B
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91%
91% -- paid click through rate lift for AI-cited brands (2026)
AI-cited brands achieve 91% higher paid click-through rates than non-cited brands on the same search queries.
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Value
91%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Beamtrace
Primary
Tier C
https://beamtrace.com/blog/how-to-track-brand-mentions-in-ai-search ↗
Source Article
How to Track Brand Mentions in AI Search: Complete Guide
Original Research
Beamtrace
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Methodology
Vendor blog claim; original study not cited
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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AI-cited brands: 91% paid click through rate lift. Source: Beamtrace (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-cited-brands-paid-ctr-lift
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