B
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50%
50% -- share of ai cited content under 13 weeks old for AI search citations (2026)
50% of AI-cited content is under 13 weeks old.
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Value
50%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Amsive
Primary
Tier B
https://betteraisearch.com/tactics/content-freshness-ai-search ↗
Source Article
Content Freshness SEO for AI Search
Original Research
Amsive
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Methodology
Amsive analysis of AI citation ages
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Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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AI search citations: 50% share of ai cited content under 13 weeks old. Source: Amsive (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-cited-content-under-13-weeks-50
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