B
Evidence Grade B
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8.7%
8.7% -- ai overview appearance rate for correctly sized content in AI Overviews (2026)
Correctly sized content appears in 8.7% of AI Overview results.
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Value
8.7%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
amicited.com
Primary
Tier C
https://www.amicited.com/blog/optimal-passage-length-ai-citations/ ↗
Source Article
The Ideal Passage Length for AI Citations: Word Counts by Content Type
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amicited.com
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Methodology
Analysis of AI Overviews cited without named source; comparison baseline 2.1% for poorly sized content
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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correctly sized content in AI Overviews: 8.7% ai overview appearance rate. Source: amicited.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/correctly-sized-content-ai-overview-rate
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