Adjustable Beds: AI Market Discovery Index

Tracking how AI platforms recommend adjustable beds. This public AI Market Discovery Index is updated monthly since July 2026.

By Mark Huntley, J.D.Growth Strategist & AI Discovery Analyst

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01Benchmark Summary
02Current Benchmark at a Glance
03Research Scope and Qualification
04Current Brand Standings
05How to Read the Standings
06Recommendation Coverage Movement
07Largest Decline: Purple
08Second Largest Decline: Leggett & Platt
09Category Leader: Nectar
10Recommendation Placement Snapshot
11Buyer-Intent Distribution
12Historical Measurement Record

Benchmark Summary

Nectar led the Adjustable Beds benchmark in September 2026 with a valid recommendation coverage of 57.0%, essentially flat versus 56.5% in July 2026. Saatva followed at 56.2% in September 2026, down from 56.8% in July 2026, leaving a narrow 0.8-point gap between the two leaders.

The largest coverage movement was a decline. Purple fell 10.5 points from 30.7% in July 2026 to 20.2% in September 2026. Leggett & Platt also declined beyond normal month-to-month variation, down 2.0 points from 3.0% in July 2026 to 1.0% in September 2026. No brand posted a coverage increase beyond normal month-to-month variation this month.

This was a month of correction after August 2026 peaks. Nectar's coverage rose from 56.5% in July 2026 to 64.2% in August 2026, then settled to 57.0% in September 2026. Saatva's coverage climbed to a category high of 73.5% in August 2026 before returning to 56.2% in September 2026. Tempur-Pedic similarly rose to 60.8% in August 2026 and fell to 44.4% in September 2026.

The benchmark began with 800 prompt-surface observations in each month and produced 505 qualified observations after qualification.

AI recommendation trend

valid recommendation coverage, Jul 2026 to Sep 2026

Nectar57.0%
Saatva56.2%
Tempur-Pedic44.4%
Purple20.2%
Lucid11.9%
Sleep Number11.3%
Amerisleep10.7%
GhostBed9.7%
Reverie1.4%
Leggett & Platt1.0%

Current Benchmark at a Glance

Measure	Jul 2026	Sep 2026	Movement
Qualified benchmark observations	563	505	Down 58
Tracked brands	10	10	No change
Qualified surface breadth	6	6	No change
Recommendation-shaped answer share	44.8%	44.2%	Down 0.6 points
Valid recommendation shortlist share	63.4%	63.2%	Down 0.2 points
Leader by valid recommendation coverage	Saatva (56.8%)	Nectar (57.0%)	Changed

Qualified surface breadth counts the number of canonical AI/search surface families with at least one qualified observation. The six families tracked are ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews, and AI Mode.

For the strategic interpretation of this benchmark, read CiteWorks Studio's analysis of How AI Search Is Recommending Adjustable Beds

Research Scope and Qualification

The public benchmark is narrower than the raw collection universe by design.

Research stage	Jul 2026	Sep 2026	What it represents
Source prompt-surface observations	800	800	Total prompts collected
Unique questions	622	661	Distinct questions asked
Brand / competitor mentions	800	800	Prompts mentioning a tracked brand
Relevant observations	724	674	On-topic prompts
Irrelevant observations	76	126	Off-topic prompts
Qualified benchmark observations	563	505	Public denominator

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Brand-level percentages use the qualified observations as the public denominator, not the raw collection. Link: AI Market Discovery Methodology.

Current Brand Standings

Brand	Presence rate	Valid recommendation coverage	Top-three rate	Rank-one rate	Net sentiment
Nectar	86.7%	57.0%	37.2%	15.0%	0.8
Saatva	86.7%	56.2%	43.0%	18.8%	0.7
Tempur-Pedic	87.7%	44.4%	29.3%	7.7%	0.6
Purple	57.2%	20.2%	6.7%	0.8%	0.4
Lucid	14.8%	11.9%	3.2%	0.2%	0.8
Sleep Number	37.4%	11.3%	5.9%	0.8%	0.4
Amerisleep	14.5%	10.7%	5.5%	1.0%	0.9
GhostBed	14.6%	9.7%	3.0%	0.2%	0.7
Reverie	3.8%	1.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.4
Leggett & Platt	5.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4

How to Read the Standings

Presence rate: share of qualified observations where the brand is mentioned at all.
Valid recommendation coverage: share of qualified observations where the brand appears in a genuine recommendation context.
Top-three rate: share of qualified observations where the brand is recommended in the top three positions.
Rank-one rate: share of qualified observations where the brand is the first recommendation.
Net sentiment: reflects the balance of positive versus negative framing the brand receives within the benchmark's qualified observations, not customer satisfaction.

