B
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510,000
510,000 -- media topic mentions for Artificial Intelligence (2026-01)
Artificial Intelligence was the top tech topic in January 2026, reaching 510,000 mentions in news and blog citations.
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Value
510,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026-01
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Big Valley
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Tier A
https://bigvalley.co/resources/blog/top-conversations-in-tech-january-2026/ ↗
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Top Conversations in Tech: January 2026
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Big Valley
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Methodology
Big Valley topic monitoring of news and blog citations across 270+ topics, data back to March 2019
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Industrymarketing
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Artificial Intelligence: 510,000 media topic mentions. Source: Big Valley (2026-01). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-topic-mentions-510k-jan-2026
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