Vantage research · November 2026 · fitness
What AI cites for “how many steps a day should i walk”
ChatGPT cited 3 sites, Gemini cited 0 sites, Perplexity cited 10 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
3 sites · opens with a sentence · has a table · opening 17 words
- pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- sciencedirect.com
- cdc.gov
Brands namednone
Since October: new pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, sciencedirect.com; dropped jamanetwork.com
Gemini
0 sites · opens with a sentence · no table · opening 31 words
Answered from what the model already knows: no sites cited.
Brands namedFinding Your Personal Goal
Same sites as October.
Perplexity
10 sites · opens with a sentence · no table · opening 34 words
- health.clevelandclinic.org
- mcpress.mayoclinic.org
- mayoclinic.org
- health.harvard.edu
- nm.org
- health.com
- verywellhealth.com
- axahealth.co.uk
- memorialhermann.org
- utswmed.org
Brands namednone
Since October: new mayoclinic.org, health.com, verywellhealth.com, axahealth.co.uk; dropped medicalnewstoday.com, newsroom.clevelandclinic.org, uclahealth.org, unmc.edu
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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.