Press Kit · Q3 2026 Edition
AI Visibility Index Q3 2026 — for journalists & analysts.
Everything you need to cite the Q3 2026 edition in your reporting — a one-paragraph blurb sized for a lede, the methodology in 200 words, an embed snippet for your CMS, the raw CSV, and a press contact who answers the same day. Free to use with attribution (CC BY 4.0).
Edition
Q3 2026
Published
Jul 5, 2026
Agencies scored
6
Query basket
25
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One-paragraph blurb
According to Crackle PR's AI Visibility Index Q3 2026 — a quarterly composite Citation Index scoring B2B tech PR agencies across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews — Walker Sands leads the cohort at 82, followed by Crackle PR at 70, Shift Communications and Inkhouse tied at 65, March Communications at 55, and Headline at 47. Source: cracklepr.com/reports/ai-visibility-index-q3-2026.
APA citation
Headrick, P. (2026). AI Visibility Index for B2B Tech PR Agencies — Q3 2026 edition. Crackle PR. https://www.cracklepr.com/reports/ai-visibility-index-q3-2026
Methodology, in 200 words
The AI Visibility Index scores B2B tech PR agencies on a composite Citation Index (0–100) across four AI answer engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews. Each engine is queried against a stable 25-question basket of commercial-intent buyer queries — the kind a B2B tech marketing leader would run when shortlisting a PR firm ("best B2B tech PR agencies," "PR agency for AI startups," "cybersecurity PR firm boutique," etc.).
Every query runs three times per engine to smooth stochastic variance. An agency scores 1 for each answer in which it appears as a named, cited source; 0 otherwise. Per-engine scores are the percentage of the 75-run window (25 queries × 3 runs) that named the agency, rescaled to 0–100. The composite is a straight average across the four engines.
The basket, engine list, and rescale rules are held constant edition-to-edition so quarter-over-quarter deltas reflect real citation-share movement, not methodology drift. The next edition (Q4 2026) publishes the first week of October.
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<iframe src="https://www.cracklepr.com/reports/ai-visibility-index-q3-2026?embed=chart" width="100%" height="420" frameborder="0" title="AI Visibility Index Q3 2026 — B2B Tech PR Agencies"></iframe>
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Press contact
Parry Headrick — Founder, Crackle PR
Same-day response to reporter queries on the Index, methodology, or category commentary. Available for named quotes on B2B tech PR, generative engine optimization, and AI citation dynamics.
[email protected]