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24.5%
24.5% -- share of citations from first sentence of paragraph for ChatGPT citations (2026)
24.5% of citations come from the first sentence of a paragraph.
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Value
24.5%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
1,000
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Growth Memo (Kevin Indig)
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ChatGPT citations: 24.5% share of citations from first sentence of paragraph. Source: Growth Memo (Kevin Indig) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/chatgpt-citations-first-sentence-paragraph
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