
Question	Leader	Ahrefs
Which GEO agencies work with B2B and SaaS companies?84 answers	Omniscient Digital35%	—
Which agencies help brands earn citations from AI assistants?84 answers	Siege Media27%	—
Which AEO and GEO agencies work with small businesses?84 answers	Omniscient Digital27%	—
What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?78 answers	iPullRank77%	—
Who handles the technical side of AEO and GEO?78 answers	Enleaf15%	—
Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?78 answers	iPullRank46%	—
Which AI visibility agencies work with ecommerce brands?72 answers	Tinuiti28%	—
Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants?66 answers	Profound59%	53% · tier 1
How much does an AEO or GEO agency cost?pricing · 78 answers	what firms charge	—

Who leads AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies overall: iPullRank tops 2 of 8 · Omniscient Digital tops 2 of 8 · Enleaf tops 1 of 8 · Profound tops 1 of 8 · Siege Media tops 1 of 8 · Tinuiti tops 1 of 8. See all reports.

Where Ahrefs was named

One row per report in which Ahrefs cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
Question	Tier	Responses	Share
Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants?	1	35 of 66	53.0%

What Ahrefs gets named for

Across the 9 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured, Ahrefs is named most often on “Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants?” — it appears in 35 of the 66 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 53.0% 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 1 of 3, named in 35 of 66 responses (53.0%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 66 responses, the gap between Ahrefs and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Ahrefs shares tier 1 with Profound and Semrush, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 7 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.

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