B
Evidence Grade B
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58%
58% -- cited url share for AI search cited URLs (2026)
58% of all other cited URLs in AI search are cited only once (or once per topic), compared to category comparison pages which achieve broader citation breadth.
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Value
58%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
AirOps
Primary
Tier C
https://betteraisearch.com/tactics/comparison-tables-ai-search ↗
Source Article
Comparison Table SEO for AI Search Citations
Original Research
AirOps
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AirOps study
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AI search cited URLs: 58% cited url share. Source: AirOps (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/cited-urls-once-58
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