Social Media Management
AI's #1 pick for Social Media Management Buffer
This week's Models Poll: Buffer is the #1 Social Media Management pick — first choice in 18% of AI recommendations (Jun 2026).
18% of first picks June 28, 2026
20.6
Concentration (HHI)
Top 3 capture 43% of first picks
50
Consensus score
partial agreement
14
Vendors named
across 3 models
Rankings by Share of Answer
↗ Share chartShare of Answer = how often a vendor is the model's single first pick, pooled across all models and questions. Whiskers show the Wilson 95% interval.
| # | vs last | Vendor | Share of Answer | Considered | Anthropic | OpenAI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ↑1 | Buffer | | 42% | 27% | 27% | · |
| 2 | ↓1 | Sprout Social | | 40% | 23% | 28% | · |
| 3 | ↑1 | Brandwatch | | 11% | 10% | 13% | · |
| 4 | ↓1 | Later | | 32% | 9% | 13% | · |
| 5 | new | Hootsuite | | 42% | 15% | · | · |
| 6 | new | Metricool | | 14% | · | 10% | · |
| 7 | new | Linktree | | 5% | 6% | · | · |
| 8 | ↓3 | Sprinklr | | 3% | · | 2% | · |
| 9 | new | Meltwater | | 3% | · | · | · |
| 10 | new | Agorapulse | | 3% | · | · | · |
| 11 | new | Mention | | 3% | · | · | · |
| 12 | new | Talkwalker | | 2% | · | · | · |
| 13 | new | Khoros | | 1% | · | · | · |
| 14 | new | Loomly | | 0% | · | · | · |
Per-model cells = that model's Share of Answer for the vendor. Darker = picked more often. · = 0% (evaluated, never first-picked by that model).
Rankings over time
Top-5 Share of Answer across 3 weekly snapshots. Rows sorted by latest rank.
| Vendor | Jun 16 | Jun 21 | Jun 28 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprout Social | 32% | 33% | 17% | -15% |
| Buffer | 26% | 26% | 18% | -8% |
| Later | 16% | 17% | 7% | -9% |
| Brandwatch | 11% | 11% | 8% | -3% |
| Hootsuite | 3% | · | 5% | +1% |
| Sprinklr | · | 4% | · | 0% |
No-pick rate by model
How often each model refuses to name a specific vendor or gives no concrete recommendation.
Claude Haiku 4.5
0%
refused / no pick
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
0%
refused / no pick
GPT-5.5
100%
refused / no pick