Does AI recommend Wix?
wix.com in web hosting: how often Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT name it next to Hostinger, its top competitor, which sites the answers cite, and whether AI crawlers can read the site.
18%
of AI answers name Wix
Hostinger: 46%. Rank 6 of 51 brands tracked.
Wix vs Hostinger, engine by engine
Named most by Google AI Overviews (20%), least by Gemini (17%). The grey tick is the typical (median) brand of the category.
Is Wix named, and where?
- Yes. Wix is named in 18% of the answers across Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
- It ranks 6 of 51 brands we track in web hosting.
- In list answers it shows up at position 1.9 on average in ChatGPT (1 = first).
The category baseline
From the AI Citation Index (51 brands tracked in web hosting, Week 41).
3%
The typical brand
46%
The category leader
18%
Wix, above typical
The sites the answers cite
The sites cited most in AI answers about web hosting, all engines. Being listed, reviewed or discussed on these is the shortest path into the answers.
- youtube.com6.7% of citations
- reddit.com4.3% of citations
- cybernews.com2.9% of citations
- cnet.com2.4% of citations
- hostinger.com2.2% of citations
- hostingadvice.com1.7% of citations
Can AI crawlers read wix.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 | Bot protection | Lets them in |
| Text without JavaScript | 7279 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.
What next
Get the full snapshot report
Wix against up to 5 competitors on many more buyer questions, the questions where you are missing, the sites to get listed on, and 5 fixes. A PDF in 48 hours.
Get the report, $199What is in it · Need something custom? Ask us
Track it every week
Weekly AI visibility tracking for Wix is coming. Join the waitlist.
Check another brand
A competitor, a client, or a brand in another category. Free and instant for every brand in the Index.
Check another brandNumbers come straight from the answers we collected; we do not edit them for any brand. We publish counts and the sites cited, never the answers themselves. Wix team? If something looks wrong, tell us.
We make every effort to find high-quality data sources, but this data comes from AI engine answers collected from the open web and we cannot guarantee its accuracy, completeness or reliability. Use it at your own risk.