Of 60 answers

The most named companies in the study, and S&P 500 financials, with how many of their 60 AI answers named them.

SWIFT47/60TRANSUNION46/60EXPERIAN42/60COINSTAR41/60NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION41/60ZELLE41/60BLOOMBERG L.P.38/60TRADINGVIEW38/60BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO37/60PAYPAL37/60VENMO37/60CHEXSYSTEMS33/60EQUIFAX33/60MORNINGSTAR32/60S&P GLOBAL31/60ALPACA MARKETS30/60COINBASE30/60PINWHEEL29/60STRIPE29/60XERO29/60ACORNS28/60AFFIRM28/60PAYFAST (PAYGATE)28/60PAYONEER28/60INTERACTIVE BROKERS26/60CHARLES SCHWAB19/60THE HARTFORD9/60MOODY'S21/60CME GROUP19/60ACCENTURE11/60CHUBB10/60MORGAN STANLEY6/60AMERICAN EXPRESS14/60SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL12/60FACTSET20/60NASDAQ19/60ALLSTATE11/60WELLS FARGO18/60PAYCHEX10/60ARES MANAGEMENT3/60
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AI visibility statementFinance AI Visibility Study 2026Issued October 14, 2026
Account holder

CNBC

cnbc.com

Research, news and mediaAdvisers and services

Money20/20 attendee

Statement period
October 9 and 10, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
282 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
11th of 73 research and media companies
Closing balance

Named in

18of 60 answers

by 4 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for CNBC

AI assistants name CNBC in 30% of answers, which is much more often than the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 39 out of 100, ranking 282nd of 2,219 companies. CNBC's website passes 4 of 14 technical checks for how ready it is for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned CNBC by name. AI assistants named it in 18 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 7th of 346 in its sector. The typical advisory or services firm is named in 0.0% of answers.

Overall score
39Overall score
  • Visibility25
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment67
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness29
Summary of account
Named by AI in
30.0%
18 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
17.8%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
4/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
31 of 346
by overall score, where the typical advisory or services firm scores 27

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

CNBC came up on 12 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Where can I find unbiased financial and economic news without a subscription?1/4
  2. 02Best ways for small business owners to use economic news for decision making0/4
  3. 03What’s the average monthly cost for comprehensive business news and stock analysis platforms?1/4
  4. 04Are there affordable options for accessing real-time financial market coverage in the US?1/4
  5. 05Best free resources for U.S. earnings reports and company financials1/4
  6. 06What should I do if financial headlines don’t match market movements?0/4
  7. 07How do business news platforms differ from general news outlets for financial analysis?1/4
  8. 08Market news apps vs financial newsletters — which is better for staying updated on U.S. stock trends?1/4
  9. 09Why might live market data feeds be delayed on financial news websites?0/4
  10. 10What alternatives exist to traditional digital financial news platforms for US investors?2/4
  11. 11How do premium financial news services compare to free options for investment insights?2/4
  12. 12How can investors use breaking business news for short-term trading strategies?1/4
  13. 13What are the top sources for real-time stock market news updates in the US?4/4
  14. 14Is paying for a financial news subscription worth it for active traders?1/4
  15. 15Where can investors find reliable pre-market and after-hours trading information online?2/4
Total namedOpenAI: 3/15Claude: 4/15Perplexity: 6/15Gemini: 5/15All assistants: 18/60
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. Across the study, on 50% of the questions where a company is named, only one AI assistant names it.

Transaction detailSection 02

What Perplexity actually said

An answer that names the company

Perplexitynamed the company

“Are there affordable options for accessing real-time financial market coverage in the US?”

Yes. Affordable choices exist, but “real-time” can mean either live quotes, streaming tick data, or live news coverage:

Free investor coverage: CNBC provides live market updates and quotes, while Reuters, MarketWatch, and Investing.com offer broad market news and data. Free quotes may be delayed or limited by exchange rules.

