B
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53%
53% -- agencies agreeing ai is significant threat for agencies (2025)
53% of agencies perceive AI as a significant threat in 2025, up from 44% in 2024.
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53%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Sparktoro
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Tier B
https://arvow.com/blog/seo-agency-statistics-2026 ↗
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Sparktoro
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Sparktoro survey, up from 44% in 2024
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agencies: 53% agencies agreeing ai is significant threat. Source: Sparktoro (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-threat-agencies-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-threat-agencies-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>53%</strong> -- agencies agreeing ai is significant threat for agencies<br><small>Source: Sparktoro (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-threat-agencies-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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