B
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38%
38% -- share of cited pages ranking top ten for Google AI Overviews (2026-02)
According to Ahrefs' February 2026 analysis, 38% of pages cited in Google AI Overviews ranked in the top ten for the corresponding search query.
- down from 76% seven months earlier
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38%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-02
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B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ahrefs
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Tier B
https://www.hubstic.com/resources/blog/ai-seo-tools ↗
Source Article
AI SEO Tools in 2026: The Complete Stack for SaaS Teams
On January 27, 2026, Google switched AI Overviews globally to Gemini 3. Within sixty days, SE Ranking measured that the upgrade replaced 42% of previously cited domains and generated 32% more sources per response. Two months later, Google's March 2026 spam update finished rolling out in under twenty…
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Ahrefs
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Ahrefs analysis; down from 76% seven months earlier
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Google AI Overviews: 38% share of cited pages ranking top ten. Source: Ahrefs (2026-02). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overview-cited-pages-top10-rank-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overview-cited-pages-top10-rank-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>38%</strong> -- share of cited pages ranking top ten for Google AI Overviews<br><small>Source: Ahrefs (2026-02) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overview-cited-pages-top10-rank-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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