Namebeam, a Carter Enterprise property. This is the first leg. The dated record of who AI names. Every name, engine and raw answer: namebeam.ai
Real numbers. No hype. Receipts.
This week is run dates 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-20. It is compared with the week before, run dates 2026-10-07 to 2026-10-13. The record has run on 78 days, from 2026-08-02 (Perplexity; the other engines from 2026-08-05) to 2026-10-20. Every count below carries its own denominator. Nothing is added across engines.
One row per source. The count is answers that named at least one business, out of all answers that source gave in the window. Google is the results page, not an AI engine, and counts a web address as a name.
| Source | This week, 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-20 | Week before, 2026-10-07 to 2026-10-13 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | 510 of 511 (99.8%) | 482 of 485 (99.4%) | +0.4 points |
| Gemini | 12 of 371 (3.2%) | 0 of 365 (0.0%) | +3.2 points |
| Anthropic | 328 of 371 (88.4%) | 365 of 365 (100.0%) | -11.6 points |
| OpenAI | 350 of 371 (94.3%) | 353 of 365 (96.7%) | -2.4 points |
| Google results page | 287 of 371 (77.4%) | 279 of 365 (76.4%) | +1.0 points |
A cell is one trade in one city. A cell counts only if the source gave at least 5 answers with a name in both weeks and one name led both weeks with at least 2 answers and no tie. Each source is counted on its own.
| Source | Cells where the top name changed |
|---|---|
| Perplexity | 12 of 33 cells compared |
| Gemini | no cell met the minimum |
| Anthropic | 0 of 4 cells compared |
| OpenAI | 11 of 17 cells compared |
| Google results page | 3 of 3 cells compared |
A name counts as new when it appears in this week's answers and in no earlier row of the record. Names are read from the answer text by the collector, so some strings are not businesses. Google results are counted by web domain. The count is distinct names per source.
| Source | New names this week | Answers behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | 321 | 510 of 511 answers named a business |
| Gemini | 93 | 12 of 371 answers named a business |
| Anthropic | 21 | 328 of 371 answers named a business |
| OpenAI | 131 | 350 of 371 answers named a business |
| Google results page | 84 | 287 of 371 answers named a business |
Gemini: 12 of 371 answers named a business, 359 answers came back with no name. The record file does not separate a failed call from an answer with no name, so both print as empty. Empty rows stay in the record and stay in the count.
Built 2026-10-21 CT by a script with no model calls, from the dated record file as of its newest run date 2026-10-20. The script rates nothing and ranks nothing. It counts. The derived agreement rows in the file are not an engine and are left out of every count. Businesses the record rates are never named on this page. No rolling rows are published here. Free dated slices of the record: https://namebeam.ai/data/
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