B
Evidence Grade B
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38%
38% -- citation source share for Google AI Overviews (2026-03)
38% of Google AI Overview citations come from top-10 organic search results according to an Ahrefs March 2026 study.
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Value
38%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-03
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ahrefs
Primary
Tier B
https://turboaudit.ai/perplexity-monitoring ↗
Source Article
Perplexity SEO: 2026 Cornerstone Guide (Ranking Factors, Playbook, Monitoring) | TurboAudit
Perplexity SEO: The 2026 Cornerstone Guide (Ranking Factors, Playbook, Monitoring)
Perplexity SEO is the practice of structuring content so Perplexity AI cites it in generated answers. Perplexity cites 8.2 unique sources per answer (MarGen 2026) with high semantic-relevance and freshness weighting. …
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Ahrefs
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Methodology
Ahrefs study of 863K SERPs / 4M AIO URLs; down from 76% year prior
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Google AI Overviews: 38% citation source share. Source: Ahrefs (2026-03). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/aio-citations-top10-organic-38
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