B
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88%
88% -- share of ai summaries citing three or more sources for AI-generated search summaries (2026)
Around 88% of AI-generated summaries cite three or more sources rather than just one.
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88%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Pew Research Center
Primary
Tier C
https://asiamediastudio.com/fr/insights/beyond-the-pixels-what-seo-content-work-actually-looks-like-… ↗
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Beyond the Pixels: What SEO Content Work Actually Looks Like at AMS
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Pew Research Center
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Cited from Pew Research Center research on AI summaries
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AI-generated search summaries: 88% share of ai summaries citing three or more sources. Source: Pew Research Center (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-summaries-three-plus-sources-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-summaries-three-plus-sources-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>88%</strong> -- share of ai summaries citing three or more sources for AI-generated search summaries<br><small>Source: Pew Research Center (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-summaries-three-plus-sources-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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