The Lifeblood Index
LB·115 Composite · 115 brands · seven signals
The market opens
Every score, low → high · the white bin is the market
The field today
All 115 brands, scored today across seven signals. Week-on-week movement begins with next week’s compile.
Tops the board
Gymshark
86.3№1
The median
Craft Gin Club
46.0№58
Trails the field
Vetwell Scientific
6.3№115
Leading the pack
Scandibørn
Fastest site
Gymshark
Biggest following
IM8
Most ads live
Overview
The Lifeblood Index measures the discoverability of DTC brands. Seven signals — Meta Ads, AI Visibility, Organic Visibility, Trust Score, Social Community, Brand Demand and Site Performance — are captured weekly as 1,300+ indicative data points from public API sources, each weighted, blended and normalised into a score out of 100, then aggregated into a final composite score. All constituents are assessed on identical inputs, with no data supplied by the brands themselves. The Index score is illustrative only and not in any way reflective of commercial performance.
“The opening reading. 115 British brands scored across seven signals, compiled from the public record. Gymshark tops the board at 86.3. The market prints at 46.52 — and from next week, it starts to move.” — The Compilers, at
The rankings.
115 of 115How the score works.
Seven signals, measured weekly
Meta Ads, AI Visibility, Organic Visibility, Trust Score, Social Community, Brand Demand and Site Performance — compiled from the public record. No brand submits its own numbers.
Weighted into one score
Each of the seven signal scores is the result of multiple blended data points pulled from public APIs, weighted and pressed into a single score out of 100.
Overall = .35·META + .15·AIV + .13·ORG + .10·TRU + .12·COM + .10·DMD + .05·SPD
The market re-prices
Every week the 115 brands re-rank in public. Winners climb. Sleepers slide. Nobody hides.
What counts.
Method v0.1 · captured 18 July 2026Who's eligible
- UK-registered, selling direct to consumers online.
- Trading for at least twelve months under the current brand.
- Site performance is measurable — real-visitor field data where traffic allows, lab audits otherwise.
- Publicly measurable on all seven signals, with no data supplied by the brand.
What gets you removed
- Ceases trading, is acquired, or moves away from direct-to-consumer.
- Falls below the coverage threshold on more than two signals.
- Asks to be removed — we will always honour it, and say that we have.
Where we stand
- No brand pays to be listed, and no brand can pay to move.
- Scores are compiled from the public record only; nothing is self-reported.
- Lifeblood clients are marked in the table and scored identically.
No Lifeblood client appears in this edition. If one ever does, it will carry a Client tag in the table above. Spotted something wrong? Corrections go to growth@wearelifeblood.com and we publish them.
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