B
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88%
88% -- share of ai mode citations not aligned with organic top 10 for Google AI Mode (2025)
88% of citations in Google AI Mode do not align with the traditional organic top 10 search results for the same query.
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Value
88%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Sample Size
1,300,000
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
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
anypost.ai
Primary
Tier C
https://anypost.ai/blog/getting-cited-in-google-ai-mode-2026-guide ↗
Source Article
Getting Cited in Google AI Mode
Original Research
anypost.ai
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Methodology
Study analyzing over 1.3 million AI Mode citations; also cited as a study of 40,000 queries
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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Google AI Mode: 88% share of ai mode citations not aligned with organic top 10. Source: anypost.ai (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-mode-citations-not-in-top10
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