B
Evidence Grade B
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22%
22% -- share of citation weight offsite for AI search citations (2026-06)
22% of citation leverage / total weight in AI search sits outside a brand's website (earned coverage and social citations combined).
- Correlational, observational data; represents combined weight of earned coverage and social citations.
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Evidence graded
Value
22%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-06
Entity
Sample Size
1,130,000
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
Goodie
Primary
Tier B
https://bermawy.com/blog/how-to-structure-content-for-ai-agents ↗
Source Article
How to Structure Content for AI Agents
Original Research
Goodie
· Original study ↗
Methodology
1.13 million prompts run across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, Gemini, and Google AI Mode (Goodie AEO Periodic Table, 4th edition); correlational
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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AI search citations: 22% share of citation weight offsite. Source: Goodie (2026-06). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-search-citation-leverage-offsite-2026
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