How often ChatGPT and Claude read reddit.com before they make a recommendation
For each assistant, country and kind of business: the share of answers that read reddit.com, the share that cited it, and its rank among the sites read there.
- ChatGPT: answers that read it
- 89%
- Claude: answers that read it
- 0%
- Cited as a source
- 2.8%
- Rank among all sources
- 1
In October 2026, ChatGPT and Claude answered 3,256 questions about businesses, software and brands with web search on. They read reddit.com in 71% of them and gave it as the source of a recommendation in 2.8%. It is number 1 among all sources. It ranks highest in the United States, where 85% of answers read it, and for cleaning services, where 82% did.
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Each assistant’s share of its own answers with web search on.
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<a href="https://aigrow.gg/ai-sources/site/reddit.com"><img src="https://aigrow.gg/og/ai-sources-site-reddit.com.jpg" width="1200" height="630" alt="How often ChatGPT and Claude read reddit.com and where it ranks highest, October 2026" style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a>
<p><a href="https://aigrow.gg/ai-sources/site/reddit.com">Source: AIGROW AI Source Map, October 2026</a></p>By country
Countries with at least 5 answers where reddit.com was read, the most read first. Rank is its place among the sources read there.
| Country | Read | Rank | Cited | Answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United StatesCited 5.9% · 303 answers | 85% | 1 | 5.9% | 303 |
| ItalyCited 1.8% · 228 answers | 80% | 1 | 1.8% | 228 |
| United KingdomCited 4.4% · 228 answers | 79% | 1 | 4.4% | 228 |
| FranceCited 3.5% · 228 answers | 74% | 1 | 3.5% | 228 |
| AustraliaCited 2.0% · 153 answers | 73% | 1 | 2.0% | 153 |
| CanadaCited 3.9% · 153 answers | 73% | 1 | 3.9% | 153 |
| GermanyCited 2.2% · 228 answers | 72% | 1 | 2.2% | 228 |
| NetherlandsCited 0.7% · 153 answers | 72% | 1 | 0.7% | 153 |
| BelgiumCited 3.9% · 153 answers | 70% | 1 | 3.9% | 153 |
| SwitzerlandCited 2.0% · 203 answers | 70% | 1 | 2.0% | 203 |
| SwedenCited 0% · 128 answers | 66% | 1 | 0% | 128 |
| SpainCited 0% · 178 answers | 65% | 1 | 0% | 178 |
| MexicoCited 2.3% · 128 answers | 65% | 1 | 2.3% | 128 |
| PolandCited 0.8% · 127 answers | 65% | 1 | 0.8% | 127 |
| IrelandCited 2.9% · 102 answers | 63% | 1 | 2.9% | 102 |
| BrazilCited 2.4% · 127 answers | 62% | 1 | 2.4% | 127 |
| PortugalCited 4.9% · 103 answers | 62% | 1 | 4.9% | 103 |
| DenmarkCited 2.9% · 102 answers | 62% | 1 | 2.9% | 102 |
| AustriaCited 3.9% · 128 answers | 62% | 1 | 3.9% | 128 |
| NorwayCited 1.9% · 103 answers | 59% | 1 | 1.9% | 103 |
By kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 5 answers where reddit.com was read, across every country, the most read first.
| Kind of business | Read | Rank | Cited | Answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaning servicesCited 3.7% · 108 answers | 82% | 1 | 3.7% | 108 |
| GymsCited 1.9% · 108 answers | 82% | 1 | 1.9% | 108 |
| Moving companiesCited 14% · 108 answers | 82% | 1 | 14% | 108 |
| PlumbersCited 7.4% · 108 answers | 82% | 1 | 7.4% | 108 |
| Web design agenciesCited 0% · 108 answers | 82% | 1 | 0% | 108 |
| Car repair shopsCited 15% · 108 answers | 81% | 1 | 15% | 108 |
| DentistsCited 8.3% · 108 answers | 81% | 1 | 8.3% | 108 |
| Digital marketing agenciesCited 0% · 108 answers | 81% | 1 | 0% | 108 |
| PhysiotherapistsCited 5.6% · 108 answers | 81% | 1 | 5.6% | 108 |
| Driving schoolsCited 13% · 108 answers | 80% | 1 | 13% | 108 |
| ElectriciansCited 2.8% · 108 answers | 80% | 1 | 2.8% | 108 |
| Hair salonsCited 3.7% · 108 answers | 80% | 1 | 3.7% | 108 |
| Wedding photographersCited 0% · 108 answers | 80% | 1 | 0% | 108 |
| AccountantsCited 0.9% · 108 answers | 79% | 1 | 0.9% | 108 |
| Financial advisorsCited 0% · 108 answers | 79% | 1 | 0% | 108 |
| HotelsCited 0% · 108 answers | 79% | 1 | 0% | 108 |
| VeterinariansCited 2.8% · 108 answers | 78% | 1 | 2.8% | 108 |
| Real estate agenciesCited 0% · 108 answers | 77% | 1 | 0% | 108 |
