Does AI recommend AT&T?
att.com in cell phone plans (carriers and mvnos): how often Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT name it next to T-Mobile, its top competitor, which sites the answers cite, and whether AI crawlers can read the site.
63%
of AI answers name AT&T
T-Mobile: 71%. Rank 3 of 51 brands tracked.
AT&T vs T-Mobile, engine by engine
Named most by Gemini (68%), least by ChatGPT (58%). The grey tick is the typical (median) brand of the category.
Questions where T-Mobile is named and AT&T is not
- “Cheapest way to get a second line just for work?”
- “What should I look for if I want to keep a phone number active for as little as possible?”
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Is AT&T named, and where?
- Yes. AT&T is named in 63% of the answers across Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
- It ranks 3 of 51 brands we track in cell phone plans (carriers and mvnos).
- In list answers it shows up at position 2.1 on average in Gemini (1 = first).
- Its own site, att.com, is the 6th most cited site in the category.
The category baseline
From the AI Citation Index (51 brands tracked in cell phone plans (carriers and mvnos), Week 41).
2%
The typical brand
71%
The category leader
63%
AT&T, above typical
The sites the answers cite
The sites cited most in AI answers about cell phone plans (carriers and mvnos), all engines. Being listed, reviewed or discussed on these is the shortest path into the answers.
- t-mobile.com4.8% of citations
- usmobile.com4.5% of citations
- verizon.com4.5% of citations
- youtube.com4.3% of citations
- reddit.com4.2% of citations
- att.com4.1% of citations
- mintmobile.com2.0% of citations
Can AI crawlers read att.com?
Not fully. The fixes below are listed most important first. Checked Nov 2, 2026.
| Crawler | What it feeds | robots.txt |
|---|---|---|
| OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT search, the pages it cites | Allowed |
| GPTBot | OpenAI model training only | Allowed |
| Googlebot | Google Search and Google AI Overviews | Allowed |
| Google-Extended | Gemini answers and training | Allowed |
| ClaudeBot | Claude | Allowed |
| Firewall | Akamai in front of the site | Blocks AI crawlers |
| Text without JavaScript | 1739 words in the raw homepage HTML | Readable |
- Akamai blocks AI crawlersYour homepage answered our AI crawler request with a 403 or a challenge page, while a browser got the page. Allow verified AI crawlers in your firewall or bot protection settings.
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