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Most AI-visible browsers & AI directories (2026)

We scored 10 browsers & AI directories on how easily ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and AI agents can find, understand and use them. Kagi leads with 92/100. Data from our crawl on October 18, 2026; scores are a homepage snapshot, not live.

71

Browsers & AI directories average score

86

Whole-index average (-15 for this industry)

100%

of these sites miss “llms.txt”

#ProductScoreCrawlersContentSchemaAgents
1Kagi
kagi.com
9210010010064
2Brave
brave.com
901009310064
3Discord
discord.com
871009410052
4Future Tools
futuretools.io
75100942047
5There's An AI For That
theresanaiforthat.com
7283912064
6Arc
arc.net
66100572052
7BetaList
betalist.com
658987835
8DuckDuckGo
duckduckgo.com
5710048835
9Indie Hackers
indiehackers.com
5647912047
10Character.AI
character.ai
5310038826

Sub-scores: Crawlers = AI crawler access, Content = answer-engine content, Schema = structured data, Agents = agent readiness (llms.txt, API/MCP). Ties share a rank.

Browsers & AI directories vs the whole index

AreaThis industryAll 538 sites
Overall score7186
AI crawler access9297
Answer-engine content7989
Structured data4071
Agent readiness4976

Most common gaps among browsers & AI directories

llms.txt100% (index: 36%)
Fix: Publish the generated llms.txt below at https://yoursite/llms.txt.
JSON-LD structured data70% (index: 33%)
Fix: Add JSON-LD (generated below) so engines know your entity, product and pricing unambiguously.
Entity / product schema70% (index: 37%)
Fix: Add Organization + Product/SoftwareApplication schema with name, url, logo, sameAs (socials), offers.
Question & answer content60% (index: 71%)
Fix: Add an FAQ answering the exact questions buyers ask ChatGPT ("best X for Y", "X vs Y", "how much does X cost").
Pricing is machine-readable50% (index: 10%)
Fix: Add a plain-HTML /pricing page and `offers` in your JSON-LD.
Machine-usable interface (API / MCP)50% (index: 52%)
Fix: Expose an MCP server or OpenAPI spec and link it from llms.txt so agents can use your product, not just read about it.
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FAQ

Which browsers & AI directories are the most visible to AI search engines?

In our October 18, 2026 crawl, the top-scoring browsers & AI directories were Kagi (92/100), Brave (90/100), Discord (87/100). The score measures how easily ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and AI agents can crawl, understand and use each product's homepage.

How do browsers & AI directories compare with the rest of the AI Visibility Index?

The 10 browsers & AI directories we track average 71/100, 15 points below the 86/100 average across all 538 SaaS and AI sites in the index.

What is the most common AI visibility gap among browsers & AI directories?

100% of the browsers & AI directories we checked miss "llms.txt" (vs 36% across the whole index). Fix: Publish the generated llms.txt below at https://yoursite/llms.txt.

How is the AI visibility score calculated?

RankRoot checks four areas on each homepage: AI crawler access (robots.txt rules for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and others), answer-engine content (title, headings, FAQ-style content, server-rendered text), structured data (JSON-LD, Organization/Product schema) and agent readiness (llms.txt, discoverable API or MCP server). Each area is scored 0 to 100 and combined into one score.

When was this data collected, and can a company update its score?

Scores are a snapshot from our crawler on October 18, 2026. They are not updated automatically. Anyone can rescan a site live for free, and we refresh the index periodically.

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