Which sources do AI assistants cite about physiotherapists in Sydney?

Measured 2026-09-08 · Second collection

The top 3 cited sources, by engine

Sample: 39 prompts, responses collected 2026-09-08 to 2026-09-08 (39 from ChatGPT, 39 from Perplexity, 18 from Google AI Overviews). Google AI Overviews has a lower response count because some prompts returned no AI Overview, and those are excluded from that engine's denominator. Excluded from citation counts: 22 prompts naming a specific business, per the TOP Score rules, and 71 prompts that stated no location, per the method. Percentages are the share of that engine's responses containing at least one citation of the domain. Ties: on ChatGPT, first place is shared at 11 citations by cityphysio.com.au and sydneyphysioclinic.com.au, and third place is a three-way tie at 8 citations between bestinhood.com, quayhealth.com.au and starworks.com.au. On Perplexity, first place is shared at 19 citations by bendandmend.com.au and sydney-sports-physio.com.au. On Google AI Overviews, first place is shared at 2 citations by physiofitness.com.au and sydneyphysioclinic.com.au, and third place is an eight-way tie at 1 citation.

What the data says

Clinics that publish exercise guides and injury explainers now hold the front of this category on both ChatGPT and Perplexity, so the direct citation is not just contestable, it is being won. The finding that carries over is about the rankings sites themselves. bestinhood.com, whose count in the first collection rested entirely on a single listicle page, is still in ChatGPT's top tier at 21.6%, tied there with starworks.com.au, a paid-listing directory that markets AI visibility services and recurs across completely unrelated categories on this site (mortgage broking, personal injury, plumbing). Two members of that layer sharing third place is the pattern four described on the categories hub, showing up in one category at once. It's new, it's winning citations, and almost nobody in the categories it sits on knows it exists.

How to read this page

• 1Citations are not mentions. This page measures which sources the engines link when they answer, not which businesses they name. Who gets named is the TOP Score, and it's measured separately.
• 2Engines disagree, so we never pool them. Each engine is reported on its own row because an average hides a total absence on the engine your buyers actually use.
• 3This is a measurement with a date on it. Models and retrieval change; a source moving between collections has not necessarily done anything. The method, cadence and limits are on the standard page.
• 4Ties are shown alphabetically and single-page sources are named. Where sources tie on citations, the table orders them alphabetically and the tie is stated under it. A domain's count can rest on a single page, often a "best of" listicle, and that concentration is itself part of what this site measures, so where it's true of a listed source we say so. Domains are counted by exact hostname, so government subdomains count separately.