Destination Guides

40 prompts across 5 engines: 440 answers analysed this week. Week 42 · 12–18 October 2026. City, country and region guides, itineraries, things-to-do.

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All of Travel & Destinations: the Top 25, the other lists and every topic's leaders

Top 5

CSV

#WkCreatorScoreEngines12 wkMost cited

1 RS Rick Steves566k followers 64 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/travel-with-r…cited 2× when named 2 NM Nomadic Matt163k followers 54 gobackpacking.com/author/nomadicmattcited 3× when named 3 ZT Zero To TravelPodcast 41 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/zero-to-trave…cited 3× when named 4 WW Wolters World1.2M followers 41 woltersworld.comcited 4× when named 5 1 AT Amateur TravelerPodcast 41 amateurtraveler.com/aboutcited 2× when named

Engine coverage

How many of the top 5 each engine names in Destination Guides, and how strongly

ChatGPT 5

Gemini 5

Claude 5

Grok 5

Perplexity 5

Not namedNamed first 75%+No answers from the engine

Topic leaders

The creators AI names most for each of the 4 topics in this sub-category, most-asked first

budget backpacking europe110 answers Rick Steves 48.2% · Nomadic Matt 38.2% · Wolters World 16.4%

city guide itineraries110 answers Rick Steves 48.2% · Wolters World 23.6% · Amateur Traveler 16.4%

solo female travel safety110 answers Kristin Addis 17.3% · @adventurouskate 17.3% · Solo Female Travelers 16.4%

southeast asia backpacking routes110 answers Nomadic Matt 20.0% · Paddy Doyle 19.1% · Karl Watson: Travel Documentaries 16.4%

Share of the topic's answers that name the creator.