Drug Rehab Centers AI Visibility Ranking Trends - November 2026

Answer capsule

The November 2026 Drug Rehab Centers benchmark compares 10 companies across 455 AI answers that met its inclusion rules. Hazelden Betty Ford leads with 30 recommendations (6.59% of answers). At least one tracked company was recommended in 37 answers; some answers recommended several companies.

The rankings distinguish being mentioned from receiving an affirmative recommendation, then examine placement and the wording used about each company. Earlier monthly results show how counts and rates changed, with each month using its own answer total. These results describe the answers reviewed, not product quality or customer satisfaction. Differences between monthly samples limit comparisons and do not establish why a result changed.

For the strategic interpretation of this benchmark, read CiteWorks Studio's analysis of How AI Search Is Recommending Drug Rehab Centers

Industry leaderboard

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• How do Drug Rehab Centers rank by recorded AI recommendations in November 2026?

The leaderboard orders companies by how many recorded answers affirmatively recommended them. That count is not the same as reach: a company can appear in many answers without being endorsed, so mention totals and recommendation totals answer different questions. Ties reflect equal recommendation counts, not shared placement or framing. Top-three and first-place results are nested inside recommendations rather than separate wins, and each rate uses the full benchmark answer total as its denominator.

Key findings

Tracked-company answer coverage

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• How often did the November 2026 Drug Rehab Centers answer sample recommend any tracked company?

37 distinct answers recommended at least one tracked company. Counting each company recommendation separately gives 83, because an answer can recommend several companies. Answers with no tracked recommendation may still have recommended companies outside this comparison.

Every qualified answer mentioned at least one tracked company, yet only a small minority recommended one. Because a single answer can endorse several companies, company-level recommendation counts exceed the number of answers containing a recommendation. Answers without a tracked recommendation may still have named companies outside this comparison, so coverage here describes the tracked set rather than the whole answer space.

Reach and affirmative recommendation

Hazelden Betty Ford ranks 1 by recommendation count. Mentions: 162 (35.60%); recommendations: 30 (6.59%). Top 3 placements: 29 (6.37%); first-place placements: 19 (4.18%).

Wording about the company: 36 positive, 126 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 18.5%. The net framing score was 0.22 (defined in Methodology).

132 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 96.67% were Top 3 and 63.33% were first-place.

Hazelden Betty Ford leads on recommendation count, but its mentions far outnumber its endorsements, so most appearances carried no recorded recommendation. Mention presence and affirmative endorsement are distinct measures, and a high mention total does not imply proportional recommendation. Placement figures are subsets of the recommendation count, not additional endorsements, and the ranking reflects recorded counts rather than any judgment of company quality.

Recommendation order and placement

Placement describes where a recommended company appeared in an answer's ordering. Top-three and first-place counts are nested within recommendations, so they cannot be summed with them or read as extra wins. Recommendation-to-mention ratios vary widely across companies and describe answer wording only, not customer behavior. Where a ratio rests on a small recommendation base, it should be read cautiously rather than as a stable property.

Classified framing in context

Framing classifies the wording surrounding each mention as positive, neutral or negative. Most mentions across companies are neutral, and neutral wording neither supports nor undermines a recommendation. Net framing summarizes that balance on a bounded scale; it is not customer sentiment, satisfaction or a measure of company quality. Positive wording does not establish why a recommendation was or was not recorded.

Company results in detail

Hazelden Betty Ford

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Hazelden Betty Ford mentions, recommendations and placement?

Hazelden Betty Ford ranks 1 by recommendation count. Mentions: 162 (35.60%); recommendations: 30 (6.59%). Top 3 placements: 29 (6.37%); first-place placements: 19 (4.18%).

Wording about the company: 36 positive, 126 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 18.5%. The net framing score was 0.22 (defined in Methodology).

132 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 96.67% were Top 3 and 63.33% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Hazelden Betty Ford's mention count rose from 60 to 162, while its recommendation count rose from 24 to 30. The recommendation rate was 19.83% and 6.59% respectively.

Hazelden Betty Ford holds the top recommendation count, with a large mention base and a substantial share of mentions left unendorsed. Nearly all its recorded recommendations also placed in the top three, and a majority took first place. Wording was overwhelmingly neutral with no negative mentions. The month-over-month comparison shows both counts rising, though the differing answer samples limit what that shift can establish.

American Addiction Centers

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about American Addiction Centers mentions, recommendations and placement?

American Addiction Centers ranks 2 by recommendation count. Mentions: 241 (52.97%); recommendations: 19 (4.18%). Top 3 placements: 18 (3.96%); first-place placements: 12 (2.64%).

Wording about the company: 22 positive, 218 neutral, 1 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 7.9%. The net framing score was 0.09 (defined in Methodology).

