B
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18%
18% -- share of ai cited urls that are homepages for AI search engines (2026)
18% of URLs cited by AI engines are homepages (the rest are deep, specific pages).
- Data covers AmICited's tracked prompts (SaaS, e-commerce, and support topics), not a universal law
- Describes what is cited, not a proof of causality
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Value
18%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
46,700
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
AmICited
Primary
Tier A
https://www.amicited.com/da/data-reports/do-ai-search-engines-cite-www-or-subdomain-urls/ ↗
Source Article
Citerer AI-søgemaskiner www- eller underdomæne-URL'er?
Original Research
AmICited
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Analysis of 46,700 cited URL strings from AmICited's tracked prompts (SaaS, ecommerce, support topics), June 24 – July 23, 2026; direct URL string counts, no modeling
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (current) | 18% | |
| 2026 (current) | 18% | 0% |
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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AI search engines: 18% share of ai cited urls that are homepages. Source: AmICited (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-cited-urls-homepage-share-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-cited-urls-homepage-share-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>18%</strong> -- share of ai cited urls that are homepages for AI search engines<br><small>Source: AmICited (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-cited-urls-homepage-share-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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