B
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12%
12% -- median ai overview citation share of voice for Sprout Sage Solutions client cohort (2026-04)
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Value
12%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-04
Entity
Sample Size
9
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Sprout Sage Solutions
Primary
Tier B
https://sproutsagesolutions.com/how-to-rank-in-google-ai-overviews-2026/ ↗
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Sprout Sage Solutions
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Methodology
Median across 9 client sites; baseline 12% in Jan 2025
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Industrymarketing
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Sprout Sage Solutions client cohort: 12% median ai overview citation share of voice. Source: Sprout Sage Solutions (2026-04). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/citation-share-growth-12-to-41
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