| DermatologistsCited 0.9% · 108 answers | 76% | 1 | 0.9% | 108 |
| Insurance brokersCited 1.9% · 108 answers | 76% | 1 | 1.9% | 108 |
| Payroll softwareCited 0% · 20 answers | 75% | 1 | 0% | 20 |
| RestaurantsCited 0% · 108 answers | 74% | 3 | 0% | 108 |
| RoofersCited 1.9% · 108 answers | 74% | 1 | 1.9% | 108 |
| Appointment booking softwareCited 0% · 20 answers | 70% | 2 | 0% | 20 |
| E-commerce platformsCited 0% · 20 answers | 70% | 3 | 0% | 20 |
| Restaurant POS systemsCited 0% · 20 answers | 65% | 1 | 0% | 20 |
| LawyersCited 0% · 108 answers | 64% | 2 | 0% | 108 |
| Interior designersCited 0% · 108 answers | 63% | 2 | 0% | 108 |
| Accounting softwareCited 0% · 20 answers | 55% | 1 | 0% | 20 |
| Website buildersCited 0% · 20 answers | 55% | 4 | 0% | 20 |
| ArchitectsCited 0% · 108 answers | 53% | 2 | 0% | 108 |
| Car insurance companiesCited 0% · 40 answers | 50% | 1 | 0% | 40 |
| Mobile carriersCited 0% · 40 answers | 48% | 1 | 0% | 40 |
| Electronics retailersCited 0% · 39 answers | 46% | 1 | 0% | 39 |
| Home internet providersCited 0% · 40 answers | 45% | 1 | 0% | 40 |
| Energy suppliersCited 0% · 39 answers | 44% | 1 | 0% | 39 |
| SupermarketsCited 0% · 39 answers | 41% | 1 | 0% | 39 |
| BanksCited 0% · 40 answers | 35% | 1 | 0% | 40 |
| Help desk softwareCited 0% · 20 answers | 35% | 4 | 0% | 20 |
| Car brandsCited 0% · 40 answers | 28% | 2 | 0% | 40 |
| Email marketing softwareCited 0% · 20 answers | 25% | 4 | 0% | 20 |
| Online brokersCited 0% · 39 answers | 21% | 2 | 0% | 39 |
| CRM softwareCited 0% · 20 answers | 10% | 8 | 0% | 20 |
| Project management softwareCited 0% · 20 answers | 10% | 10 | 0% | 20 |
What this means for a business
In 261 pairs of a kind of business and a country, more than half of the answers read reddit.com. For a business in one of them, being listed on reddit.com is worth checking. Of the answers that read it, 3.9% also gave it as the source of a recommendation.
accountants in the United States: 91%car repair shops in the United States: 91%cleaning services in the United States: 91%dentists in the United States: 91%driving schools in the United States: 91%electricians in the United States: 91%financial advisors in the United States: 91%gyms in the United States: 91%hair salons in the United States: 91%hotels in the United States: 91%insurance brokers in the United States: 91%interior designers in the United States: 91%
The 12 read most are listed; the data file has all 261.
Questions
- Does ChatGPT read reddit.com?
- Yes. In October 2026, ChatGPT read a page of reddit.com in 89% of its 2,580 answers with web search on, and gave it as the source of a recommendation in 3.5%.
- Does Claude read reddit.com?
- Not in this data. In October 2026, Claude read no page of reddit.com in any of its 676 answers with web search on.
- Where do AI assistants read reddit.com most?
- It ranks highest in the United States, where 85% of answers read it, and for cleaning services, where 82% did.
How this was measured
- The question
- Each assistant was asked the questions a buyer asks, with web search on: about a local trade in a city, or about software or a consumer brand in a country. Every page its searches returned and every page it gave as a source was kept.
- Counting
- A site counts once per answer, however many of its pages the answer read. Read is the share of answers that read at least one page of the site; cited is the share that gave one of its pages as the source of a recommendation.
- Sources
- A site counts as a source only when it appears on 3 or more pages of the Index. Below that it is almost always a business’s own website or a one-off article.
- Edition
- October 2026. 3,256 answers: ChatGPT 2,580, Claude 676.
- Coverage
- Not every assistant has answered on every page yet this month, so read each assistant’s shares next to its own number of answers.
Citing this data
AIGROW, AI Source Map, reddit.com, October 2026, aigrow.gg/ai-sources/site/reddit.com. The figures and the data are published under CC BY 4.0: reuse them with a link to this page.
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Edition October 2026 · data under CC BY 4.0