AI Answers to Health Questions Read at a Grade 11.3 Level vs 6.8 for Recipes

    AI answers to health questions read at a grade 11.3 level, close to a high school senior's, the hardest of any topic and four and a half grades above recipe answers. On Gemini, health answers read at grade 12.6. The average AI answer reads at grade 9.3.

    ChatGPT by topic
    Health
    10.1
    Mental health
    10.4
    Business
    9.5
    Legal
    9.2
    Parenting
    9.2
    Cars
    9.6
    Insurance
    9.6
    Money
    8.2
    Travel
    8.2
    Tech
    6.9
    Taxes
    7.4
    Software
    6.7
    Garden
    7.4
    Beauty
    7.2
    Recipes
    6

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 25,427 AI answers to 2,984 questions · answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI features, September 2026

    Average reading grade by AI engine
    Gemini
    10.4
    Google AI Mode
    10
    Perplexity
    9.4
    Google AI Overviews
    8.5
    ChatGPT
    8.3

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 25,427 AI answers to 2,984 questions · answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI features, September 2026

    Source: AI Answers to Health Questions Read at a Grade 11.3 Level vs 6.8 for Recipes - Suff Digital