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0.24%
0.24% -- ai referral traffic share for AI platforms (2026)
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0.24%
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Data Vintage
2026
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B
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95
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50
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90
Independence
70
Methodology
45
Freshness
83
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SE Rating
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Tier A
https://astraedus.dev/blog/agent-eval-lying/ ↗
Source Article
Your AI Agent Evaluation Is Lying to You: Why 10 Test Runs Prove Nothing
I ran 10 games between two AI agents. Agent v3 went 5-5 against Agent v1. I reported "v3 ties v1, no measurable improvement, don't merge."
That conclusion was wrong. Not because v3 was secretly better or worse, but because 10 games told me almost nothing at all.
Here's the math I should have done fi…
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AI platforms: 0.24% ai referral traffic share. Source: SE Rating (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-referral-traffic-global-share-2026
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