AI visibility report

How AI assistants represent New York

AI assistants present New York through its local specialties, farm-to-Table dining, historic sites and local experience themes.

For tourism marketers: TakeScout tracks how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity describe New York, based on 926 AI answers, last checked October 12, 2026. How we measure →

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926

Questions asked

1,591

Places identified

Oct 12, 2026

Last checked

Current score 39/100 Average of model agreement and confirmed-open rate — how this score is calculated

1 tracked destination

across 1 tracked cities in New York

954

Questions asked

1,258

Places identified

Oct 3, 2026

Last checked

New York City

1,258 places · 954 questions

AI assistants present New York City as a destination for food experiences, fine dining, winter activities, and boutique hotel scene.

Latest findings

New York City · Concentration
For Best Romantic Hotels, the top 3 tracked entities—The Greenwich Hotel, The Bowery Hotel, and The Carlyle—account for 29% of mentions across 12 answers, versus the roughly 9% each would get in an even split.

How New York compares, rolled up

Model agreement

New York 18%

Network average 11%

Confirmed-open rate

New York 78%

Network average 76%

Presence rate

New York 92%

Tracked U.S. cities 31%

New York's benchmark numbers averaged across its tracked cities, compared to the network average across all tracked destinations.

Each metric shows two bars: the rolled-up average across New York's tracked destinations and the network average for that metric, so you can see how it compares. See how these scores are calculated.

Key takeaways

What this check tells you

Closed places

Absolute Bagels is permanently closed but is still recommended in 5 answers by two of the four AI assistants.

Top picks

Le Bernardin is recommended in 80% of the answers to the "Best Fine-Dining Restaurants" question about New York.

Agreement

The AI assistants name the same top pick for 2% of comparable questions about New York, below the 11% average for tracked U.S. destinations.

Generated from this check's data Updated Oct 12, 2026

How AI describes New York

AI assistants most often associate New York with local specialties, farm-to-Table dining and historic sites.

These three themes run through the specific recommendations AI assistants give for New York, from mentions of local specialties to farm-to-Table dining spots and historic sites across the city. They appear together across multiple types of questions asked about New York, rather than being tied to a single category of query.

Based on the check of October 12, 2026

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How AI sees New York

Across the prompts we've tracked, AI most consistently associates New York with:

local specialties
Farm-to-Table
historic
unique experiences
local experience
Art and Nature
winter activities
winter experiences

How New York benchmarks

Model agreement

New York 2%

Tracked U.S. destinations 11%

Confirmed-open rate

New York 77%

Tracked U.S. destinations 80%

Each metric shows two bars: New York's rate and the average it is compared with, so you can see how it compares. See how these scores are calculated.

What AI names when travellers ask about New York

The places each assistant names most often, by type of traveller question. Evidence for the findings above, not a travel guide.

Le Bernardin named in 29 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Katz's Delicatessen named in 22 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#14

Eleven Madison Park named in 19 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#8

Peter Luger named in 17 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#9

Per Se named in 16 of 42 AI answers

rank #3–#6

The St. Regis New York named in 28 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#8

Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown named in 23 of 42 AI answers

rank #3–#9

Baccarat Hotel named in 22 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#10

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel named in 22 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#9

Aman New York named in 21 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#4

Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island named in 34 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#8

Central Park named in 33 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Times Square named in 31 of 43 AI answers

rank #2–#12

Empire State Building named in 30 of 43 AI answers

rank #2–#11

Metropolitan Museum of Art named in 30 of 43 AI answers

rank #3–#9

The Greenwich Hotel named in 29 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#10

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel named in 20 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#11

The Bowery Hotel named in 19 of 45 AI answers

rank #3–#14

Brooklyn Bridge named in 16 of 45 AI answers

rank #3–#10

The Ludlow Hotel named in 14 of 45 AI answers

rank #2–#10

Central Park named in 31 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#10

The American Museum of Natural History named in 31 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#13

Bronx Zoo named in 27 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#14

Children’s Museum of Manhattan named in 22 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#10

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum named in 18 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#11

Los Tacos No. 1 named in 56 of 73 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Xi’an Famous Foods named in 51 of 73 AI answers

rank #1–#11

Mamoun’s Falafel named in 50 of 73 AI answers

rank #1–#16

Shu Jiao Fu Zhou named in 38 of 73 AI answers

rank #1–#5

Joe's Pizza named in 37 of 73 AI answers

rank #1–#10

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Katz's Delicatessen named in 51 of 66 AI answers

rank #1–#13

Russ & Daughters named in 50 of 66 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Peter Luger named in 36 of 66 AI answers

rank #2–#16

Keens Steakhouse named in 35 of 66 AI answers

rank #1–#14

Joe's Pizza named in 31 of 66 AI answers

rank #2–#27

Katz's Delicatessen named in 29 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#21

