B
Evidence Grade B
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32.8%
32.8% -- ai citation rate for Pages aged 30 to 89 days (2026)
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Evidence graded
Value
32.8%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
AirOps
Primary
Tier B
https://betteraisearch.com/blog/eeat-for-ai-search ↗
Source Article
E-E-A-T for AI search: how Google's quality framework applies to ChatGPT, Perplexity, and LLM citations
Original Research
AirOps
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Methodology
AirOps analysis of content age and AI citation rates
Methodology documented
Segmentation
IndustryAI
RoleAll marketers
Channelcontent
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Pages aged 30 to 89 days: 32.8% ai citation rate. Source: AirOps (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-citation-rate-30-89-days-32-8
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