B
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44.2%
44.2% -- ai citation share top of page for ChatGPT citations (2026)
44.2% of all AI citations come from the first 30% of a page's content based on an analysis of 1.2 million ChatGPT citations.
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44.2%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
1,200,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Kevin Indig
Primary
Tier C
https://dont-feed-the-algorithm.beehiiv.com/p/openai-killed-sora-google-crushed-ai-content-farms-and… ↗
Source Article
Google's Core Update Is Done, 93% of AI Searches Don't Click, and the Citation Is the New Distribution 👾 | Don't Feed The Algorithm: Issue 046
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Kevin Indig
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Kevin Indig analysis of 1.2 million ChatGPT citations
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ChatGPT citations: 44.2% ai citation share top of page. Source: Kevin Indig (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-citations-first-30-percent-page
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