For formulas and denominator rules, see AI Market Discovery Metric Definitions.

Recommendation Coverage Movement

Brand	Jul 2026	Sep 2026	Movement since baseline
Amerisleep	12.4%	10.7%	Down 1.7 points
GhostBed	10.3%	9.7%	Down 0.6 points
Leggett & Platt	3.0%	1.0%	Down 2.0 points
Lucid	13.3%	11.9%	Down 1.4 points
Nectar	56.5%	57.0%	Up 0.5 points
Purple	30.7%	20.2%	Down 10.5 points
Reverie	0.9%	1.4%	Up 0.5 points
Saatva	56.8%	56.2%	Down 0.6 points
Sleep Number	13.1%	11.3%	Down 1.8 points
Tempur-Pedic	47.6%	44.4%	Down 3.2 points

Several brands moved sharply between August 2026 and September 2026 but finished close to their July 2026 baselines. Saatva fell 17.3 points from 73.5% in August 2026 to 56.2% in September 2026, and Tempur-Pedic fell 16.4 points from 60.8% in August 2026 to 44.4% in September 2026, both beyond normal month-to-month variation. Nectar fell 7.2 points from 64.2% in August 2026 to 57.0% in September 2026, also beyond normal variation.

Largest Decline: Purple

Purple recorded the largest coverage decline in September 2026, down 10.5 points from 30.7% in July 2026 to 20.2% in September 2026, a move beyond normal month-to-month variation. Its presence rate fell 14.6 points from 71.8% in July 2026 to 57.2% in September 2026. Coverage stood at 102 qualified recommendations in September 2026, down from 173 in July 2026.

Second Largest Decline: Leggett & Platt

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Leggett & Platt also declined beyond normal month-to-month variation, down 2.0 points from 3.0% in July 2026 to 1.0% in September 2026. Its top-three rate fell 1.1 points from 1.1% in July 2026 to 0.0% in September 2026, and the brand recorded only 5 qualified recommendations in September 2026, down from 17 in July 2026.

Category Leader: Nectar

Nectar leads the category with 57.0% valid recommendation coverage in September 2026, up from 56.5% in July 2026, with a 0.8-point lead over Saatva. However, Saatva holds the higher placement rates, with a top-three rate of 43.0% and a rank-one rate of 18.8% in September 2026, compared with 37.2% and 15.0% for Nectar.

Recommendation Placement Snapshot

Coverage alone does not show how prominently a brand is recommended. Saatva and Nectar sit close on coverage, but Saatva leads both top-three and rank-one placement in September 2026.

Brand	Sep 2026 top-three rate	Sep 2026 rank-one rate	Jul 2026 top-three rate	Jul 2026 rank-one rate
Saatva	43.0%	18.8%	36.2%	14.2%
Nectar	37.2%	15.0%	29.8%	11.6%
Tempur-Pedic	29.3%	7.7%	26.1%	7.6%

Similar coverage can still hide different first-position rates: Saatva's rank-one rate of 18.8% in September 2026 leads the category even as its overall coverage trails Nectar by 0.8 points.

Buyer-Intent Distribution

All qualified observations in both months fell into the Brand Recommendation class.

Buyer-intent class	Jul 2026	Sep 2026
Brand Recommendation	563	505
Pricing & Value	0	0
Multi-Brand Comparison	0	0
Total qualified observations	563	505

Because all observations sit in one class, the current public series measures brand-recommendation discovery and does not yet contain qualified observations in the pricing and value or multi-brand comparison classes.

Historical Measurement Record

Measurement	Qualified observations	Coverage leader	Leader coverage	Largest coverage movement
Jul 2026	563	Saatva	56.8%	N/A
Aug 2026	332	Saatva	73.5%	Saatva, up 16.7 points
Sep 2026	505	Nectar	57.0%	Purple, down 10.5 points

Evidence and Source Layer

The benchmark is built from prompt-level observations that retain the query, AI/search surface, answer, brand outcome, recommendation placement, sentiment, and, where exposed, citations or attributable evidence sources. Source presence is evidence about the information environment. It is not automatically proof that the source caused the recommendation.

Scope Boundaries

This public benchmark does not measure market share, attributable sales, every possible AI response, organic-search ranking, social mention volume, or private and sponsored channels. A metric movement alone does not establish causality.

About This Benchmark

The LLM Authority Index AI Market Discovery Index is a neutral, industry-level benchmark tracking how AI and search surfaces present and recommend brands across canonical surface families. New measurements are added to the same evergreen report.

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