Fertility Clinics: AI Market Discovery Index

Benchmark Summary

CCRM Fertility led the Fertility Clinics benchmark in August 2026 with valid recommendation coverage of 31.5%, down from 33.9% in July 2026. The gap to the next brand, Shady Grove Fertility, was 10.2 percentage points in August 2026, with Shady Grove Fertility at 21.3% down from 26.0% in July 2026.

There was no significant month-over-month movement in the category in August 2026. The largest coverage increase was RMA Network, which rose to 14.8% in August 2026 from 14.1% in July 2026. The largest coverage decline was Shady Grove Fertility, which fell to 21.3% in August 2026 from 26.0% in July 2026.

Across the full July-to-August series, all ten tracked brands remained stable, with movements within normal month-to-month variation. The benchmark began with 367 prompt-surface observations in July 2026 and 480 in August 2026, producing 242 and 305 qualified observations respectively after qualification.

Current Benchmark at a Glance

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

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

Research Scope and Qualification

The public benchmark is narrower than the raw collection universe by design. The table below shows how the raw prompt-surface observations were qualified.

Brand-level percentages use the qualified observations as the public denominator, not the raw collection. See the AI Market Discovery Methodology for full details.

Current Brand Standings

This table is the primary current-month benchmark view, sorted by valid recommendation coverage.

CCRM Fertility holds a commanding coverage lead, but rank-one conversion varies sharply across the top three brands.

How to Read the Standings

• Presence rate: percentage of qualified observations where the brand is mentioned at all, regardless of context.
• Valid recommendation coverage: percentage of qualified observations where the brand receives a valid recommendation.
• Top-three rate: percentage of qualified observations where the brand appears in the top three recommended positions.
• Rank-one rate: percentage of qualified observations where the brand is the first recommendation.
• Net sentiment: share of positive mentions minus negative mentions, as a score from -1 to 1.

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

Recommendation Coverage Movement

All ten brands were classified as stable on the primary coverage metric in August 2026; no brand's change exceeded the normal range of month-to-month variation. Within this quiet month, RMA Network recorded the largest raw increase in valid recommendation coverage, rising to 14.8% in August 2026 from 14.1% in July 2026, with its presence rate rising to 27.5% from 24.8% and its top-three rate rising to 5.6% from 5.4%. Shady Grove Fertility recorded the largest raw decline, falling to 21.3% in August 2026 from 26.0% in July 2026, with its presence rate falling to 46.9% from 50.8% and its top-three rate falling to 16.4% from 19.0%. Presence rates for other tracked brands also moved: CCRM Fertility's presence rate was 56.4% in August 2026, down from 67.4% in July 2026, while NYU Langone Fertility's presence rate was 15.7%, down from 21.9%.

Category Leader: CCRM Fertility

CCRM Fertility remained the category leader with 31.5% valid recommendation coverage in August 2026, down from 33.9% in July 2026. CCRM Fertility also held the top rank-one rate at 16.1% in August 2026, down from 19.0% in July 2026.

Recommendation Placement Snapshot

Coverage alone does not show how prominently a brand is recommended. The following table shows placement for the leading brands in August 2026.

Close coverage can still hide very different first-position rates. CCRM Fertility converted 16.1% of all observations into rank-one recommendations in August 2026, while Shady Grove Fertility converted 3.3% despite similar top-three positioning patterns.

Buyer-Intent Distribution

In both July and August 2026, all qualified observations fell into the brand recommendation class.

The current public series measures brand recommendation discovery only; pricing and comparison questions have no public benchmark signal.

Historical Measurement Record

This is an evergreen benchmark URL. New measurements are added to the same report.

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 or attributable sales of any fertility clinic brand
• Every possible AI response for every possible query
• Organic-search ranking performance
• Social media mention volume
• Private or sponsored channel performance
• Causality from a metric movement alone

The benchmark records changes in AI recommendation behavior. It does not, by itself, establish why those changes occurred.

About This Benchmark

The LLM Authority Index AI Market Discovery Index tracks how AI and search surfaces mention, recommend, and characterize brands across defined verticals. The Fertility Clinics benchmark measures ten fertility clinic brands across six canonical AI/search surface families using a consistent, repeatable methodology. New measurements are published on the same benchmark URL, enabling month-over-month comparison.

Research reference links:

• AI Market Discovery Methodology
• AI Market Discovery Metric Definitions
• AI Market Discovery Research Standards
• Modeled AI Authority Value

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