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Track your brand in Claude.

Claude is conservative with citations but disproportionately influential in enterprise. Citations.io tracks every mention, citation and rank position.

TL;DR
Claude mentions fewer brands per answer than Perplexity or ChatGPT and weights authoritative sources heavily. For B2B and enterprise categories, Claude visibility is a leading indicator that classic SEO tooling can't see.
Brands per answer
1–3
The most conservative shortlist of any major engine.
Enterprise skew
High
Dominant in B2B analytical workflows.
Trusted sources
Primary
Wikipedia, official docs, major publishers.
Hallucination rate
Lowest
Refuses more often than it invents.

How Claude behaves

Claude is built by Anthropic with an explicit focus on factual reliability. It tends to surface fewer brands per answer than competing engines, and it weights authoritative, well-sourced content highly.

Where Claude matters most

  • B2B SaaS and enterprise technology categories.
  • Professional services (legal, financial, consulting).
  • Analytic and research workflows where users want a careful, well-reasoned answer.

Improving your Claude visibility

  1. Ensure a factual, well-cited Wikipedia presence.
  2. Publish primary-source documentation on your own domain.
  3. Earn coverage in major industry publishers and analyst reports.
  4. Avoid thin or marketing-heavy content - Claude is unforgiving of low-substance pages.

Frequently asked questions

Why track Claude separately?+
Claude has lower retail usage than ChatGPT but disproportionately high adoption in enterprise, professional and analytic workflows. For B2B brands, Claude visibility often punches above its weight.
How does Claude cite sources?+
Claude is more conservative than Perplexity and ChatGPT. It tends to mention fewer brands per answer and weights authoritative, well-sourced content highly. Wikipedia, primary sources and major publishers dominate.
How do I improve my Claude visibility?+
Authoritative, well-sourced content beats volume. A factual Wikipedia presence, primary-source documentation, and citations on major publishers move the needle more than Reddit or social presence.
Check your Claude visibility →
Do
  • Invest in a well-cited Wikipedia entry — Claude weighs it heavily.
  • Publish primary-source docs, whitepapers and analyst-quality content on your own domain.
  • Earn coverage in named-analyst reports (Gartner, Forrester, IDC) and major trade press.
  • Keep facts verifiable — Claude refuses on shaky ground rather than guess.
Don't
  • Don't lean on Reddit or affiliate roundups — Claude discounts them.
  • Don't ship thin marketing pages hoping to rank; substance beats volume here.
  • Don't ignore Claude because retail traffic is smaller — enterprise buyers live in it.
  • Don't over-index on brand keywords; Claude answers category questions with category leaders.

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