B
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86%
86% -- share of ai citations from brand managed content for AI search citations (2026)
86% of AI citations (or AI-generated search mentions) come from brand-managed content.
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86%
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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
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Yext
Primary
Tier C
https://anypost.ai/blog/how-to-earn-ai-citations-a-full-funnel-guide-to-ai-search-visibility ↗
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How to Earn AI Citations: A Full
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Yext
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Methodology
Cited to Yext Research
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
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AI search citations: 86% share of ai citations from brand managed content. Source: Yext (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-citations-brand-managed-content
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