Does AI recommend Progressive?
progressive.com in auto insurance: how often Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT name it next to State Farm, its top competitor, which sites the answers cite, and whether AI crawlers can read the site.
43%
of AI answers name Progressive
State Farm: 45%. Rank 2 of 63 brands tracked.
Progressive vs State Farm, engine by engine
Named most by Google AI Overviews (46%), least by ChatGPT (38%). The grey tick is the typical (median) brand of the category.
Questions where State Farm is named and Progressive is not
- “Most trusted car insurance companies for drivers over 80”
- “Which car insurance companies are the most trusted for teachers?”
1 more question like this one in this check. The snapshot finds them all for Progressive against up to 5 competitors, on 50 buyer questions asked 3 times in each engine, with the sites to get listed on and 5 fixes.
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Is Progressive named, and where?
- Yes. Progressive is named in 43% of the answers across Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
- It ranks 2 of 63 brands we track in auto insurance.
- In list answers it shows up at position 2.6 on average in Gemini (1 = first).
- Its own site, progressive.com, is the 3rd most cited site in the category.
The category baseline
From the AI Citation Index (63 brands tracked in auto insurance, Week 41).
1%
The typical brand
45%
The category leader
43%
Progressive, above typical
See the full auto insurance index · Progressive's weekly trend
The sites the answers cite
The sites cited most in AI answers about auto insurance, all engines. Being listed, reviewed or discussed on these is the shortest path into the answers.
- thezebra.com4.9% of citations
- insurify.com4.7% of citations
- progressive.com4.3% of citations
- geico.com3.7% of citations
- moneygeek.com3.1% of citations
- wallethub.com3.0% of citations
- insurance.com2.8% of citations
- statefarm.com2.6% of citations
Can AI crawlers read progressive.com?
Yes: nothing we checked stops the AI engines from reading the site. 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 | Lets them in |
| Text without JavaScript | 2783 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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