B
Evidence Grade B
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25.7%
25.7% -- freshness premium of ai cited urls for AI-cited URLs vs top-10 organic results (2026)
AI-cited URLs are about 25.7% fresher than top-10 organic URLs on average.
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Evidence graded
Value
25.7%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
17,000,000
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ahrefs
Primary
Tier B
https://aiboost.co.uk/citation-half-life-by-industry-uk/ ↗
Source Article
Citation Half
Original Research
Ahrefs
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Methodology
Derived from Ahrefs comparison of average URL ages (1,064 vs 1,432 days)
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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AI-cited URLs vs top-10 organic results: 25.7% freshness premium of ai cited urls. Source: Ahrefs (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-cited-fresher-than-organic-2026
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