Which household cleaning brands do AI assistants recommend in Malaysia? Q4 2026
In Malaysia, AI assistants most often recommend Cif, Dettol and Mr. Muscle for household cleaning. Cif is named by 5 of 5 assistants.
What the data says
Cif (Unilever) is the household cleaning brand AI assistants recommend most in Malaysia, taking 13.8% of all recommendation points across 5 assistants. Dettol follows with 7.6% and Mr. Muscle is third with 5.8%.
Cif's lead over Dettol is 6.2 points, a clear advantage in how AI shortlists the category.
Claude, DeepSeek and Grok put Cif first, while ChatGPT favours Mr Muscle and Gemini favours Magiclean.
The top five brands hold 36% of recommendations out of 70 brands named in total, leaving room for challengers to break into AI shortlists.
| # | Brand | Owner | AI share | ChatGPT | Claude | DeepSeek | Gemini | Grok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cif | Unilever | 13.8% | 97 | 192 | 120 | 45 | 165 |
| 2 | Dettol | Reckitt | 7.6% | 103 | 99 | 24 | 80 | 36 |
| 3 | Mr. Muscle | SC Johnson | 5.8% | – | – | 85 | 43 | 135 |
| 4 | Mr. Clean | Procter & Gamble | 4.4% | – | 79 | 95 | – | 25 |
| 5 | Ajax | Colgate-Palmolive | 4% | 64 | – | – | 94 | 20 |
| 6 | Pledge | SC Johnson | 3.9% | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| 7 | Brasso | Reckitt | 3.9% | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| 8 | Magiclean | Kao | 3.6% | 67 | – | – | 97 | – |
| 9 | Harpic | Reckitt | 3.4% | 25 | 25 | 12 | 35 | 55 |
| 10 | Mr Muscle | SC Johnson | 3.3% | 149 | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | 3M | 3M | 3.3% | 92 | – | 12 | 24 | 20 |
| 12 | Handy | Handy | 3% | – | 137 | – | – | – |
| 13 | Vim | Unilever | 2.8% | – | – | – | – | 127 |
| 14 | Windex | SC Johnson | 2.5% | – | 35 | 33 | 25 | 20 |
| 15 | Baygon | SC Johnson | 2.4% | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 25 |
| 16 | Ridsect | Reckitt | 2.1% | 35 | – | 25 | 35 | – |
| 17 | Kao | Kao | 2.1% | – | – | 85 | 8 | – |
| 18 | Raid | SC Johnson | 2% | 12 | 35 | 8 | – | 35 |
| 19 | Mortein | Reckitt | 1.8% | – | 25 | 35 | – | 20 |
| 20 | Malaysian | Generic | 1.6% | – | 72 | – | – | – |
Questions about AI household cleaning recommendations
- Which household cleaning brand does ChatGPT recommend most in Malaysia?
- ChatGPT recommends Mr Muscle most often for household cleaning in Malaysia. Across all assistants, Cif leads with 13.8% of recommendations.
- Which household cleaning brand is improving fastest in Malaysia?
- Pledge has the strongest momentum among challengers: AI names it first in 5 of 5 answers where it appears, while holding 3.9% share. This is the first Q4 2026 reading; change over time will be shown from the next update.
- How is the ranking calculated?
- We ask each AI assistant the questions shoppers ask in each category and market, record the top five brands it names, and give 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points for positions one to five. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded.
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Method: each AI assistant is asked the shopper questions for every segment in the category and market; the top five brands named score 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded. Rankings reflect AI answers, not sales.
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