Wellness groups non-medical wellbeing businesses: dietary supplements, CBD, spas and massage, yoga and meditation, naturopathy, sophrology, hypnosis and personal coaching. When users question AI assistants about them, answers mix brand shops with food safety agencies and scientific databases, because many prompts hide a health concern. A wellness brand gets cited when its claims hold up next to those official sources.
Key takeaways
- Government websites take 34% of the top-20 citations in Wellness, against 19% for the panel as a whole.
- Closest sector by cited sources: Beauty (3 of the 20 most cited domains in common).
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What changed in September 2026
- Answers analyzed 6'915 (▲ 32% vs August 2026)
- First domain ameli.fr (6.64 per 100 answers), replacing economie.gouv.fr
- First platform Amazon (1.45 per 100 answers)
Months compared: September 2026 and August 2026. The platforms that rose and fell the most are listed just below.
Biggest movers in September 2026
Falls
Wikipedia0.75 to 0.03-0.72 pt
Trustpilot1.53 to 1.26-0.27 pt
YouTube0.73 to 0.51-0.22 pt
Most cited domains in AI answers, Wellness
6 of the 10 most cited domains in Wellness (nutriandco.com, nutripure.fr and ods.od.nih.gov) do not appear among the 50 most cited domains of the whole panel.
How to read it: each bar is a domain; its length is its number of citations per 100 answers over the selected period and filters.
Domains ranked by citations per 100 answers, all periods combined.
| Rank | Rank change | Domain | Citations | per 100 answers | Share of citations | 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Down 4 | 1'066 | 6.68 | 1.70% | Trend: 8.55 in Jul 2026, 5.34 in Sep 2026, high 8.55. | |
| 2 | Unchanged | 957 | 6.00 | 1.53% | Trend: 5.99 in Jul 2026, 6.13 in Sep 2026, high 6.13. | |
| 3 | Up 2 | 827 | 5.18 | 1.32% | Trend: 3.24 in Jul 2026, 6.64 in Sep 2026, high 6.64. | |
| 4 | Up 9 | 600 | 3.76 | 0.96% | Trend: 1.88 in Jul 2026, 5.96 in Sep 2026, high 5.96. | |
| 5 | Up 7 | 595 | 3.73 | 0.95% | Trend: 2.09 in Jul 2026, 5.76 in Sep 2026, high 5.76. | |
| 6 | Down 1 | 501 | 3.14 | 0.80% | Trend: 2.27 in Jul 2026, 4.19 in Sep 2026, high 4.19. | |
| 7 | Down 13 | 439 | 2.75 | 0.70% | Trend: 2.64 in Jul 2026, 2.56 in Sep 2026, high 3.08. | |
| 8 | Up 1 | 419 | 2.62 | 0.67% | Trend: 3.32 in Jul 2026, 2.73 in Sep 2026, high 3.32. | |
| 9 | Up 9 | 364 | 2.28 | 0.58% | Trend: 1.86 in Aug 2026, 3.86 in Sep 2026, high 3.86. | |
| 10 | Down 1 | 359 | 2.25 | 0.57% | Trend: 2.27 in Jul 2026, 2.47 in Sep 2026, high 2.47. | |
| 11 | new | 352 | 2.21 | 0.56% | 5.09 in Sep 2026. | |
| 12 | new | 337 | 2.11 | 0.54% | 4.87 in Sep 2026. | |
| 13 | Up 9 | 316 | 1.98 | 0.50% | Trend: 1.78 in Aug 2026, 3.22 in Sep 2026, high 3.22. | |
| 14 | Up 12 | 295 | 1.85 | 0.47% | Trend: 1.61 in Aug 2026, 3.05 in Sep 2026, high 3.05. | |
| 15 | new | 294 | 1.84 | 0.47% | 4.25 in Sep 2026. | |
| 16 | Down 6 | 268 | 1.68 | 0.43% | Trend: 1.99 in Aug 2026, 2.37 in Sep 2026, high 2.37. | |
| 17 | out of top | 256 | 1.60 | 0.41% | Trend: 2.59 in Jul 2026, 3.01 in Aug 2026, high 3.01. | |
| 18 | Unchanged | 244 | 1.53 | 0.39% | Trend: 1.76 in Aug 2026, 2.20 in Sep 2026, high 2.20. | |
| 19 | out of top | 235 | 1.47 | 0.37% | Trend: 1.93 in Jul 2026, 3.08 in Aug 2026, high 3.08. | |
| 20 | new | 225 | 1.41 | 0.36% | 3.25 in Sep 2026. |
Rankings are rebuilt from monthly rankings: the counts at the end of a list can be minimums. Industry: the business of the analyzed website, classified by Sorank. Data since July 2026. Rank change: rank in the September 2026 monthly list against August 2026 (new: absent from the August 2026 list). A dash: fewer than 1'000 answers in one of the two months in this scope, or absent from the September 2026 list. 12 months: monthly rate per 100 answers; gaps when the domain is out of the monthly list, hollow points for months under 1'000 answers.
