# Gemini rank tracker: how often Google's Gemini names your brand

> Gemini rank tracker: how often Google's Gemini names your brand, in what place and which pages it links, read from the Gemini app daily. Check yours free.

Canonical: https://picked.so/gemini-rank-tracker
Last updated: 2026-10-25

Picked asks Google's Gemini your buyers' questions every day, in the Gemini app itself, and records whether each answer names your brand, in what place, and which pages it links. Then it shows the brands Gemini named instead, next to the same questions on ChatGPT and Google's AI answers.

- **10** brands named per Gemini answer, the most of any AI model we read
- **2.4** links per Gemini answer, the fewest
- **61%** of the brands four AI models named were named by one model only

10 Gemini answers for LaunchOnIt, our own launch platform, read from the Gemini interface, US, September 27 and 28, 2026; the 61% is across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews for the same prompts.

> Track the real app, not the API.

People ask Gemini in the Gemini app, not through Google's developer API. Picked records the answer the app gives them, so the brands you count are the brands your buyers read.

## What does a Gemini rank tracker measure?

Gemini doesn't return ten blue links. It writes an answer, names a few brands in it, and the next answer may name others. So a Gemini rank isn't one position: it's a set of numbers counted over many answers.

**Share of answers.** Out of all Gemini's answers to your prompts, the percentage that name you. The number to move and the one to report.

**Position.** Where Gemini names you among the brands in the answer: 1 is first, 3 means two brands came before you. Averaged over the answers that name you.

**Brands named instead.** Every brand Gemini names for your prompts, with its own share, so you see who holds the answers you're missing.

**Links.** The pages Gemini links in each answer, whose they are, and whether yours is one of them.

**Trend.** Each number by day, or as a 7-day average, so one odd answer doesn't move the report.

## Is Gemini the same as Google's AI Overviews?

No. Google runs three AI answers, and a brand can be named in one and missing from the others. Picked tracks each one on its own.

|  | Gemini | Google AI Overviews | Google AI Mode |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Where people see it | The Gemini app, gemini.google.com and on Android | Above the results in Google Search | A tab in Google Search |
| How Picked reads it | The answer the Gemini app gives | The overview on Google's results page | Google's AI Mode answer |
| More on it | This page | [AI Overview tracker](https://picked.so/ai-overview-tracker) | [AI Mode SEO](https://picked.so/ai-mode-seo) |

The answers don't agree much. For the same five launch-platform prompts on ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, 61% of the brands named were named by one model only. Ranking well in ChatGPT tells you little about Gemini, which is why it gets its own numbers.

## What does Gemini name and link?

We asked Gemini five buyer questions for LaunchOnIt, a launch platform we run, on September 27 and 28, 2026, US, read from the Gemini interface: 10 answers.

| What we counted | Gemini |
| --- | ---: |
| Brands named per answer | 10.0 |
| Links per answer | 2.4 |
| Different sites linked | 14 |
| Links to the site of a brand the answer named | 10 of 24 |
| Links to pages titled like a list ("best", "top", "vs") | 14 of 24 |

Gemini named more brands than any other model we read and linked fewer pages. Most brands it named got no link at all. So for Gemini, being named is the number that matters most: a tracker that only counts links to your site would miss most of what Gemini says about you. Ten answers for one product is a small sample; read it as a pattern to check against your own prompts.

