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16.7%
16.7% -- article citation share for AI search engines (2026)
Articles account for 16.7% of citations across AI search engines.
- Analyzed 75,000 AI answers and over 1 million citations across ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, and Perplexity
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Value
16.7%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Sample Size
75,000
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.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Wix Studio AI Search Lab
Primary
Tier B
https://www.answermaniac.ai/blog/chatgpt-citation-playbook-b2b ↗
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Wix Studio AI Search Lab
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Wix Studio AI Search Lab analysis
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AI search engines: 16.7% article citation share. Source: Wix Studio AI Search Lab (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/article-ai-citation-share
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