Most cited platforms in AI answers, Wellness
Trustpilot is the platform AI cites most in Wellness (1.78 per 100 answers), though less than across all sectors over the same months (2.13).
How to read it: each bar is one of the tracked platforms; its length is its number of citations per 100 answers over the selected period.
| Rank | Rank change | Platform | per 100 answers | 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Down 1 | 1.78 | Trend: 3.06 in Jul 2026, 1.26 in Sep 2026, high 3.06. | |
| 2 | Up 3 | 1.04 | Trend: 0.73 in Jul 2026, 1.45 in Sep 2026, high 1.45. | |
| 3 | Down 1 | 1.00 | Trend: 2.27 in Jul 2026, 0.51 in Sep 2026, high 2.27. | |
| 4 | Up 3 | 0.59 | Trend: 0.81 in Jul 2026, 0.54 in Sep 2026, high 0.81. | |
| 5 | Unchanged | 0.56 | Trend: 0.99 in Jul 2026, 0.32 in Sep 2026, high 0.99. | |
| 6 | Down 12 | 0.43 | Trend: 0.71 in Jul 2026, 0.03 in Sep 2026, high 0.75. | |
| 7 | Up 2 | 0.43 | Trend: 1.18 in Jul 2026, 0.19 in Sep 2026, high 1.18. | |
| 8 | Up 2 | 0.33 | Trend: 0.55 in Jul 2026, 0.30 in Sep 2026, high 0.55. | |
| 9 | Down 1 | 0.32 | Trend: 0.55 in Jul 2026, 0.13 in Sep 2026, high 0.55. | |
| 10 | Down 4 | 0.23 | Trend: 0.84 in Jul 2026, 0.01 in Sep 2026, high 0.84. |
Rank change: rank among the platforms cited in September 2026 against August 2026 (new: not cited in August 2026). A dash: fewer than 1'000 answers in one of the two months in this scope, or not cited in September 2026. 12 months: monthly rate per 100 answers, hollow points for months under 1'000 answers.
AI models compared
AI assistants do not agree on the first source in Wellness: ChatGPT cites ameli.fr first; Gemini cites nutripure.fr first; Perplexity cites planity.com first.
How to read it: left, how the citations split between the five models; right, each model's citations per 100 answers, month by month.
First source of each AI model in Wellness
Which wellness questions reach AI assistants?
Two families of prompts dominate. The first concerns products, above all supplements: which one to buy, whether it works, whether it is safe. The second concerns practitioners and places: where to book a massage, a sophrology session or a yoga retreat.
- "best magnesium supplement for sleep"
- "which omega-3 brand has the best purity tests"
- "can I take ashwagandha every day"
- "is CBD oil legal in France"
- "naturopath near me with good reviews"
- "does hypnosis help to quit smoking"
Behind many of these phrasings sits a health question. AI models handle them carefully: they add warnings, suggest asking a doctor or pharmacist, and look for sources they can defend.
Why regulators and science databases show up in wellness answers
Supplements sit at the border between food and medicine, so the bodies that regulate them become natural sources. In French answers, the consumer protection administration and the food safety agency ANSES are cited for dosage warnings and alerts. In English answers, the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and the FDA play that role, and the European Food Safety Authority appears when health claims are discussed.
