Category · United States
Networking
200.9K estimated AI asks a month. AI answers name 27 brands with no clear leader, show native product carousels in 33.3% of AI Mode and 20% of ChatGPT answers, and carry ads in 70% of ChatGPT answers.
Taxonomy #342Level 2n = 20 answers20 promptsupdated Oct 28, 2026AI Mode10ChatGPT10
AI demand / mo
200.9K
484K Google searches
CPC $10.76 · High comp.
12-month trend
+115%
Peak Sep
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Brands seen
27
Fragmented · HHI 536
n = 10 answers
Native catalog
AI Mode33.3%
ChatGPT20%
6 distinct products
n = 20 answers
Ad rate
70%ChatGPT
7 ads · 5 advertisers
n = 10 answers
Opportunity
49
Medium
49 / 100
- Demand
- p63
- Open
- 71
- Ads
- 70
n = 20 answers
Subcategories
10 subcategories · size = AI demand · colour = opportunity
69Bridges & Routers43.6%87.7K AI asks / mo83Network Cards & Adapters41.5%83.4K AI asks / mo22Modems12.5%25.1K AI asks / moNetwork Security & Firewall Devices1.1%
What AI answers show
Brands, stores, products, ads and sources in the sampled answers
n = 20 answers20 promptsOct 28, 2026
Brands AI recommends
Share of brand mentions in Networking answers
n = 10 answersGoogle AI Mode and AI Overviews answers
Market concentrationFragmented
FragmentedModerateConcentrated
HHI 536Leader 14.7%Top 3 29.4%
Fragmented: no brand dominates. The top 3 hold 29.4% of mentions; the leader 14.7%.
Answers behind the ranking
Product categories: Google answers only, for now
- Google AI Mode10