Does AI recommend Cricket Wireless?
cricketwireless.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.
12%
of AI answers name Cricket Wireless
T-Mobile: 71%. Rank 8 of 51 brands tracked.
Cricket Wireless vs T-Mobile, engine by engine
Named most by Gemini (13%), least by ChatGPT (11%). The grey tick is the typical (median) brand of the category.
Is Cricket Wireless named, and where?
- Yes. Cricket Wireless is named in 12% of the answers across Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
- It ranks 8 of 51 brands we track in cell phone plans (carriers and mvnos).
- In list answers it shows up at position 2.0 on average in Gemini (1 = first).
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
12%
Cricket Wireless, above typical
See the full cell phone plans index · Cricket Wireless's weekly trend
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 cricketwireless.com?
Yes: nothing we checked stops the AI engines from reading the site. Checked Oct 17, 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 | Lets them in |
| Text without JavaScript | 6476 words in the raw homepage HTML | Readable |
Nothing to fix here. The crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Google AI Overviews and Gemini can read the site, and the homepage text shows without JavaScript. The next step is being cited: see the sites above.
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