Which sunscreen brands do ChatGPT and Gemini recommend?

We asked both assistants three questions a shopper would ask about sunscreen brands, with web search on, and wrote down every brand they named in the order they named it. Last asked 7 Nov 2026. Brands we track link to their pages.

What are the best sunscreen brands?

ChatGPT

  1. La Roche-Posay
  2. EltaMD
  3. Neutrogena
  4. Black Girl Sunscreen
  5. CeraVe
  6. Vanicream
  7. Blue Lizard
  8. Australian Gold

Asked 7 Nov 2026

Gemini

  1. EltaMD
  2. La Roche-Posay
  3. Supergoop
  4. Black Girl Sunscreen
  5. Neutrogena
  6. Beauty of Joseon
  7. Bioré
  8. Sun Bum
  9. Colorescience

Asked 7 Nov 2026

Which sunscreen brand would you recommend for a first-time buyer?

ChatGPT

  1. Neutrogena
  2. CeraVe
  3. La Roche-Posay

Asked 7 Nov 2026

Gemini

  1. La Roche-Posay
  2. Supergoop
  3. Neutrogena
  4. Beauty of Joseon

Asked 7 Nov 2026

What are some popular sunscreen brands people love right now?

ChatGPT

  1. EltaMD
  2. La Roche-Posay
  3. Supergoop
  4. Peach & Lily
  5. SkinCeuticals
  6. Isdin
  7. Innisfree
  8. Shiseido
  9. Sun Bum
  10. Black Girl Sunscreen

Asked 7 Nov 2026

Gemini

  1. Supergoop
  2. EltaMD
  3. La Roche-Posay
  4. Beauty of Joseon
  5. Round Lab
  6. Skin1004
  7. Innisfree
  8. Sun Bum

Asked 7 Nov 2026

The sunscreen brands named in more than one answer

Out of 6 answers on this page. A count of answers, not a ranking.

  • La Roche-Posay: named in 6 of 6
  • EltaMD: named in 4 of 6
  • Neutrogena: named in 4 of 6
  • Supergoop: named in 4 of 6
  • Beauty of Joseon: named in 3 of 6
  • Black Girl Sunscreen: named in 3 of 6
  • Sun Bum: named in 3 of 6
  • CeraVe: named in 2 of 6
  • Innisfree: named in 2 of 6

Why the answers change

Ask an assistant the same question twice and the list moves. It changes between runs, between people, and with whatever the assistant found when it searched that day. These are the answers we got on the dates shown, asked with no account history and no location. We ask again every month with the same wording, so the next set can be compared with this one.

A brand missing from these lists is not a verdict on the brand. It means a shopper asking this question on this day would not have heard of it from the assistant.

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