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83.3% -- percentage of ai overview citations beyond top ten results for AI Overview citations (2025-09)
In September 2025, BrightEdge reported that 83.3% of AI Overview citations came from beyond the top ten search results.
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83.3%
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Percentage
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2025-09
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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BrightEdge
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https://seovendor.co/how-agencies-can-control-ai-answer-visibility-for-clients/ ↗
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How Agencies Can Control AI Answer Visibility for Clients
Recent surveys show over 60% of adults use AI tools, so you need a system to shape client answer visibility. That raises new stakes. As a result, you need to watch each platform and track visibility over time.
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AI Overview citations: 83.3% percentage of ai overview citations beyond top ten results. Source: BrightEdge (2025-09). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai_overview_citations
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai_overview_citations" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>83.3%</strong> -- percentage of ai overview citations beyond top ten results for AI Overview citations<br><small>Source: BrightEdge (2025-09) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai_overview_citations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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