How to Own a Topic in ChatGPT: Lessons from 50,000 Brands
Winning one prompt is not owning a topic. This keynote shows how a representative buyer-question set can reveal consistency, identify unsettled categories, and guide a defensible content priority.
Category leaders, brand teams, content executives, and market-intelligence teams30 to 45 minute keynoteEnglish or Spanish
Funded, not free. Semrush funds Fernando's research and stage time, so there is no fee to the event. Engagements are selected on audience fit rather than budget. Travel and logistics are discussed once an event is confirmed.
Business decisionDistinguish an isolated prompt win from topic-level visibility
Research baseThe Semrush ChatGPT Topic Authority Study
AdaptationPrompt sets matched to the room's buyer journey
Outcomes
What changes after the session
01
Map one commercial topic across five buyer-question forms.
02
Apply the study's operational ownership threshold correctly.
03
Find an unsettled topic without assuming permanent ownership.
Take it back to work
A framework the room can use
Valuable for
Category leaders, brand teams, content executives, and market-intelligence teams.
Framework
Five-prompt topic map and ownership threshold.
Use this after the keynote to
build a representative buyer-question set, measure consistency, and choose an open topic to pursue.
The room leaves with
A repeatable way to distinguish an isolated prompt win from defensible topic-level visibility.
Inside the keynote
Three decisions, shown clearly
Authentic research material and representative samples show the visual and editorial standard. Final examples are verified and adapted before every event.
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Representative sampleStop tracking isolated prompts.Define, compare, alternatives, use case, and buy prompts reveal consistency across a commercial topic.Scope: Five-prompt method used in the Semrush ChatGPT Topic Authority Study.Boundary: A prompt set represents a topic; one isolated result does not.Read the sourceRepresentative sampleOnly 15.2% had a clear owner.The study classified 15.2% of categories as clear owners, 31.2% as emerging, and 53.7% as unsettled.Scope: ChatGPT Topic Authority Study · 2026 · more than 50,000 brands · 1,094 US categories · five prompts per category · January through June 2026Boundary: Owner is the study's operational definition, not permanent market ownership, and does not generalize beyond ChatGPT.Read the sourceRepresentative sampleMeasure a topic cluster repeatedly.Study-defined clear owners retained first place in 90.4% of month-over-month comparisons. Choose a representative topic cluster, apply the threshold, and track it over time.Scope: ChatGPT Topic Authority Study · 2026 · 1,094 US categories tracked monthly · January through June 2026 · clear-owner threshold: four of five prompts and a five-percentage-point leadBoundary: Observed month-over-month retention does not prove ownership caused retention and is not a guarantee of future stability.Read the source
Narrative
How the argument develops
Replace one lucky prompt with a buyer-question cluster.
Inspect category-level findings and the owner threshold.
Choose a representative cluster and track it repeatedly.
Research foundation
ChatGPT Topic Authority Study
Scope: More than 50,000 brands across 1,094 US categories, using five prompts per category in ChatGPT from January through June 2026. Clear owners were assessed across month-over-month comparisons.
Evidence boundary: A clear owner appeared in at least four of five prompts and led the runner-up by at least five percentage points. The 90.4% retention finding is observed month-over-month stability. It does not prove ownership caused retention and is not a guarantee of future stability.
Source
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Senior brand, content, category, and intelligence teams choosing where to build consistent visibility.
Not designed for
Not rank tracking for isolated prompts and not a guarantee of lasting category leadership.
Delivery proof
Research built for a live room
Fernando presenting research to a conference audience. Photo: Fernando Angulo archive. This image demonstrates delivery experience and does not claim to document this exact keynote.
Speaker
Fernando Angulo
I research how people, and increasingly AI systems, discover, evaluate, and choose brands, then turn that evidence into decisions marketing leaders can defend.
Senior Market Research Manager at Semrush, an Adobe company
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Does topic ownership mean a brand will stay visible?
No. Ownership is the study's operational label for a measured pattern during a defined period, not a permanent position or a guarantee.
How is the session adapted for an event?
The decision, examples, audience seniority, market context, and evidence boundaries are reviewed before delivery. The core research claims remain sourced.
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