AEO for mobile analytics platforms: AI search visibility ranking
How AI search engines rank mobile analytics platforms by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured quarterly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Analytics platforms used to track mobile app usage, attribution, retention, engagement, and behavioral performance across iOS and Android. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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When consumers ask AI engines about Mobile analytics platforms, UXCam is frequently named as the industry leader, with a visibility of 25.0 percent among the top results. Firebase and Mixpanel also stand out as key contenders. These brands represent some of the most commonly cited names in the AI-driven insights currently available.
The rankings are influenced heavily by sources citable by AI engines, with domains like fullstory.com, contentsquare.com, and amplitude.com leading the charge. These sites often serve as aggregators or reviews, providing a wide array of user opinions and expert analyses that guide AI in suggesting the most relevant platforms.
If you're selecting a platform from this ranked list, consider what the AI engines value, recent reviews, third-party validation, and authority in specific subcategories. Platforms like UXCam frequently maintain high visibility partly due to their credibility and the substantial corpus of positive evaluations they've garnered on these cited domains.
At a glance
What we observed in this category
UXCam, Firebase, and Mixpanel share the top three ranks with identical composite scores of 28.8 and matching visibility and citation rates of 25.0% and 37.5% respectively. This three-way tie at the top is notable because the category average visibility sits at just 5.6%, meaning these brands are appearing at roughly 4.5 times the average rate. The gap between rank 3 and rank 4 (Amplitude at 12.5% visibility) is less dramatic in visibility terms than the composite score drop from 28.8 to 27.5 suggests.
Amplitude and FullStory expose a clear divergence between being named and being trusted as a source. FullStory has zero visibility yet a 75.0% citation rate, the highest in the dataset, while Amplitude pairs 12.5% visibility with 62.5% citations. Both exceed the top three brands on citation rate despite lower or zero visibility scores. Glassbox and AppsFlyer show the opposite pattern, each holding 12.5% visibility with 0.0% citation, meaning AI describes them but does not anchor answers on their own content.
Google AI Mode is the top engine for every brand in the dataset without exception, indicating no meaningful presence in other AI engines for this category. The top cited sources list includes fullstory.com, amplitude.com, and contentsquare.com alongside third-party sites like userpilot.com, reddit.com, and posthog.com. The presence of reddit.com and youtube.com in the cited sources suggests AI Mode is drawing on community and video content, not solely vendor documentation, when constructing answers about mobile analytics platforms.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Glassbox 0% → 12% · rank #15 → #7+12pp
Biggest visibility fallers
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Mixpanel 62% → 25% · rank #1 → #3-38pp
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Amplitude 50% → 12% · rank #2 → #4-38pp
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AppsFlyer 50% → 12% · rank #4 → #8-38pp
The AEO ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
uxcam.com
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25% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
UXCam shares the top composite score of 28.8 with two peers, sitting at 25.0% visibility, roughly 4.5 times the 5.6% category average, with a 37.5% citation rate. |
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| 2 |
firebase.google.com
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25% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
Firebase matches UXCam exactly at 28.8 composite, 25.0% visibility, and 37.5% citation rate, making Google AI Mode the sole top engine for its own product. |
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| 3 |
mixpanel.com
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25% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
Mixpanel fell from rank 1 to rank 3 after a 37.5-point visibility drop, though its citation rate recovered by the same margin to reach 37.5% in the current period. |
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| 4 |
amplitude.com
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12% | 62% | Google AI Mode |
Amplitude's citation rate of 62.5% outpaces all three brands ranked above it, despite its visibility of 12.5% being half theirs, pointing to strong third-party source reliance. |
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| 5 |
fullstory.com
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0% | 75% | Google AI Mode |
FullStory holds the highest citation rate in the dataset at 75.0% while recording zero visibility, a stark split that places its domain among the top cited sources overall. |
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| 6 |
quantummetric.com
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0% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
glassbox.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
appsflyer.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
adjust.com
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
moengage.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
pendo.io
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
singular.net
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
braze.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
countly.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
appmetrica.yandex.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
heap.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
airbridge.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
clevertap.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
kochava.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
smartlook.com
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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 mobile analytics 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 AEO 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. More on visibility →
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. More on citation rate →
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. How AI engines pick sources →
AEO 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 90 days and refresh this page automatically. How AI search ranking works →
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Frequently asked about AEO for mobile analytics platforms
Who leads AI visibility in mobile analytics platforms?
UXCam, Firebase, and Mixpanel share the lead with identical composite scores of 28.8 and visibility rates of 25.0%, far above the 5.6% category average. No single brand has pulled ahead of the other two in the current period.
Which brand has the highest citation rate in this category?
FullStory holds the highest citation rate at 75.0%, followed by Amplitude at 62.5%, even though FullStory has zero AI visibility and Amplitude has only 12.5%.
What sources does AI cite most for mobile analytics platform research?
The top cited sources include fullstory.com, amplitude.com, contentsquare.com, userpilot.com, reddit.com, posthog.com, techtiqsolutions.com, and youtube.com. Third-party and community sources appear alongside vendor domains in AI Mode responses.
Is there a brand that gained AI visibility significantly in this period?
Glassbox is the biggest visibility riser, moving from rank 15 to rank 7 with a visibility delta of plus 12.5 points, though its citation rate remains at 0.0%.
Which brands lost the most AI visibility recently?
Mixpanel, Amplitude, and AppsFlyer each recorded a visibility delta of minus 37.5 points. Mixpanel and Amplitude partially offset their losses with citation rate gains of 37.5 points each, but AppsFlyer saw no citation recovery.
Which AI engine dominates citations in the mobile analytics platforms category?
Google AI Mode is listed as the top engine for every brand in the dataset, with no other engine registering a leading position for any of the 10 ranked brands.