
Energy Transition Citation Share Index 2026: Fossil Majors Win
25 energy-transition brands ranked. ExxonMobil #1. Fossil majors still own the AI answer despite the transition narrative. The first AI-visibility ranking of the energy sector.
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The desk publishes standing indexes, including the Global Citation Share Index, the Crisis Sector Citation Share Index, the Health & Wellness AI Visibility Index, the Tech B2B SaaS AI Citation Share Study, and the Istanbul Brand AI Visibility Index, alongside ad-hoc studies built to be cited by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Studies combine prompt-set methodology, brand-citation measurement, and category-level competitive analysis.
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