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Facial Cleansers

This weekly AI Brand Index shows how AI tools answer buyer questions in the Facial Cleansers category. SupaIntent asks each LLM the same question: which brands are the most visible, significant, and recommended in that niche. Each system returns its own top. We track what brands are recommended, which cited sources are used and how positions move week to week. Use it to see the freshest AI visibility data for this category.

Updated 9 August 2026

Brands

Category coverage

21

ranked across AI engines

Sources

Evidence base

30

domains cited in answers

Brand sites

Official share

24%

from brand-owned domains

AI model filter

Position history

Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.

Latest brand positions
BrandLatest rank
CeraVe1
La Roche-Posay2
Cetaphil3
Neutrogena4
Vanicream5
CeraVe logoCeraVe
La Roche-Posay logoLa Roche-Posay
Cetaphil logoCetaphil
Neutrogena logoNeutrogena
Vanicream logoVanicream
Fresh logoFresh
Kiehl's logoKiehl's
The Ordinary logoThe Ordinary
Youth to the People logoYouth to the People
Drunk Elephant logoDrunk Elephant

What AI tools say about Facial Cleansers

Movement

What changed this week?

CeraVe held the top position, but the ranking below it moved sharply: The Ordinary and Youth to the People entered the top 10 this week, while Tatcha and Tula Skincare dropped at least three positions.

Sources

Which sources shape AI answers?

No single publisher dominates. The most cited sources are Theguardian, Allure and Vogue, which means the citation field is open.

Engines

Do AI engines agree on the leader?

All four engines name CeraVe first, which is unusual: in most categories the engines disagree.

Citation-ready

Key facts from this AI Brand Index report

Short facts for quoting and AI citations

Dataset size

The latest Facial Cleansers run found 21 recommended brands and 30 cited sources in AI answers.

Current leader

CeraVe ranks #1 for Facial Cleansers in the latest SupaIntent AI Brand Index run.

Weekly movement

Top 10 only

Entered the index

New in the top 10

  • The Ordinary#8
  • Youth to the People#9

Biggest gains

Moved up this week

  • Kiehl's5 to #7

Biggest losses

Moved down this week

  • Tatcha7 to #13
  • Tula Skincare5 to #14

Unchanged at the top

Leader held position

  • CeraVestayed #1

Rank history

Weekly rank changes for the current top 10

HTML table for crawlers and readers
RankBrandPreviousCurrentChangeBest
#1CeraVe#1#10#1
#2La Roche-Posay#3#21#2
#3Cetaphil#2#31#2
#4Neutrogena#4#40#4
#5Vanicream#5#50#5
#6Fresh#7#61#5
#7Kiehl's#12#75#6
#8The OrdinaryNew#8New#8
#9Youth to the PeopleNew#9New#9
#10Drunk Elephant#8#102#8

Current brand snapshot

21 brands

#Pos.BrandChatGPTGoogle AI ModeGeminiPerplexitySeen in
10#1#1#1#1
ChatGPTGoogle AI ModeGeminiPerplexity
2+1#2#3#2#4
ChatGPTGoogle AI ModeGeminiPerplexity
3-1#3#2#4#3
ChatGPTGoogle AI ModeGeminiPerplexity
40#4#8#3#2
ChatGPTGoogle AI ModeGeminiPerplexity
50#5#7#5-
ChatGPTGoogle AI ModeGemini
6+1#7#5--
ChatGPTGoogle AI Mode
7+5#9--#5
ChatGPTPerplexity
8New--#8#6
GeminiPerplexity
9New-#4--
Google AI Mode
10-2--#7#9
GeminiPerplexity
11New#6---
ChatGPT
12New--#6-
Gemini
13-7-#6--
Google AI Mode
14-5-#9#9-
Google AI ModeGemini
15New---#7
Perplexity
16New---#8
Perplexity
17New#8---
ChatGPT
18New-#10--
Google AI Mode
19New#10---
ChatGPT
20New--#10-
Gemini
21-3---#10
Perplexity

Current source snapshot

30 sources

#SourceMent.LLMs
110
ChatGPTGoogle AI Mode
29
ChatGPTPerplexity
36
ChatGPTPerplexity
45
Gemini
54
Google AI Mode
64
Gemini
7
Vanicream logo
VanicreamOfficial
3
ChatGPTGoogle AI Mode
83
Google AI Mode
9
Cetaphil logo
CetaphilOfficial
2
ChatGPTGoogle AI Mode
10
Fresh logo
FreshOfficial
2
ChatGPTGoogle AI Mode
112
ChatGPTGoogle AI Mode
12
Neutrogena logo
NeutrogenaOfficial
2
ChatGPTGoogle AI Mode
13
Aveneusa logo
AveneusaOfficial
1
ChatGPT
14
Cerave logo
CeraveOfficial
1
ChatGPT
151
Perplexity
161
Google AI Mode
17
Eltamd logo
EltamdOfficial
1
Google AI Mode
181
Perplexity
191
Perplexity
201
Perplexity
211
Perplexity
221
Google AI Mode
231
Google AI Mode
241
Perplexity
251
Gemini
26
Tatcha logo
TatchaOfficial
1
Google AI Mode
27
Tula logo
TulaOfficial
1
Google AI Mode
281
Perplexity
291
Perplexity
301
Google AI Mode

Common AI search questions about Facial Cleansers

Q1

Who leads Facial Cleansers in AI answers?

CeraVe is the most recommended facial cleansers brand in the latest AI Brand Index run. The next highest-ranked brands are La Roche-Posay and Cetaphil. All four engines name CeraVe first, which is unusual: in most categories the engines disagree.

Q2

Which cited sources are used for Facial Cleansers?

The most cited sources for facial cleansers recommendations are Theguardian, Allure and Vogue, out of 30 tracked sources. No single publisher dominates. The most cited sources are Theguardian, Allure and Vogue, which means the citation field is open.

Q3

How fresh is this Facial Cleansers ranking?

The AI Brand Index updates every Sunday. In the latest run, The Ordinary and Youth to the People entered the top 10 and Tatcha, Kiehl's and Tula Skincare moved three or more positions in the facial cleansers index.

How to cite this report

Cite the canonical SupaIntent report page when referencing this AI visibility ranking.

SupaIntent AI Brand Index: Facial Cleansers. https://supaintent.com/ai-brand-index/health-and-beauty-personal-care-cosmetics-skin-care-facial-cleansers

AI Brand Index methodology

Rankings use collected AI answers, cited sources, brand-site matching, and provider-level position history.

Read methodology
  • SupaIntent measures buying-intent AI answers across ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity.
  • This report uses the latest observed AI answers for Facial Cleansers, including 21 recommended brands and 30 cited sources.
  • Brand sites are identified from official domains and subdomains, then separated from review, community and publisher sources.
  • Weekly movement compares the latest rank with the previous collected position for each brand.

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