Vantage research · November 2026 · tech
What AI cites for “best laptop”
ChatGPT cited 4 sites, Gemini cited 6 sites, Perplexity cited 8 sites. No site was cited by all three.
Updated every 3 monthsNext edition 1 February 2027
ChatGPTGeminiPerplexity dots beside a site: the other engines that cite it too
ChatGPT
4 sites · opens with a sentence · no table · opening 34 words
- rtings.com
- wired.com
- tomshardware.com
- tollbit.forbes.com
Brands namedApple MacBook Air M5, Dell XPS 14, ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14, Apple MacBook Neo, Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon
Since October: new wired.com, tollbit.forbes.com; dropped techradar.com, tomsguide.com
Gemini
6 sites · opens with a sentence · no table · opening 21 words
- cnet.com
- techradar.com
- tomshardware.com
- mashable.com
- bgr.com
- youtube.comcommunity
Brands namednone
Since October: new techradar.com, tomshardware.com, mashable.com, bgr.com
Perplexity
8 sites · opens with a sentence · no table · opening 27 words
- pcmag.com
- wired.com
- forbes.com
- rtings.com
- nytimes.com
- pcworld.com
- uk.pcmag.com
- mashable.com
Brands namednone
Since October: new nytimes.com, pcworld.com, uk.pcmag.com, mashable.com; dropped engadget.com, independent.co.uk, reviewed.com, techradar.com
Cited by more than one engine
- rtings.com
- wired.com
- tomshardware.com
- mashable.com
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Each engine was asked once, in English, as from the United States, on 2026-11-01. Answers change from run to run, so read this as a snapshot. Download the data.