222 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 94.74% were Top 3 and 63.16% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, American Addiction Centers' mention count rose from 82 to 241, while its recommendation count rose from 3 to 19. The recommendation rate was 2.48% and 4.18% respectively.

American Addiction Centers records the largest mention total in the set while its recommendation count is lower, leaving most appearances unendorsed. Its recommendation-to-mention ratio is comparatively modest. Among recorded recommendations, most were top-three and a majority first-place. Wording was almost entirely neutral, with a single negative mention. Both counts rose from the prior month, but the samples differ and no cause is implied.

The Recovery Village

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about The Recovery Village mentions, recommendations and placement?

The Recovery Village ranks 3 by recommendation count. Mentions: 124 (27.25%); recommendations: 16 (3.52%). Top 3 placements: 15 (3.30%); first-place placements: 2 (0.44%).

Wording about the company: 17 positive, 107 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 12.9%. The net framing score was 0.14 (defined in Methodology).

108 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 93.75% were Top 3 and 12.50% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, The Recovery Village's mention count rose from 38 to 124, while its recommendation count rose from 3 to 16. The recommendation rate was 2.48% and 3.52% respectively.

The Recovery Village combines a sizable mention base with a moderate recommendation count, so most appearances carried no endorsement. Its recorded recommendations were mostly top-three placements, while first-place results were comparatively few. Wording was neutral or positive with no negative mentions. Both counts increased from the earlier month, a recorded comparison whose differing samples do not explain the change.

Recovery Centers of America

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Recovery Centers of America mentions, recommendations and placement?

Recovery Centers of America ranks 4 by recommendation count. Mentions: 52 (11.43%); recommendations: 9 (1.98%). Top 3 placements: 8 (1.76%); first-place placements: 1 (0.22%).

Wording about the company: 12 positive, 40 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 17.3%. The net framing score was 0.23 (defined in Methodology).

43 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 88.89% were Top 3 and 11.11% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Recovery Centers of America's mention count rose from 11 to 52, while its recommendation count rose from 4 to 9. The recommendation rate was 3.31% and 1.98% respectively.

Recovery Centers of America shows a moderate mention base and a smaller recommendation count, with most mentions unendorsed. Its recommendation-to-mention ratio is relatively high for its size, and most recorded recommendations were top-three, though first-place results were rare. Wording was positive or neutral with no negatives. Mentions rose while the recommendation count also increased, against a different monthly sample.

Caron Treatment Centers

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Caron Treatment Centers mentions, recommendations and placement?

Caron Treatment Centers ranks 5 by recommendation count. Mentions: 21 (4.62%); recommendations: 7 (1.54%). Top 3 placements: 5 (1.10%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 7 positive, 14 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 33.3%. The net framing score was 0.33 (defined in Methodology).

14 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 71.43% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Caron Treatment Centers' mention count rose from 7 to 21, while its recommendation count rose from 2 to 7. The recommendation rate was 1.65% and 1.54% respectively.

Caron Treatment Centers has a modest mention base but the highest recommendation-to-mention ratio among tracked companies, a strong figure that rests on a small recommendation count and warrants caution. Its recorded recommendations were largely top-three, with no first-place placements. Wording was positive or neutral and never negative. Both counts rose from the prior month, though the samples are not equivalent.

Banyan Treatment Centers

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Banyan Treatment Centers mentions, recommendations and placement?

Banyan Treatment Centers ranks 6 by recommendation count. Mentions: 29 (6.37%); recommendations: 1 (0.22%). Top 3 placements: 1 (0.22%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 4 positive, 25 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 3.4%. The net framing score was 0.14 (defined in Methodology).

28 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 100.00% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Banyan Treatment Centers' mention count rose from 2 to 29, while its recommendation count rose from 0 to 1. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.22% respectively.

Banyan Treatment Centers appears in a moderate number of answers but was recommended only once, so nearly all mentions went unendorsed and its recommendation-to-mention ratio is low. That single recommendation was a top-three placement, with no first-place result. Wording was mostly neutral with a few positive mentions and no negatives. Mentions rose sharply from the prior month while the recommendation count moved from zero to one.

Gateway Foundation

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Gateway Foundation mentions, recommendations and placement?

Gateway Foundation ranks 6 by recommendation count. Mentions: 10 (2.20%); recommendations: 1 (0.22%). Top 3 placements: 1 (0.22%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 1 positive, 9 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 10.0%. The net framing score was 0.10 (defined in Methodology).

9 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 100.00% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Gateway Foundation's mention count rose from 5 to 10, while its recommendation count stayed at 1. The recommendation rate was 0.83% and 0.22% respectively. The count was unchanged: the rate difference comes from dividing it by 121 answers in October 2026 and 455 in November.

Gateway Foundation records a modest mention base with a single recommendation, which was a top-three placement and not a first-place result. Its recommendation-to-mention ratio rests on that one endorsement, so the strong proportion should be read cautiously. Wording was almost entirely neutral, with little affirmative framing.

