Public Industry Leaderboard

Retail Stores Grok AI Rankings

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Current Champion

Amazon

AI Index 70.2

Podium Snapshot

#1 Amazon · #2 Walmart · #3 Target

Latest Refresh

Aug 12, 2026

10 tracked engines and 30 entities in the latest public snapshot.

Industry Overview

Retail Stores AI brand rankings show which brands are most visible in the current public benchmark. Current leaders include Amazon, Walmart, and Target across 10 tracked engines, with score and mention-rate signals combined into the overall AI Index. Amazon is 19.5 points ahead of Walmart, so the gap helps show whether this industry has a clear AI visibility leader or a tighter competitive cluster.

Use the engine tabs below to compare how Perplexity, MiniMax, GLM, and Qwen rank entities differently. Overall ranking summarizes the latest visibility signals across all tracked engines, while engine-specific tabs reveal whether a brand is broadly recommended or over-dependent on one answer system.

This Grok rankings page is scoped to Retail Stores: it shows how entities appear inside one answer engine using mention rate, recommendation strength, and latest snapshot signals. For model-level Grok rank tracking across industries, use the Grok benchmark hub. Use the private AI rank tracker when you need recurring monitoring for your own prompts, competitors, saved answer history, actions, validation, and report readiness.

Why This Matters

Use the overall ranking to see which brands stand out in this industry benchmark, then drill into individual AI engines to decide which market, competitors, and prompt themes deserve private tracking. The useful signal is not only the rank: mention rate, score gaps, latest refresh date, and engine outliers show where to investigate next.

Current Ranking Takeaways

Target is currently #1 in the Retail Stores Grok public rankings benchmark, with a 64.6 AI Index and 71.4% mention rate. Treat this as market context for private prompt and competitor selection.

Amazon is the nearest visible challenger on Grok, trailing Target by 21.1 points. That gap helps separate engine-specific visibility from broader cross-engine strength.

The Grok benchmark refreshed on May 6, 2026, so it should be read as a public engine snapshot rather than a private recurring tracker run.

30

Entities

10

AI Engines

Aug 12, 2026

Last Updated

Ranking Methodology

How this AI brand leaderboard is calculated

AI Index

The combined visibility score used to sort the default public leaderboard view.

Mention Rate

How often tracked AI engines mention each brand inside completed public runs.

Recommendation Strength

How strongly the answer positions, first mentions, and recommendation signals support each ranking.

Engine Coverage

Compare overall visibility and engine-specific rankings

Retail Stores currently compares brands across 10 tracked AI engines, including Perplexity, MiniMax, GLM, Qwen, Grok, and ChatGPT and 4 more. Use the tabs below to separate broad AI visibility from engine-specific outliers.

Leaderboard Podium

Open the leading entity pages in this industry leaderboard

Overall Ranking

Grok

Latest collection-scoped AI rankings for Grok.

10 / 10 entities May 6, 2026
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RankEntityAI IndexMention Rate
👑 #1
Target
64.6
71.4%
🥈 #2
Amazon
43.5
42.9%
🥉 #3
Costco
29.0
0.0%
#4
The Home Depot
27.0
0.0%
#5
Walmart
26.4
28.6%
#6
Kroger
26.0
0.0%
#7
Lowe's
25.0
0.0%
#8
CVS Pharmacy
24.0
0.0%
#9
Walgreens
23.0
0.0%
#10
Aldi
17.0
0.0%

FAQ

How is the Retail Stores leaderboard calculated?

Overall ranking combines the latest AI visibility signals across tracked engines for Retail Stores, including rank position, recommendation strength, and mention-rate patterns.

Why can Amazon lead overall but differ by engine?

Each AI engine can prefer different brands, evidence, freshness, and recommendation patterns, so engine-specific rankings can diverge from the combined leaderboard.

How often is this Retail Stores leaderboard updated?

This leaderboard updates whenever new completed runs are available for Retail Stores, with the latest refresh date shown on the page.