> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://tryprefer.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Does Prefer measure share of voice? > Yes. Prefer measures Share of Voice as your brand mentions divided by all brand mentions in AI answers, per engine, per prompt and against each rival. Yes. Prefer measures Share of Voice as your brand mentions divided by all brand mentions across the AI answers in scope. You can read it blended or per engine, per prompt and per run, and compare it against every tracked competitor on ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode and Perplexity. *Last updated 3 October 2026* Yes. Share of Voice is one of the core metrics in Prefer, and it sits in the KPI strip at the top of the Overview dashboard. Prefer counts every brand named in every stored answer, so the number reflects what the engines actually said rather than an estimate. ## How Prefer calculates it **Share of Voice in Prefer is your brand mentions divided by all brand mentions across the answers in scope.** If 40 answers name 200 brands in total and you are named 20 times, your Share of Voice is 10%. The [Prefer metrics docs](/docs/concepts/metrics) define it in exactly those terms. Two details make the number trustworthy: * **It uses stored answers.** For each prompt and engine, Prefer keeps the full answer and the list of brands in order of appearance. Share of Voice is counted from that list. * **It follows your scope.** The Filter Bar sets the date range, engines, topic, persona, region and tag. Change any of them and Share of Voice recomputes for that narrower set. Like every Prefer metric, it shows a delta vs the previous run, never vs yesterday. ## Where you see it in the app **Prefer shows Share of Voice at 4 levels: account, engine, prompt and competitor.** | View | What it shows | | - | - | | Overview, KPI strip | Your blended Share of Voice with a delta chip and a sparkline | | Overview, Share of Voice and Rank | A gauge and legend, next to a histogram of your position when named (1st, 2nd, up to 5th and lower) | | Overview, Platform performance | Share of Voice per engine in a heatmap | | Prompt Detail | Share of Voice for one prompt, with a per-run trend | | Competitors, Compare | Share of Voice side by side for every tracked rival | The Prompts list also carries a Share of Voice column, so you can sort every tracked question by how much of the answer you own. ## How to raise a low number A low Share of Voice usually means rivals are named in answers where you are missing. Prefer's Competitors console turns that into a work list: 1. Open the Opportunities tab: it lists prompts where a rival is named and you are not, with the engine. 2. Pick one engine in the Filter Bar, since blended numbers can hide a large gap on a single model. 3. Read the full answers for the top 5 prompts and note the sources each engine cites. 4. Create an Action in the Action Center for each source you can realistically earn a place in. 5. Track those prompts for 3 or 4 runs and check that the rival's lead on that engine shrinks. **Share of Voice moves when the sources engines trust start naming you, so the fix is usually off your own site.** Track it per engine for a few runs before you judge a change. For the definition in plain terms, see [share of voice](https://tryprefer.com/learn/glossary/share-of-voice/), and try the free [share of voice calculator](https://tryprefer.com/tools/share-of-voice-calculator/) on your own counts. To get your real number across 3 engines in one pass, [run a free AI visibility audit](https://app.tryprefer.com/audit). ## Frequently asked questions Prefer's Visibility Score asks whether you appear at all: the percentage of tracked answers that name you. Share of Voice asks how much of the conversation you hold: your mentions over all brand mentions. A crowded category can give you a high Visibility Score and a low Share of Voice at the same time. No. Prefer's Share of Voice counts brand mentions in the answer text. Links to your domain are measured separately as Citation Share, which is citations to your domain divided by all citations in scope. Yes. Pick one engine in Prefer's Filter Bar and Share of Voice recomputes for that engine's answers alone. The Platform performance heatmap also shows it per engine side by side, which is the quickest way to spot an engine that rarely names you. ## Also asked as * How does Prefer calculate AI share of voice? * Can Prefer show my share of voice in ChatGPT? * Does Prefer compare share of voice against competitors? ## Sources * [Prefer docs: Metrics](/docs/concepts/metrics) * [Prefer docs: Monitor Overview](/docs/monitor/overview) * [Prefer docs: Prompts and Competitors](/docs/monitor/prompts) ## Related * [What metrics does Prefer report?](/docs/help/what-metrics-does-prefer-report) * [How many competitors can Prefer track?](/docs/help/how-many-competitors-can-prefer-track) * [How do I track competitors in AI search?](https://tryprefer.com/learn/answers/how-do-i-track-competitors-in-ai-search/) * [How do you measure AI visibility?](https://tryprefer.com/learn/answers/how-do-you-measure-ai-visibility/) * [What is the difference between a mention and a citation?](https://tryprefer.com/learn/answers/mention-vs-citation-difference/) * [Share of voice, defined](https://tryprefer.com/learn/glossary/share-of-voice/) * [Share of voice calculator](https://tryprefer.com/tools/share-of-voice-calculator/) * [Benchmark competitors in AI search](https://tryprefer.com/solutions/benchmark-competitors/) This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.