B
Evidence Grade B
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2.6%
2.6% -- video citation rate for AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews) (2026)
Across five monitored AI search engines, 2.6% of responses cited video websites.
- Format label derived solely from cited URLs (youtube.com, vimeo.com, dailymotion.com) without page fetching
- Almost 100% of video citations were YouTube links
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Value
2.6%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
19,279
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
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-models-cite-videos-more-than-written-articles/ ↗
Source Article
Citerer AI-modeller videoer mere end skrevne artikler?
Original Research
AmICited
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Methodology
AmICited monitored 1,905 prompts (24 Jun 2026 – 23 Jul 2026); 510 of 19,279 responses cited video pages; citation determined by cited URLs (youtube.com, vimeo.com, dailymotion.com), no page fetching
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AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews): 2.6% video citation rate. Source: AmICited (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-search-video-citation-rate-2026
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