Trading platforms: TradingView offers exchange-specific real-time add-ons; its listed U.S. equity fees include separate NYSE and Nasdaq packages and a broader U.S. markets bundle.

Low-cost APIs: EODHD offers a free, limited plan and paid access fro …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

PayeesSection 03

Where the mentions went

The companies these answers named, and how the mentions were split between this company and its peers.

Also named

CompanyTimes named
  1. 01
    Bloomberg
    30
  2. 02
    Yahoo Finance
    25
  3. 03
    MarketWatch
    16
  4. 04
    Fox Business
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. Bloomberg
    29.7%
  2. Yahoo Finance
    23.8%
  3. CNBC
    17.8%
  4. MarketWatch
    15.8%
  5. The Wall Street Journal (Markets Section)
    11.9%
  6. Fox Business
    1.0%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

  1. 01
    wallstreetzen.com
    13
  2. 02
    investing.com
    12
  3. 03
    reddit.com
    8
  4. 04
    investopedia.com
    7
  5. 05
    pomegra.io
    7
  6. 06
    liberatedstocktrader.com
    7
  7. 07
    ecommerceparadise.com
    7
  8. 08
    fastercapital.com
    6
  9. 09
    schwab.com
    6
  10. 10
    nasdaq.com
    6

CNBC is in the study as a research or media company.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Perplexity
6/15
Gemini
5/15
Claude
4/15
OpenAI
3/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How CNBC compares with all 2,219 companies

Every tower is a company in the study, taller for a higher overall score and lit where AI assistants named it. Its own group stays lit. Hover a tower to see it, and click to open it.

What makes up the score

Each part is scored out of 100.

Visibility
25

How often AI assistants name the company, and how that compares with its peers

Citations
0

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
67

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
29

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Against its sectorSection 07

Compared with advisory and services firms

346 companies in this sector. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
39
Ranks 31 of 346. Typical company: 27
Named in answers
30.0%
Ranks 7 of 346. Typical company: 0.0%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 96 of 346. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with research and media companies

73 companies in this category. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
39
Ranks 11 of 73. Typical company: 31
Named in answers
30.0%
Ranks 3 of 73. Typical company: 3.3%
AI readiness
29
Ranks 21 of 73. Typical company: 29
AI agentsSection 09

Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and pay through, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. CNBC publishes none of the agent payment protocols we look for. An agent would have to click through the website like a person.

Agent payment protocols
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
  • AP2Not present
  • ACPNot present
  • UCPNot present
Interfaces for AI agents
  • MCP Server CardNot present
  • A2A Agent CardNot present
  • Agent SkillsNot present
  • API CatalogNot present
  • llms.txtNot present
  • WebMCPCould not check
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 86.1%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 87.9%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 1.5%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 4.3%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 6.2%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 31.0%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 92.7%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 2.3%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.3%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 1.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 6.3%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 5.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.2%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.8%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.2%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 1.0%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 0.0%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.2%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 9, 2026 · www.cnbc.com · 2,200 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

AI readinessSection 10

The checks behind the AI readiness score

4 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks

Discoverability

  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.1%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 79.4%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 42.5%

Content Accessibility

  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 7.4%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 28.1%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 97.3%

Bot Access Control

  • PassedExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 11.5%

API / Auth / MCP

  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 1.1%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 5.2%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 4.6%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.2%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 0.3%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.1%
AI crawlersSection 11

What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets rules for 16 AI crawlers by name. All others follow its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBot*partly
  • ClaudeBot*partly
  • Anthropic-AI*partly
  • Google-Extended*partly
  • Applebot-Extended*partly
  • Meta-ExternalAgent*partly
  • FacebookBot*partly
  • Bytespider*partly
  • CCBot*partly
  • Diffbot*partly
  • Omgilibot*partly

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBot*partly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBot*partly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbot*partly
  • YouBotpartly

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-User*partly
  • Claude-User*partly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

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