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Which cell phone plans brands AI answers recommend

Every week we ask 200 buyer questions, the way people really ask them, and count which brands the answers name and which sites they cite.

Week 41, Oct 5-11, 2026 (latest) Updated 3 of 3 engines published US market Asked from the US Methodology

Named most often

T-Mobile

in 71% of answers across the published engines

Site AI cites most

google.com

7.0% of all citations, a site

Top 10 brands, all engines

Share of answers that name the brand, across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews. The small figure is the change in points vs the previous week.

  1. 1 T-Mobile 71%
  2. 2 Verizon 68%
  3. 3 AT&T 63%
  4. 4 Mint Mobile 31%
  5. 5 US Mobile 29%
  6. 6 Visible 25%
  7. 7 Tello 22%
  8. 8 Cricket Wireless 12%
  9. 9 Consumer Cellular 11%
  10. 10 Boost Mobile 7%
Embed 
<iframe src="https://ujeebu.com/ai-index/cell-phone-plans/embed/overall" width="100%" height="520" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Top cell phone plans brands in AI answers in the US"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:12px">Chart: <a href="https://ujeebu.com/ai-index/cell-phone-plans?utm_source=embed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ai-index&amp;utm_content=embed-attribution">Top cell phone plans brands in AI answers in the US, Ujeebu AI Citation Index</a> (CC BY 4.0). Powered by <a href="https://ujeebu.com/?utm_source=embed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ai-index&amp;utm_content=powered-by">Ujeebu</a></p>

Top 10 by engine

Each engine answers differently. The bar is the share of that engine's answers naming the brand; the thin line is the likely range (95%): ask the same questions again and the number would probably land inside it.

Gemini

599 answers, 100% of prompts collected

  1. 1 T-Mobile 76% Likely range 73% to 79%
  2. 2 Verizon 70% Likely range 67% to 74%
  3. 3 AT&T 68% Likely range 64% to 71%
  4. 4 Mint Mobile 37% Likely range 34% to 41%
  5. 5 US Mobile 32% Likely range 28% to 36%
  6. 6 Tello 31% Likely range 27% to 35%
  7. 7 Visible 27% Likely range 23% to 30%
  8. 8 Consumer Cellular 15% Likely range 12% to 18%
  9. 9 Cricket Wireless 13% Likely range 10% to 16%
  10. 10 Boost Mobile 8% Likely range 6% to 10%
Full table
Gemini, US market, Week 41, Oct 5-11, 2026
BrandNamed inRangeAvg positionShare of voicevs last week
T-Mobile 456 / 599 (76%) 73%-79% 1.9 16.4% n/a
Verizon 422 / 599 (70%) 67%-74% 2.0 15.2% n/a
AT&T 405 / 599 (68%) 64%-71% 2.1 14.6% n/a
Mint Mobile 224 / 599 (37%) 34%-41% 2.2 8.1% n/a
US Mobile 190 / 599 (32%) 28%-36% 1.7 6.9% n/a
Tello 186 / 599 (31%) 27%-35% 2.0 6.7% n/a
Visible 160 / 599 (27%) 23%-30% 1.7 5.8% n/a
Consumer Cellular 87 / 599 (15%) 12%-18% 1.8 3.1% n/a
Cricket Wireless 77 / 599 (13%) 10%-16% 2.0 2.8% n/a
Boost Mobile 46 / 599 (8%) 6%-10% 2.4 1.7% n/a
Embed 
<iframe src="https://ujeebu.com/ai-index/cell-phone-plans/embed/gemini" width="100%" height="520" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Top cell phone plans brands on Gemini in the US"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:12px">Chart: <a href="https://ujeebu.com/ai-index/cell-phone-plans?utm_source=embed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ai-index&amp;utm_content=embed-attribution">Top cell phone plans brands on Gemini in the US, Ujeebu AI Citation Index</a> (CC BY 4.0). Powered by <a href="https://ujeebu.com/?utm_source=embed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ai-index&amp;utm_content=powered-by">Ujeebu</a></p>

Google AI Overviews

583 answers, 100% of prompts collected. Google AI Overviews appeared on 97% of searches

  1. 1 T-Mobile 73% Likely range 69% to 76%
  2. 2 Verizon 68% Likely range 64% to 72%
  3. 3 AT&T 65% Likely range 61% to 68%
  4. 4 Mint Mobile 33% Likely range 30% to 37%
  5. 5 US Mobile 32% Likely range 28% to 36%
  6. 6 Visible 28% Likely range 24% to 32%
  7. 7 Tello 21% Likely range 18% to 25%
  8. 8 Cricket Wireless 13% Likely range 10% to 15%
  9. 9 Consumer Cellular 12% Likely range 9% to 15%
  10. 10 Boost Mobile 9% Likely range 7% to 11%
Full table
Google AI Overviews, US market, Week 41, Oct 5-11, 2026
BrandNamed inRangeAvg positionShare of voicevs last week
T-Mobile 425 / 583 (73%) 69%-76% 2.2 16.9% n/a
Verizon 398 / 583 (68%) 64%-72% 2.3 15.9% n/a
AT&T 377 / 583 (65%) 61%-68% 2.4 15.0% n/a
Mint Mobile 194 / 583 (33%) 30%-37% 2.5 7.7% n/a
US Mobile 186 / 583 (32%) 28%-36% 2.1 7.4% n/a
Visible 163 / 583 (28%) 24%-32% 1.9 6.5% n/a
Tello 123 / 583 (21%) 18%-25% 2.3 4.9% n/a
Cricket Wireless 73 / 583 (13%) 10%-15% 2.7 2.9% n/a
Consumer Cellular 68 / 583 (12%) 9%-15% 2.2 2.7% n/a
Boost Mobile 50 / 583 (9%) 7%-11% 3.0 2.0% n/a
Embed 
<iframe src="https://ujeebu.com/ai-index/cell-phone-plans/embed/google_aio" width="100%" height="520" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Top cell phone plans brands on Google AI Overviews in the US"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:12px">Chart: <a href="https://ujeebu.com/ai-index/cell-phone-plans?utm_source=embed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ai-index&amp;utm_content=embed-attribution">Top cell phone plans brands on Google AI Overviews in the US, Ujeebu AI Citation Index</a> (CC BY 4.0). Powered by <a href="https://ujeebu.com/?utm_source=embed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ai-index&amp;utm_content=powered-by">Ujeebu</a></p>

