# Indeed: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 52 judge labels across 7 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/indeed/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job advertising and distribution | 0% | 21 | 31% | 32 |
| Recruitment marketing and career sites | 0% | 101 | 60% | 5 |
| Staffing agency platforms | 0% | 86 | 40% | 5 |
| Recruiting CRM and sourcing | 0% | 28 | 0% | 4 |
| Compensation benchmarking data | 0% | 131 | 67% | 3 |
| Compensation management | 0% | 137 | 100% | 2 |
| Internal talent marketplace | 0% | 88 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "The undisputed volume leader (~31.6% market share)... employers now treat Indeed and LinkedIn as their primary paired destinations for general hiring." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Job advertising)
- "Best for: High-volume hiring, broad reach... The largest job seeker audience globally" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Job advertising)
- "Largest reach and volume of job listings; best for broad exposure and response rate." (Mistral Small, Job advertising)
- "Indeed – best overall for employers and the largest pure job search engine." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Job advertising)

## And against it

- ""Indeed has a problem. One in five job listings on the platform may be fake." ... "Indeed has no system to flag or remove these phantom listings."" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Job advertising)
- "free employee-reported salary sites like Glassdoor and Indeed, because their data is unverified, often outdated" (Perplexity Sonar, Compensation management)
- "Widespread fake and "ghost" job postings (jobs that appear active but aren't)" (Kimi K2, Job advertising)
- "crowdsourced data is entirely unverified and plagued by self-selection bias" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Compensation management)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Job advertising and distribution: 3% to 0%, −3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 9 → 21 of 111.
- Recruitment marketing and career sites: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 18 → 101 of 104.
- Staffing agency platforms: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 86 of 136.
- Recruiting CRM and sourcing: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 29 → 28 of 111.
- Compensation benchmarking data: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 131 of 148.
- Compensation management: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 125 → 137 of 140.
- Internal talent marketplace: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 52 → 88 of 102.

## In its own words

What Indeed's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: With Indeed, you can search millions of jobs online to find the next step in your career. (https://indeed.com/)
- For: job seekers (https://indeed.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page indeed.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 23 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 12 pages, 9 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- Recent: 2026-09-25 news or press: Ai agents cybersecurity workforce gap https://www.indeed.com/news/releases/ai-agents-cybersecurity-workforce-gap
- Recent: 2026-09-23 news or press: Indeed q3 2026 labor market outlook survey https://www.indeed.com/news/releases/indeed-q3-2026-labor-market-outlook-survey
- Recent: 2026-09-04 news or press: Indeed futureworks 2026 recap https://www.indeed.com/news/releases/indeed-futureworks-2026-recap
- Recent: 2026-08-31 news or press: Ai job market trends skill matching https://www.indeed.com/news/releases/ai-job-market-trends-skill-matching
- Recent: 2026-08-31 news or press: Trust transparency safety indeed responsible ai https://www.indeed.com/news/releases/trust-transparency-safety-indeed-responsible-ai
- Recent: 2026-08-25 news or press: Best cities for work https://www.indeed.com/news/releases/best-cities-for-work

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.