B
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15%
15% -- citation rate of retrieved pages for ChatGPT (2026)
15% of the pages retrieved by ChatGPT during answer generation are actually cited in the final response.
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Value
15%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
15,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
AirOps
Primary
Tier B
https://dont-feed-the-algorithm.beehiiv.com/p/don-t-feed-the-algorithm-issue-043 ↗
Source Article
Don't Feed The Algorithm: Issue 043
🐊 Editor's Note
Hey there,
Welcome back to another Don’t Feed The Algorithm, your weekly dispatch from Averi — where we explore the intersections of marketing, AI and the future of work.
This week's biggest number isn't a revenue figure or a user count. It's 85%.
That's how much content ChatGPT retr…
Original Research
AirOps
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Methodology
AirOps study analyzing 548,534 pages retrieved across 15,000 prompts
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Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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ChatGPT: 15% citation rate of retrieved pages. Source: AirOps (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/chatgpt-retrieved-pages-cited-airops
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