AI search radar
How does Perplexity answer
Sports & Outdoors questions in the United States?
Explore which brands it recommends, which sources it relies on,
and how its citations vary across Sports & Outdoors markets.
- Sports & Outdoors market
- 1
- Top-20 brands
- 20
- Questions
- 330
- Citations
- 10,066
01 · Engine profile
Where do the engines get
their Sports & Outdoors answers from?
Same markets, same questions — but each engine
builds its answers from its own pool of cited sites.
811
domains cited — the widest pool of the 4 engines
ChatGPT 781 · Gemini 796 · Google AI Mode 683
Source: Findrix research. 1 US Sports & Outdoors market · 330 questions · 3 runs per question per engine · measured Sep 2026.
02 · Engine consensus
Do the engines agree on who
leads each Sports & Outdoors market?
The brand Perplexity names first in the Sports & Outdoors market, next to what
ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode name first.
| Sports & Outdoors market | Perplexity | ChatGPT | Gemini | Google AI Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Nutrition & Supplements | Naked Nutrition8.3% | Naked Nutrition10.0% | Naked Nutrition20.2% | Naked Nutrition15.8% |
03 · Market landscape
Where is Perplexity most concentrated on a few brands?
Top-3 brands hold 11% of Perplexity’s brand mentions in Sports Nutrition & Supplements.
| Sports & Outdoors market | Most named brand | Mention rate Share of questions where the engine names the brand | Brands mentioned Distinct brands the engine named in this market | Concentration level How much of all mentions go to the three most-named brands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Nutrition & Supplements | Naked Nutrition | 8.3% | 67 | Medium concentrated |
04 · Brands
Which brands does Perplexity recommend across Sports & Outdoors?
See which brands make Perplexity’s top 20 across Sports & Outdoors markets, and where each brand is most visible.
- 20brands in Perplexity’s top 20
in this market
| Brand | Markets present Sports & Outdoors markets where the brand is in Perplexity’s top 20 | Sports Nutrition & Supplements |
|---|---|---|
| Naked Nutrition | 1 / 1 | 8.3% |
| Transparent Labs | 1 / 1 | 8.1% |
| Legion | 1 / 1 | 6.8% |
| Kind | 1 / 1 | 4.3% |
| Thorne | 1 / 1 | 4.2% |
| Built Bar | 1 / 1 | 3.7% |
| Fairlife | 1 / 1 | 2.2% |
| Raw Nutrition | 1 / 1 | 1.8% |
| Animal | 1 / 1 | 1.7% |
| Premier Protein | 1 / 1 | 1.6% |
05 · Sources
Where does Perplexity get its Sports & Outdoors recommendations from?
These are the websites most often cited in Perplexity’s Sports & Outdoors recommendations, and how many markets they appear in.
| # | Source | Citations Times Perplexity cited the site in Sports & Outdoors answers | Sports & Outdoors markets Markets where the site is cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nih.gov | 1,187 | |
| 2 | healthline.com | 524 | |
| 3 | amazon.com | 303 | |
| 4 | garagegymreviews.com | 291 | |
| 5 | forbes.com | 213 | |
| 6 | fortune.com | 204 | |
| 7 | barbend.com | 174 | |
| 8 | goodhousekeeping.com | 168 | |
| 9 | tandfonline.com | 159 | |
| 10 | menshealth.com | 156 |
06 · Question intent
What do people ask Perplexity about Sports & Outdoors?
See what kinds of Sports & Outdoors questions make up the dataset and explore a few examples.
| Intent | Share of questions |
|---|---|
| Solution-aware | 48% |
| Problem-aware | 27% |
| Informational | 12% |
| Branded comparison | 7% |
| Branded sentiment | 5% |
Example prompts
- “Onnit vs Qualia Life Sciences for Brain health and productivity consumers comparing full-spectrum multi-pathway nootropic blends (Alpha Brain vs Qualia Mind) for mental clarity, memory, and executive function. as of latest information?”Branded comparison
- “Is Mutant a good choice in mass gainers as of latest information?”Branded sentiment
- “Can you explain how Hormone/testosterone support works in the human body to support exercise performance as of latest information?”Informational
- “What are the highest rated brands of RTD protein shakes available to order in 2027 that offer superior Convenience/portability as of latest information?”Solution-aware
- “What are the highest rated brands of Natural nootropic blends (e.g., L-theanine, ginkgo) available to order in 2027 that offer superior Absence of jitters/side effects as of latest information?”Solution-aware
- “What are the highest rated brands of Greens/superfood powders available to order in 2027 that offer superior Ingredient science/clinical evidence as of latest information?”Solution-aware
Frequently asked questions
What does this Perplexity Sports & Outdoors report measure?
Which brands Perplexity names when buyers in the United States ask Sports & Outdoors questions, and which websites it cites in those answers. It covers 1 Sports & Outdoors market and 330 buyer questions, each asked 3 times, and sets Perplexity next to ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode on the same questions.
“Mention rate” — what does it mean?
The share of buyer questions where Perplexity names the brand. Each question is asked 3 times, and every rate carries a 95% range: when the ranges of two brands overlap, their ranks are not really different.
What does “market concentration” mean?
How much of all brand mentions in a market go to its three most-named brands. When the top three hold most of the mentions, the market is highly concentrated and hard to break into; when mentions are spread over dozens of brands, it is open.
Which Sports & Outdoors markets are included?
One US market measured on Perplexity: Sports Nutrition & Supplements. Each market has its own question set, its own brands and its own ranking.
Why are only 20 brands shown per market?
Radar publishes the top 20 brands of each engine in each market. A brand missing from a table here can still be named by Perplexity — just below its top 20.
What counts as a citation?
A link to a website that Perplexity shows as a source in its answer. We count every cited URL and group them by domain.
Why can Perplexity mention a brand without citing its website?
Naming a brand and citing a source are separate. Perplexity often recommends a brand while linking to a publisher, a retailer or an association that wrote about it. That is why the brand ranking and the sources table can tell different stories.
Will I get the same answers if I ask Perplexity these questions myself?
Not word for word. Answers vary between runs, accounts and locations, which is why every question is asked 3 times and the results are read as rates with a 95% range. A single answer you get yourself is one sample from the same spread.