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Waseit study · US · collected 2026-09-13

Which marketing agencies do AI assistants recommend in Chicago?

We asked ChatGPT and Gemini 4 real buying questions about marketing agencies in Chicago - the way customers actually ask. 24 names came back for this trade in this city.

2 names are cited by more than one assistant, out of 24 found. The leader takes 18% of citations - the top spot is held, but the rest is contested.

The names the assistants cite most

  • 1.Leo Burnettcited 3 times · by ChatGPT, Gemini
  • 2.Bounteouscited 3 times · by ChatGPT, Gemini
  • 3.Digital Third Coastcited 2 times · by ChatGPT
  • 4.The Marketing Storecited 2 times · by ChatGPT
  • 5.Rise Interactivecited 2 times · by Gemini
  • 6.FleishmanHillardcited 1 time · by ChatGPT
  • 7.Cramer-Krasseltcited 1 time · by ChatGPT
  • 8.Gravitytankcited 1 time · by ChatGPT

Counts are citations across our sampled answers for this trade and city, collected 2026-09-13 via the assistants' APIs. Answers vary between runs - across the whole study, assistants agreed with each other on only 3% of names. A snapshot, honestly labeled, not a permanent ranking.

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Full dataset and method: the 2026 US study (872 answers, 218 trade×city cells) · our methodology