Findrix

Fashion & Apparel in AI answers,
United States

See which brands AI recommends across fashion & apparel markets, who shows up
across categories, and which sources shape those recommendations.

Markets
4
Top-20 brands
105
AI answers
17,832
AI engines
4

01 · Market landscape

How does AI visibility differ
across Fashion & Apparel markets?

See which brands lead each Fashion & Apparel market on Perplexity and how many brands it ranks.

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#MarketMost named brandLeader’s mention rateBrandsOpen
1Women's Everyday FashionReformation16.3%61
2JewelryMejuri13.6%32
3Activewear & Athletic ApparelNike12.0%33
4Swimwear & ResortwearSpeedo8.4%51

Leaders hold similar positions across Fashion & Apparel markets.On Perplexity, Reformation appears in 16.3% of women's everyday fashion answers; the lowest-rated leader, Speedo, in 8.4% of swimwear & resortwear answers.

Source: Findrix research. Perplexity, 4 Fashion & Apparel markets. Measured Sep 2026.

02 · Competitive landscape

Which brands show up across Fashion & Apparel markets?

See which brands make Perplexity’s top 20 in more than one Fashion & Apparel market, and where their visibility is strongest.

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#BrandMarkets in top 20Women's Everyday FashionJewelryActivewear & Athletic ApparelSwimwear & Resortwear
1Nike2/42.8%Not in top 2012.0%Not in top 20
2Speedo2/4Not in top 20Not in top 200.9%8.4%
3Lululemon2/43.0%Not in top 206.2%Not in top 20
4J.Crew2/45.3%0.7%Not in top 20Not in top 20
5Patagonia2/42.8%Not in top 204.1%Not in top 20
6Vuori2/42.0%Not in top 203.5%Not in top 20
7Reformation1/416.3%Not in top 20Not in top 20Not in top 20
8Mejuri1/4Not in top 2013.6%Not in top 20Not in top 20
9Target (A New Day/Universal Thread)1/411.0%Not in top 20Not in top 20Not in top 20
10Uniqlo1/48.5%Not in top 20Not in top 20Not in top 20

Only a handful of brands travel across Fashion & Apparel markets.6 of 74 top-20 brands on Perplexity rank in more than one market; Nike ranks in 2 of 4.

Source: Findrix research. Perplexity, 4 Fashion & Apparel markets. Measured Sep 2026.

03 · Sources

Who shapes Fashion & Apparel recommendations?

The domains Perplexity cites most often across Fashion & Apparel markets.

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reddit.com is Perplexity’s most-cited Fashion & Apparel source.It takes 4.3% of Perplexity citations; the top 10 domains together take 18.4% of 3,489 cited domains.

Source: Findrix research. Perplexity, 3,489 cited domains across 4 Fashion & Apparel markets. Measured Sep 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Findrix Fashion & Apparel report measure?

Which brands ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode and Perplexity name when buyers in the United States ask for fashion & apparel recommendations, and which sites those engines cite. It covers 4 Fashion & Apparel markets, each measured on its own set of buyer questions in Sep 2026.

Which markets are included in the Fashion & Apparel dataset?

4 United States markets: activewear & athletic apparel, jewelry, swimwear & resortwear and women's everyday fashion. Each has its own questions, brands and ranking.

What does “mention rate” mean?

The share of buyer questions where an engine names the brand. Each question is asked 3 times to each engine. Every rate carries a 95% range: when the ranges of two brands overlap, their ranks are not really different.

Why are rates shown for one engine at a time?

Each engine answers a different number of questions with its own sources, so its rates have their own denominator. Adding them up would compare unlike numbers — pick an engine to see its view of every market.

Why is a brand’s cell empty in a market?

The table shows each engine’s published top 20 per market. An empty cell means the brand is not in that top 20 — it may still be named, just less often than the brands above it.

Can I compare mention rates across different markets?

Only with care. Every market has its own question set and its own number of competing brands, so a lower rate in a crowded market can be a stronger position than a higher rate in a concentrated one. Compare brands within a market; across markets, compare places, not rates.

Where do the questions in this dataset come from?

From the way people actually shop each category: recommendation, comparison and problem-first questions, 340–400 per market. The set is fixed for a measurement, so every brand in a market is judged on the same questions.

How often is the data updated?

Every market is a dated measurement — the Fashion & Apparel figures on this page were collected in Sep 2026. We re-measure markets and add new ones over time; the date on the page always tells you which run you are looking at.

How can I find my brand in the Fashion & Apparel report?

Type your full brand name into the search at the top of this page — it is an exact match across every brand in our published top 20s. Not there yet? Start a free trial and we will measure your brand in your own market.