B
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17%
17% -- share of ai citations for articles (2026-03)
Articles account for 17% of cited content types across AI Mode, ChatGPT, and Perplexity.
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17%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-03
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Wix
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Tier B
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AI search converts 5x the rate of Google - but 62% of brands are invisible to it. Here's how to optimise for ChatGPT, Perplexity. - Nicola Ziady
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