**Sources**: LaunchOnIt's answers on Gemini, 10 answers, 24 links from 14 sites.

| Site | Page | Times cited |
| --- | --- | ---: |
| smollaunch.com | 16 Best Product Hunt Alternatives in 2026 (Free + Paid) | 6 |
| reddit.com | What are the best sites that collate all the new ai tools being released? | 4 |
| guillaumeduhan.medium.com | 100 Free Platforms to Launch Your SaaS Product in 2026 | 2 |
| startupa.ge | 16 Best Startup Directories & Launch Platforms (2026) | 2 |
| alldirectories.org | Startup Directory List (2026) | 1 |
| launchon.it |  | Not cited |

## How does Picked track Gemini?

1. **Add your prompts.** The questions your buyers ask before they know your name, like "best CRM for a small agency". Picked suggests some from your site and competitors when you start.
2. **Pick Gemini as one of your AI models.** Each plan includes 2, 3 or 4 of the six, chosen by you; Gemini can be one of them on every plan.
3. **Picked asks every day.** Each prompt goes to the Gemini app again every day, and the answer is stored as Gemini gave it.
4. **The answer is read for brands and links.** Picked records each brand named, in order, and every page linked, and matches them to you and the competitors you track.
5. **You see the rank.** Share of answers, position, the brands named instead and the pages linked, per prompt and over time, next to the same prompts on your other AI models.

When a prompt shows you missing, the [AI rank tracker page](https://picked.so/ai-rank-tracker) explains what Picked does next: the pages to get listed on, and on Growth and Scale an article written for that prompt.

## What should you check before tracking Gemini?

Two things decide whether Gemini can use your pages at all, and both are quick to check.

**Google has indexed your key pages.** Gemini grounds answers in Google Search's index. A page Google hasn't indexed can't be used.

**`Google-Extended` isn't blocked.** In `robots.txt`, `Google-Extended` decides whether Google may use your pages to train Gemini and to ground answers in Gemini Apps, according to [Google's crawler docs](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/google-common-crawlers). Blocking it doesn't change Google Search or AI Overviews, so it's easy to miss. Check your CDN's "block AI bots" setting too.

Our [Gemini SEO guide](https://picked.so/gemini-seo) covers what to change once you have the numbers.

## When a Gemini rank tracker won't help

**Your buyers don't use Gemini.** They may meet Google's AI in AI Overviews instead. Track that one first.

**You want a guarantee.** Nobody can promise what Gemini says tomorrow. Picked shows where you're missing and which pages Gemini read instead.

**You want one screenshot.** Ask Gemini yourself, it's free. A tracker is for asking every day and acting on the rate.

## How we checked

**Gemini's answers.** LaunchOnIt, five buyer questions, 10 answers read from the Gemini interface, US, September 27 and 28, 2026.

**Brands named by one model only.** the same five questions on ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, the same two days, 40 answers.

**`Google-Extended` and grounding.** Google's crawler documentation, read September 29, 2026.

**What's built.** the product as of October 25, 2026. Nothing on this page is planned.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is a Gemini rank tracker?

A tool that asks Google's Gemini the questions your buyers ask, on a schedule, and records whether each answer names your brand, in what position, and which pages it links. Because Gemini's answers change from one asking to the next, it reports a share over many answers, not one position.

### Is tracking Gemini the same as tracking AI Overviews?

No. Gemini is Google's assistant app; AI Overviews appear above Google's search results. They answer differently and name different brands for the same question. Picked tracks them as two separate AI models, each with its own share and sources.

### How often does Picked check Gemini?

Every day. Each prompt is asked again in the Gemini app daily, and the dashboard shows each day and a 7-day average, so you see the trend rather than one answer.

### Which plans include Gemini?

Every plan. Each includes 2, 3 or 4 of the six AI models, chosen by you, and Gemini can be one of them. The [pricing page](https://picked.so/pricing) shows what else each plan includes.

### Can I check my Gemini rank for free?

By hand: ask Gemini your buyers' questions on several days and note who's named and what's linked. Picked's [free AI visibility check](https://picked.so/free-ai-visibility-checker) asks ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, not Gemini, so it shows how two other AI answers see you.

### Does blocking Google-Extended affect my Gemini rank?

It can. Google says `Google-Extended` controls whether your pages may be used to train Gemini and to ground its answers in Gemini Apps. Blocking it doesn't affect Google Search rankings, but Gemini can't use your pages to ground what it says about you.