Top 20 event ticketing platforms by AI search visibility (2026)
Platforms used to sell tickets, manage registrations, handle event check-in, and run ticketed experiences for conferences, concerts, and live events. Ranked by a composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
Refreshed Jun 07, 2026At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Eventbrite dominates the event ticketing AI visibility landscape with a 62.5% visibility score — nearly 2.5x higher than the next tier of brands clustered at 25.0%, and almost 6x the category average of 10.6%. This gap is significant: the model consistently surfaces Eventbrite in AI-generated responses while most competitors struggle to appear at all. Ranks 2 through 6 share identical visibility scores of 25.0%, suggesting a hard ceiling that most brands cannot currently break through in Google AI Mode.
The most striking divergence in this data is between visibility and citation. RSVPify holds 0.0% visibility yet a 50.0% citation rate — the highest in the dataset — meaning AI responses reference its content without naming it as a recommended platform. Similarly, Tixr achieves 37.5% citation with zero visibility, and Ticket Tailor's citation rate of 37.5% exceeds Eventbrite's 12.5% despite having less than half the visibility. Bizzabo and Humanitix show the inverse pattern: 25.0% visibility each but 0.0% citation, making them named but not trusted as sources.
Google AI Mode is the dominant engine across all 20 brands in this audit with no exceptions. However, the top cited sources feeding the AI's responses are not the ticketing platforms themselves — they are third-party review and comparison sites including eventcube.io, accelevents.com, blog.promotix.com, and zoho.com. None of these sources appear in the top brand rankings, indicating the AI is anchoring its factual claims and comparisons on editorial and aggregator content rather than on the platforms' own domains.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Eventbrite 0% → 62% · rank #0 → #1+62pp
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Ticket Tailor 0% → 25% · rank #0 → #2+25pp
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Ticketbud 0% → 25% · rank #0 → #3+25pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
eventbrite.com
|
62% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Eventbrite leads with 62.5% visibility — nearly 6x the 10.6% category average — but its 12.5% citation rate lags well behind smaller rivals like RSVPify and Ticket Tailor. |
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| 2 |
tickettailor.com
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25% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
Ticket Tailor matches the 25.0% visibility cluster but stands out with a 37.5% citation rate, three times the category average citation rate of 11.2%. |
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| 3 |
ticketbud.com
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25% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Ticketbud sits at 25.0% visibility and 25.0% citation, both above category averages, representing a balanced but mid-tier AI presence with no differentiation from TicketLeap. |
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| 4 |
ticketleap.com
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25% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
TicketLeap mirrors Ticketbud exactly at 25.0% visibility and 25.0% citation, sharing an identical composite score of 25.0 with no distinguishable AI positioning advantage. |
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| 5 |
bizzabo.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Bizzabo achieves 25.0% visibility but records 0.0% citation — meaning AI surfaces its name but never cites it as a source, the weakest trust signal in the top five. |
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| 6 |
humanitix.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
ticketspice.com
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12% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
rsvpify.com
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0% | 50% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
tixr.com
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0% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
cvent.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
ticketsource.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
ticketmaster.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
universe.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
splashthat.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
eventzilla.net
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
brownpapertickets.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
ringcentral.com
|
0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
eventbee.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
axs.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
dice.fm
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on event ticketing platforms, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about event ticketing platforms AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in event ticketing platforms?
Eventbrite leads decisively with 62.5% visibility, nearly 2.5x the next group of brands and almost 6x the category average of 10.6%.
Which event ticketing brand has the highest citation rate in AI responses?
RSVPify holds the highest citation rate at 50.0%, despite having zero visibility — meaning AI uses its content as a source without recommending it as a platform.
What sources does AI cite most for event ticketing platform research?
The AI anchors primarily on third-party sites including eventcube.io, accelevents.com, blog.promotix.com, dryfta.com, and zoho.com — none of which are the ticketing platforms being evaluated.
Which engine dominates AI visibility for event ticketing platforms?
Google AI Mode is the top engine for every single brand across all 20 in this audit, with no other engine recorded as a top performer for any brand.
Are there brands that appear in AI responses but are never cited as sources?
Yes — Bizzabo and Humanitix both have 25.0% visibility but 0.0% citation, and Cvent has 12.5% visibility with 0.0% citation, indicating AI names them without treating them as credible references.
How wide is the visibility gap between the category leader and the average?
Eventbrite's 62.5% visibility is approximately 5.9x the category average of 10.6%, representing an unusually large concentration of AI presence in a single brand.