B
Evidence Grade B
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36
36 -- ai search citation count for CrowdStrike and Microsoft Defender (Q2 2026)
CrowdStrike and Microsoft Defender were tied with 36 citations each across ChatGPT and Perplexity.
- Single snapshot testing window (May 13–20, 2026), not a statistical average
- Tested 14 buyer-intent queries across ChatGPT (web browsing disabled) and Perplexity (default mode)
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Value
36
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
Q2 2026
Entity
Sample Size
72
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
AnswerManiac
Primary
Tier A
https://www.answermaniac.ai/research/state-of-ai-search-cybersecurity ↗
Source Article
State of AI Search: Cybersecurity — Q2 2026 Report
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AnswerManiac
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Methodology
Sum of appearances across 14 buyer-intent queries and both engines (ChatGPT GPT-4o, Perplexity Sonar Pro), May 13–20, 2026
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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CrowdStrike and Microsoft Defender: 36 ai search citation count. Source: AnswerManiac (Q2 2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/crowdstrike-defender-ai-citations-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/crowdstrike-defender-ai-citations-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>36</strong> -- ai search citation count for CrowdStrike and Microsoft Defender<br><small>Source: AnswerManiac (Q2 2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/crowdstrike-defender-ai-citations-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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