B
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67%
67% -- share of ai generated citations from schema pages for AI-generated citations (2026)
Roughly 67% of AI-generated citations come from web pages that use schema markup.
- Described as 'roughly 67%' based on an unnamed industry analysis cited in the article
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67%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
rctrl.com
Primary
Tier C
https://rctrl.com/blog/get-saas-featured-ai-product-lists ↗
Source Article
Get Your SaaS Featured in AI-Driven Product Lists
When a buyer asks ChatGPT for "the best [category] tool," it doesn't open your homepage and read your feature list. It assembles a shortlist from the directories and review sites it already trusts, then hands the buyer three or four names. Your beautifully written landing page was never in the runni…
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rctrl.com
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Industry analysis cited by RankControl
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AI-generated citations: 67% share of ai generated citations from schema pages. Source: rctrl.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-citations-schema-markup-share
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-citations-schema-markup-share" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>67%</strong> -- share of ai generated citations from schema pages for AI-generated citations<br><small>Source: rctrl.com (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-citations-schema-markup-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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