AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year
Route 66, USA in AI travel recommendations
US region · overall rank 103 of 233 · rank 3 among US region destinations
AI models put Route 66, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 1.3% of answers, rank 103 overall. It does best when the question specifies transport as road trip: 15.8%, +14.6 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −0.1 points against web search off.
The score is the share of answers that recommend Route 66, USA in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.
By platform
| Platform | Score |
|---|---|
| Claude | 1.5% |
| ChatGPT | 1.2% |
| Gemini | 1.2% |
| Grok | 1.2% |
By model
| Model | Score |
|---|---|
| Claude Opus 5 | 1.2% |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | 1.6% |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1.6% |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | 1.2% |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | 1.2% |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | 1.2% |
| Grok 4.6 | 1.2% |
Web search and effort
Route 66, USA · Edition 1, 2027 travel year
Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers
Route 66, USA with web search on and off, and at each model's lowest and normal effort setting.
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| Setting | Search on / normal effort | Search off / lowest effort |
|---|---|---|
| Web search on vs off | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Normal vs lowest effort | 0.9% | 1.6% |
The repeated baseline question never put this destination in its top 10, so it has no repeat figure.
By kind of question
How much higher or lower the score is on questions that ask for each option, in percentage points against the overall score. Outlined cells are below the overall score.
Transport
| Road trip | |
|---|---|
| Change | +14.6 |
How it's asked
| Where should I go? | |
|---|---|
| Change | +0.1 |
How the models wrote the name
| Name | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Route 66 | 20 |
| Historic Route 66 | 4 |