AI Visibility Index: Personal Care and Beauty Quarterly Insights

How AI Recommended Brands Across 9 Product Categories in Q2 2026

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About This Report
AI recommendations are reshaping beauty and personal care discovery. In our Q2 2026 update, we track brand visibility, the sources shaping recommendations, and what it takes to stay competitive.
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This report is the first in a new EMARKETER series built on the AI Visibility Index, our proprietary offering that tracks how leading brands appear in AI-generated recommendations across key consumer and B2B industries. As AI plays a growing role in how consumers discover and compare products, these rankings reveal which brands are winning in AI-driven discovery.

This personal care and beauty report is based on our analysis of ChatGPT recommendations across nine personal care and beauty categories, measuring which brands AI recommends, how they rank against competitors, and how visibility shifts over time. PRO+ subscribers can access the complete data set, including monthly updates across every category cut, in the live dashboard.

The AI Visibility Index will track 14 industries, each with its own quarterly in-depth report. To learn more about how the AI Visibility Index can help your brand, including advisory insights that pinpoint what’s shaping your visibility, visit our AI Visibility Index hub.

Key Question: Which personal care and beauty brands had the highest ChatGPT mention rates in Q2 2026?

Key Stat: La Roche-Posay was mentioned in 21% of personal care and beauty recommendations, more often than any other brand.

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Blake Droesch

Contributors

Eleni Digalaki
VP, Global Content Operations
Daniel Flynn
Vladimir Hanzlik
Executive Editor and SVP, Content
Kyndall Krist
Senior Copy Editor
Penelope Lin
Director, Data Visualization
Wendy Malloy
Director, Reports Editor
Matt Torpey
Senior Data Visualization Editor
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