ChatGPT (search)

600 answers, 100% of prompts collected

  1. 1 Verizon 66% Likely range 62% to 69%
  2. 2 T-Mobile 65% Likely range 61% to 68%
  3. 3 AT&T 58% Likely range 54% to 61%
  4. 4 US Mobile 24% Likely range 21% to 28%
  5. 5 Mint Mobile 22% Likely range 18% to 25%
  6. 6 Visible 21% Likely range 18% to 25%
  7. 7 Tello 14% Likely range 12% to 17%
  8. 8 Cricket Wireless 11% Likely range 9% to 14%
  9. 9 Consumer Cellular 7% Likely range 5% to 9%
  10. 10 Google Fi 5% Likely range 3% to 7%
Full table
ChatGPT (search), US market, Week 41, Oct 5-11, 2026
BrandNamed inRangeAvg positionShare of voicevs last week
Verizon 394 / 600 (66%) 62%-69% 2.5 19.9% n/a
T-Mobile 387 / 600 (65%) 61%-68% 2.4 19.6% n/a
AT&T 345 / 600 (58%) 54%-61% 2.5 17.5% n/a
US Mobile 144 / 600 (24%) 21%-28% 2.0 7.3% n/a
Mint Mobile 129 / 600 (22%) 18%-25% 3.0 6.5% n/a
Visible 128 / 600 (21%) 18%-25% 2.3 6.5% n/a
Tello 85 / 600 (14%) 12%-17% 2.4 4.3% n/a
Cricket Wireless 66 / 600 (11%) 9%-14% 3.5 3.3% n/a
Consumer Cellular 41 / 600 (7%) 5%-9% 1.8 2.1% n/a
Google Fi 29 / 600 (5%) 3%-7% 3.1 1.5% n/a
Embed 
<iframe src="https://ujeebu.com/ai-index/cell-phone-plans/embed/chatgpt" width="100%" height="520" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Top cell phone plans brands on ChatGPT (search) in the US"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:12px">Chart: <a href="https://ujeebu.com/ai-index/cell-phone-plans?utm_source=embed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ai-index&amp;utm_content=embed-attribution">Top cell phone plans brands on ChatGPT (search) in the US, Ujeebu AI Citation Index</a> (CC BY 4.0). Powered by <a href="https://ujeebu.com/?utm_source=embed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ai-index&amp;utm_content=powered-by">Ujeebu</a></p>

Which sites AI trusts

The 10 domains cited most often as sources in these answers, as a share of all citations. Brands rarely win on their own site: the answers lean on review sites, forums and media.

  1. 1 google.com Other 7.0%
  2. 2 googleusercontent.com Other 6.5%
  3. 3 openai.com Other 6.2%
  4. 4 t-mobile.com Brand site 4.8%
  5. 5 usmobile.com Brand site 4.5%
  6. 6 verizon.com Brand site 4.5%
  7. 7 youtube.com Video and other 4.3%
  8. 8 reddit.com Forum 4.2%
  9. 9 att.com Brand site 4.1%
  10. 10 mintmobile.com Brand site 2.0%
By engine
DomainType ChatGPTGeminiGoogle AI Overviews
google.comOther 19.5%0.1%1.3%
googleusercontent.comOther n/a19.5%n/a
openai.comOther 18.6%n/an/a
t-mobile.comBrand site 6.5%3.3%4.5%
usmobile.comBrand site 5.3%6.0%2.1%
verizon.comBrand site 7.0%2.8%3.6%
youtube.comVideo and other n/a0.4%12.7%
reddit.comForum 0.3%2.5%9.7%
att.comBrand site 6.4%3.0%2.9%
mintmobile.comBrand site 2.7%1.6%1.7%
Embed 
<iframe src="https://ujeebu.com/ai-index/cell-phone-plans/embed/domains" width="100%" height="520" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Sites AI cites for cell phone plans in the US"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:12px">Chart: <a href="https://ujeebu.com/ai-index/cell-phone-plans?utm_source=embed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ai-index&amp;utm_content=embed-attribution">Sites AI cites for cell phone plans in the US, Ujeebu AI Citation Index</a> (CC BY 4.0). Powered by <a href="https://ujeebu.com/?utm_source=embed&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ai-index&amp;utm_content=powered-by">Ujeebu</a></p>

Weekly movers

The largest changes vs the previous week, from last week's share (hollow dot) to this week's. One week can be noise: a move is clear only when this week's range and last week's do not overlap.

First week: movers appear from the second published week.

About this week's data

Prompts
200: 80 recommendation, 50 problem-led, 40 comparison, 30 price
Market
US market: buyer questions in US English, asked from the US. Asked 3 times this week on each engine.
Collected
Oct 6, 2026 to Oct 10, 2026
Checked by hand
15 answers, 0 with errors

Brand names are reported as they appear in answers. How we collect and count: methodology. Spotted an error? Tell us. Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

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