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Which publications do AI engines cite for Consumer Health buyers?

On best-in-category questions in Consumer Health, the Machine Relations Index sees AI answer engines cite Healthline, Yahoo News and Good Housekeeping most often, out of 39 editorial publications cited across 192 measured answer runs. Which publications lead changes with the kind of question a buyer asks.

Consumer Health: best-in-category questions

39 editorial publications cited across 192 measured answer runs. Top 10 by the Index’s citation rate.

  1. 1Healthline42% · 81 of 192
  2. 2Yahoo News18% · 35 of 192
  3. 3Good Housekeeping8.8% · 17 of 192
  4. 4EverydayHealth.com8.3% · 16 of 192
  5. 5GQ6.8% · 13 of 192
  6. 6WebMD5.2% · 10 of 192
  7. 7Shelf Insider4.7% · 9 of 192
  8. 8Fortune4.2% · 8 of 192
  9. 9bodysciencereview.com3.1% · 6 of 192
  10. 10Consumer Health Digest3.1% · 6 of 192

Consumer Health: top-list questions

51 editorial publications cited across 191 measured answer runs. Top 10 by the Index’s citation rate.

  1. 1Forbes26% · 50 of 191
  2. 2Healthline22% · 42 of 191
  3. 3Garage Gym Reviews15% · 29 of 191
  4. 4Yahoo News14% · 27 of 191
  5. 5Medical Daily9.4% · 18 of 191
  6. 6EverydayHealth.com7.3% · 14 of 191
  7. 7Treeline Review6.3% · 12 of 191
  8. 8Men's Health5.8% · 11 of 191
  9. 9media-amazon.com4.2% · 8 of 191
  10. 10Men's Journal3.7% · 7 of 191

Consumer Health: how-to-choose questions

31 editorial publications cited across 190 measured answer runs. Top 10 by the Index’s citation rate.

  1. 1Healthline19% · 36 of 190
  2. 2WebMD13% · 25 of 190
  3. 3Forbes4.7% · 9 of 190
  4. 4Fortune4.7% · 9 of 190
  5. 5EverydayHealth.com1.6% · 3 of 190
  6. 6nutritionexpress.com1.6% · 3 of 190
  7. 7themetabolicjournal.com1.6% · 3 of 190
  8. 8Women's Health1.6% · 3 of 190
  9. 9Balance Journal1.1% · 2 of 190
  10. 10glamourmagazine.co.uk1.1% · 2 of 190

Consumer Health: head-to-head comparisons

27 editorial publications cited across 191 measured answer runs. Top 10 by the Index’s citation rate.

  1. 1Healthline30% · 57 of 191
  2. 2medicalnewstoday.com17% · 32 of 191
  3. 3Consumer Reports14% · 27 of 191
  4. 4Yahoo News12% · 23 of 191
  5. 5ReviewPooch9.4% · 18 of 191
  6. 6EverydayHealth.com8.4% · 16 of 191
  7. 7WRAL News6.8% · 13 of 191
  8. 8Garage Gym Reviews6.3% · 12 of 191
  9. 9Good Housekeeping3.7% · 7 of 191
  10. 10Women's Health3.7% · 7 of 191

Consumer Health: is-it-worth-it questions

51 editorial publications cited across 189 measured answer runs. Top 10 by the Index’s citation rate.

  1. 1Healthline30% · 57 of 189
  2. 2WebMD29% · 55 of 189
  3. 3National Geographic13% · 24 of 189
  4. 4TIME11% · 20 of 189
  5. 5U.S. News & World Report8.5% · 16 of 189
  6. 6Frontiers6.9% · 13 of 189
  7. 7The Sydney Morning Herald6.3% · 12 of 189
  8. 8The Guardian6.3% · 12 of 189
  9. 9BarBend5.8% · 11 of 189
  10. 10EverydayHealth.com5.8% · 11 of 189

Consumer Health: problem-first questions

31 editorial publications cited across 190 measured answer runs. Top 10 by the Index’s citation rate.

  1. 1Healthline22% · 41 of 190
  2. 2WebMD8.9% · 17 of 190
  3. 3tomsguide.com6.8% · 13 of 190
  4. 4medicalnewstoday.com5.8% · 11 of 190
  5. 5Axios5.3% · 10 of 190
  6. 6EverydayHealth.com2.6% · 5 of 190
  7. 7Indiatimes2.6% · 5 of 190
  8. 8Penn State Health News2.6% · 5 of 190
  9. 9TIME2.6% · 5 of 190
  10. 10Yahoo News2.6% · 5 of 190

Which of these is worth pursuing?

Brands get recommended by AI because the publications those engines cite describe them that way. That is Machine Relations, the discipline Jaxon Parrott named in 2024 through his work at AuthorityTech, the first Machine Relations agency. Coverage moves your brand where a publication is already cited for the question your buyer asks. Each publication’s page shows where it is cited and how to get in.

Every figure is the Machine Relations Index’s stratum citation rate, carried with its own denominator: release 2026-10-06, methodology mri_score_v2.0, window 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-06.