Who AI search surfaces for mattress
naplab.com anchors the mattress retrieval pool (5/5 queries)
| # | Domain | Type | Queries | Mean pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | naplab.com | Aggregator | 5/5 | 2.4 |
| 2 | sleepfoundation.org | Aggregator | 4/5 | 3.25 |
| 3 | mattressnerd.com | Aggregator | 3/5 | 1.33 |
| 4 | ncoa.org | Editorial | 3/5 | 4 |
| 5 | mattressclarity.com | Aggregator | 3/5 | 4.33 |
| 6 | mattressfirm.com | Brand | 2/5 | 6 |
| 7 | bedinabox.com | Brand | 1/5 | 1 |
| 8 | xtrememattress.com | Brand | 1/5 | 2 |
| 9 | consumerreports.org | Aggregator | 1/5 | 3 |
| 10 | target.com | Brand | 1/5 | 3 |
| 11 | aarp.org | Editorial | 1/5 | 4 |
| 12 | wholesalemattresswarehouse.com | Brand | 1/5 | 4 |
“Queries” = how many of the 5 sampled queries surfaced this domain in the top 10 (across 3 samples). Position is the mean rank when present.
By distinct domain the pool is 30.8% brand-owned, 42.3% aggregator/directory, 26.9% editorial. Most of the field is third-party, so getting surfaced means earning a place on the aggregators and roundups AI retrieves, not only optimising your own site.
naplab.com (aggregator) is the most consistently surfaced source, appearing in 5 of 5 sampled queries at a mean position of 2.4. Below them, sleepfoundation.org (aggregator) at 4/5 and mattressnerd.com (aggregator) at 3/5 also recur. 6 of the 26 distinct domains surface in two or more of the 5 queries; the rest appear once and drop out. Across the pool, aggregators and directories hold the largest share of what AI search retrieves here.
The fastest path to visibility is accurate inclusion in the third-party pages that keep surfacing here, starting with naplab.com. The retrieval set is very stable run to run (top-10 overlap 1), so a single snapshot is a reasonable read.
Methodology & limits: Snapshot only: 5 buyer-intent queries, 3 samples each, one time period. This maps the retrieval candidate pool (what AI search can draw from), not logged AI citations. Treat it as a directional signal, not a census.
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