Evidence comes next. PubMed, Cochrane reviews and drug references such as Vidal help a model say whether an ingredient or a practice has research behind it, while health media like Healthline translate that evidence for a general audience.
Commercial sources still take a large share: brand e-shops, online pharmacies, Amazon and supplement comparison sites for products; booking platforms such as Planity and specialised practitioner directories for services. Trustpilot, YouTube and Reddit bring the user experience.
What this means for a wellness business
From a GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) perspective, a model reads your product page and the regulator's position side by side. If a page promises to "cure stress" or "boost immunity" with no nuance, it contradicts sources the model trusts more and is unlikely to be quoted. In the European Union, health claims on foods, supplements included, are regulated at EU level, with a public register of authorised and rejected claims that gives a useful benchmark for wording.
What gets cited is factual, checkable material: full ingredient lists, amount per serving, form and origin of each ingredient, independent lab tests, contraindications. These details answer comparison prompts ("which form of magnesium", "purest omega-3") far better than lifestyle copy.
For spas and practitioners, the logic is closer to local services: a clear description of each session, its duration, its price and the practitioner's training, repeated identically on the directories where clients search.
Wellness GEO actions for supplement brands, spas and practitioners
- Publish complete product sheets in text: each ingredient with its form and amount per serving, recommended use, warnings and contraindications, not only a photo of the label.
- Word benefits with the claims your regulator authorises and cite the study or official opinion behind each one; vague promises are what models filter out.
- Show quality evidence a model can repeat: independent lab analyses, certifications, place of manufacture, batch traceability.
- Answer safety questions directly in your content (who should avoid the product, known interactions, duration of use) and have it reviewed by a qualified professional named on the page.
- For services, keep practitioner qualifications, session types, prices and booking links consistent between your site and the booking platforms you use.
- Collect reviews on Trustpilot or the platform your clients already trust, and ask the main assistants your customers' questions every month to see which sources they cite instead of you.
Frequently asked questions
Do AI assistants recommend specific supplement brands?
Yes, especially for comparison prompts such as "best magnesium supplement". They usually name a few brands, explain the selection criteria (ingredient form, dosage, lab tests, price) and add a safety note. Brands with transparent product information and independent reviews are the easiest for a model to pick and justify.
Why do health agencies get more AI citations than wellness brands?
Because many wellness questions carry a health risk, and models prefer the source that sets the rules or summarises the evidence. Agencies answer the "is it safe" part of the question. A brand can still be cited for what only it knows: composition, sourcing, testing, how a session works and what it costs.
How do AI models handle questions about CBD?
They usually start with the legal framework of the user's country, quoting official sources, then move on to products. Brand and review sites are cited for the product part. A CBD seller improves its chances by stating legal status, cannabinoid content and lab results for each product in plain text.
Where does Wellness end and Healthcare begin in this data?
Wellness covers non-medical wellbeing: spas, massage, meditation, yoga, hypnosis, naturopathy, sophrology, personal development coaching, sexual wellness, CBD and dietary supplements. Doctors, clinics, pharmacies and medical devices belong to Healthcare. The split follows what the business sells, not the vocabulary it uses.
Which websites do AI assistants cite for Wellness businesses?
economie.gouv.fr (6.68 citations per 100 answers), anses.fr (6.00) and ameli.fr (5.18), across 15'963 answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity about Wellness businesses since July 2026.
Which platforms do AI assistants cite in Wellness?
Trustpilot (1.78 citations per 100 answers), Amazon (1.04) and YouTube (1.00).
Method and sources
387'471 answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity, from August 2025 to September 2026, to the questions Sorank asks every week to follow its clients' visibility (88% of them in French). A citation is a source domain given in an answer; the rate is the number of citations per 100 answers. Data snapshot of 2 October 2026.
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How to cite this page: Sorank Data, “Websites AI cites most in Wellness (September 2026)”, data.sorank.com, data snapshot of 2 October 2026.
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