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Category: Measurement

AI Share of Voice

TL;DR: Your brand's portion of total mentions across AI-generated answers within a defined category and time window.

What is AI Share of Voice?

AI share of voice (AI SOV) measures your brand's portion of total brand mentions across AI-generated answers within a defined category and time window. It differs from LLM citation rate (which is per-query) and share of model (which is per competitive set) by aggregating across an entire category conversation. AI SOV is the metric most useful for board-level reporting because it maps cleanly onto how executives already think about traditional share of voice, while reflecting the new reality that the conversation now lives inside LLM answers as much as inside trade press. Crackle PR uses AI share of voice as the board-slide metric for enterprise clients — it maps cleanly to how executives already think about traditional SOV, while reflecting the new reality that the category conversation increasingly lives inside LLM answers.

“AI share of voice is what you put on the board slide. LLM citation rate is what you actually run the program on.”

— Parry Headrick, Founder, Crackle PR

Share of Voice

Related terms

  • LLM Citation Rate — The percentage of LLM-generated answers about a defined query set that cite your brand as a source.
  • Share of Model — Your brand's share of citations within a competitive set across LLM-generated answers — the AI-era equivalent of share of voice.
  • AI Citation — A reference to your brand inside an AI-generated answer, typically with a link back to a source URL.