Russ & Daughters named in 29 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#6

Joe's Pizza named in 25 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Le Bernardin named in 23 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#19

Eleven Madison Park named in 21 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#18

Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island named in 37 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#8

Federal Hall named in 31 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Tenement Museum named in 23 of 47 AI answers

rank #2–#12

Brooklyn Bridge named in 21 of 47 AI answers

rank #4–#13

9/11 Memorial & Museum named in 20 of 47 AI answers

rank #2–#10

The River Café named in 37 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#14

One if by Land, Two if by Sea named in 24 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#5

Gramercy Tavern named in 20 of 47 AI answers

rank #2–#11

Manhatta named in 16 of 47 AI answers

rank #2–#10

Le Coucou named in 14 of 47 AI answers

rank #2–#7

Storm King Art Center named in 24 of 46 AI answers

rank #1–#13

Beacon named in 20 of 46 AI answers

rank #1–#15

Fire Island named in 20 of 46 AI answers

rank #2–#10

Bear Mountain State Park named in 17 of 46 AI answers

rank #2–#8

Hudson Valley named in 16 of 46 AI answers

rank #1–#12

Le Bernardin named in 36 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#4

Per Se named in 36 of 45 AI answers

rank #2–#4

Eleven Madison Park named in 34 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#7

Atomix named in 28 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#10

Daniel named in 26 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#15

Green-Wood Cemetery named in 25 of 45 AI answers

rank #2–#12

Elevated Acre named in 22 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#10

The Cloisters named in 21 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#15

Roosevelt Island named in 15 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#16

The City Reliquary named in 15 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#12

The Jane Hotel named in 18 of 43 AI answers

rank #2–#5

YOTEL New York named in 15 of 43 AI answers

rank #2–#6

HI NYC Hostel named in 13 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#7

The Pod Hotels named in 13 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#4

Times Square named in 12 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#10

The American Museum of Natural History named in 33 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#4

Metropolitan Museum of Art named in 32 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#2

Museum of Modern Art named in 31 of 43 AI answers

rank #2–#4

Chelsea Market named in 24 of 43 AI answers

rank #4–#15

The New York Public Library named in 21 of 43 AI answers

rank #5–#19

The Bowery Hotel named in 25 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#13

Crosby Street Hotel named in 23 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#12

The Ludlow Hotel named in 23 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#6

The Greenwich Hotel named in 21 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#6

The NoMad Hotel named in 16 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#8

Beacon named in 20 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#10

Times Square named in 20 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#13

The Peninsula New York named in 18 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#7

Loews Regency New York Hotel named in 16 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Central Park named in 12 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#10

Prospect Park named in 16 of 42 AI answers

rank #3–#21

Astoria named in 15 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#12

Jackson Heights named in 12 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#14

Union Square Greenmarket named in 11 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#21

Williamsburg named in 11 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#13

Top of the Rock named in 29 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#10

One World Observatory named in 26 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#16

Empire State Building named in 22 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#15

Brooklyn Bridge named in 21 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#12

The Edge at Hudson Yards named in 18 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#10

Bryant Park named in 26 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#14

Rockefeller Center named in 24 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#12

Central Park named in 18 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#22

Dyker Heights named in 18 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#20

Wollman Rink named in 16 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#14

Where Perplexity's answers about New York come from

Perplexity cited iloveny.com, New York's official tourism site, in 28 of 60 answers about New York in the October check (47%), up from 5% in August.

The web domains Perplexity's live search pulled most while answering tracked travel questions about New York (last 90 days). ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini aren't grounded in our tracking yet. See the network-wide ranking.

How AI assistants represent New York

across 1 tracked cities in New York

New York City

Latest findings

How New York compares, rolled up

What this check tells you

AI assistants most often associate New York with local specialties, farm-to-Table dining and historic sites.

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How AI sees New York

How New York benchmarks

What AI names when travellers ask about New York

Best Restaurants

Best Luxury Hotels

Must-See Attractions

Best Romantic Hotels

Best Attractions for Families

Best Budget-Friendly Restaurants

Best Local or Traditional Restaurants

Best Food Experiences

Best Historical Attractions

Best Restaurants for Couples

Best Day Trips

Best Fine-Dining Restaurants

Best Hidden Gems

Best Budget Hotels

Best Rainy-Day Attractions

Best Boutique Hotels

Best Family Hotels

Best Local Experiences

Best Viewpoints

Best Winter Experiences

Where Perplexity's answers about New York come from

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