B
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2.2%
2.2% -- citation stability rate for ChatGPT citations (2026)
Only 2.2% of citations remain stable across three identical ChatGPT prompt runs from a dataset of 815,000 prompt-page pairs.
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Value
2.2%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
815,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
betteraisearch.com
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Tier B
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Dataset of 815,000 prompt-page pairs
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ChatGPT citations: 2.2% citation stability rate. Source: betteraisearch.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/chatgpt-citation-stability-2-2pct
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/chatgpt-citation-stability-2-2pct" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>2.2%</strong> -- citation stability rate for ChatGPT citations<br><small>Source: betteraisearch.com (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/chatgpt-citation-stability-2-2pct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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