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11%

11% -- domain citation overlap for ChatGPT (2026)

2026  · Lafferty (nicklafferty.com)

Only 11% of domains cited by ChatGPT are also cited by Perplexity.

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Value
11%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
ChatGPT
B
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61/100 confidence

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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Lafferty (nicklafferty.com) Primary Tier B
https://turboaudit.ai/perplexity-monitoring ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl
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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Lafferty 2026 cross-engine citation asymmetry analysis

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ChatGPT: 11% domain citation overlap. Source: Lafferty (nicklafferty.com) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/chatgpt-perplexity-domain-overlap-11
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