Across the two selected monthly samples, the recommendation count was unchanged while the mention count rose. The recommendation rate was lower in the later sample. These are separate snapshots with different answer totals, and the comparison alone does not establish why either count or rate moved.

BrightView

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about BrightView mentions, recommendations and placement?

BrightView ranks 8 by recommendation count. Mentions: 34 (7.47%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 1 positive, 33 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 0.0%. The net framing score was 0.03 (defined in Methodology).

34 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, BrightView's mention count rose from 2 to 34, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

BrightView appears in a moderate number of answers but received no recorded recommendations, so its placement counts are also zero and its recommendation-to-mention ratio is undefined rather than missing. Wording was almost entirely neutral with one positive mention. The zero recommendation count was unchanged from the prior month even as mentions rose, and the differing samples do not explain that pattern.

Footprints to Recovery

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Footprints to Recovery mentions, recommendations and placement?

Footprints to Recovery ranks 8 by recommendation count. Mentions: 0 (0.00%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was Unavailable. The net framing score was Unavailable (defined in Methodology).

0 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Footprints to Recovery's mention count stayed at 0, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

Footprints to Recovery recorded no mentions and no recommendations in this sample, so its placement counts are zero and ratios requiring a nonzero base are undefined. This is a measured zero, not a missing observation. The absence held across the prior month as well. Nothing in the recorded evidence indicates why the company did not appear in the reviewed answers.

Phoenix House

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Phoenix House mentions, recommendations and placement?

Phoenix House ranks 8 by recommendation count. Mentions: 10 (2.20%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 10 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 0.0%. The net framing score was 0.00 (defined in Methodology).

10 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Phoenix House's mention count rose from 3 to 10, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

Phoenix House appears in a small number of answers, all framed neutrally, but received no recorded recommendations, so its placement counts are zero and its recommendation-to-mention ratio is undefined. The zero recommendation count was unchanged from the prior month while mentions rose. The differing monthly samples do not establish why no endorsement was recorded.

Earlier ranking snapshot context

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• How do the available Drug Rehab Centers snapshots from July 2026 to November 2026 differ in recommendation coverage and measurement scope?

Only months with verified results are shown. Monthly sample coverage is listed in Methodology.

Each month is a separate sample of AI answers, and the answer totals differ across months, so counts and rates are not directly comparable as if drawn from one fixed panel. Rank positions can shift when counts change or when the sample changes. The earlier snapshots show recorded results only; they do not establish rank stability, improvement, decline or the reasons behind any movement.

What the November Rankings Show

These measures answer different questions. Mentions describe appearance in an answer; recommendations describe affirmative endorsement; placements describe position within a recommendation; and framing describes the wording around a mention. A company can be widely mentioned yet rarely recommended, or recommended often from a small base. Reading the leaderboard alone would obscure those distinctions, and none of these measures describes customers, sales or company quality.

Methodology

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• How were the November 2026 Drug Rehab Centers AI visibility measures counted, and what do they not establish?

This benchmark has partial coverage: 1 of 3 planned question categories contributed usable observations; 2 contributed none. This describes question-category coverage, not demonstrated platform outages. Findings apply to the available answer set.

The month in the title is the reporting period. The exact dates when the original AI answers were collected have not been verified.

Each company is counted at most once in each answer that meets the benchmark rules. A recommendation requires both an affirmative endorsement and positive wording. Mention, recommendation, Top 3 and first-place rates use the full benchmark answer total. Top 3 and first-place results are included within recommendations, not added to them.

The recommendation-to-mention ratio divides recommendations by mentions. It describes AI answer wording, not customer conversion. Net framing is positive minus negative mentions, divided by all mentions, on a scale from -1 to +1. It does not measure customer satisfaction or company quality.

Market: US; 10 tracked companies. AI services represented: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity.

Research screening totals (answer observations can include repeated questions):

The source does not provide a reader-facing definition of “reserved”; that screening label is reported without inferring a reason for exclusion. Only the included benchmark answers form the rate denominator.

One answer can mention or recommend several companies. Adding company totals would therefore count some answers more than once. The results describe the AI answers reviewed, not independently verified facts about the companies or their products.

Monthly sample coverage:

Reliable results for July 2026 are unavailable. This is a gap in the history, not a result of zero. Reliable results for September 2026 are unavailable. This is a gap in the history, not a result of zero.

The answer samples differ between months. These comparisons show how the recorded results changed; they do not establish why they changed.

Coverage is partial: only one of three planned question categories contributed usable observations, and the exact collection dates are unverified. Each company counts at most once per qualifying answer, and all rates use the full benchmark answer total. Top-three and first-place results sit inside recommendations. Recommendation-to-mention ratios and net framing describe answer wording, not customer conversion or satisfaction. Monthly samples differ, so comparisons show recorded change without explaining it.