B
Evidence Grade B
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41%
41% -- ai overview citation rate for FAQ schema pages in Google AI Overviews (Q1 2026)
FAQ schema pages have a 41% citation rate in Google AI Overviews, compared to 15% for pages without schema.
- Observational correlation; cannot isolate schema markup from underlying structured content format as the sole cause
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Value
41%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
Q1 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
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Onely
Primary
Tier B
https://betteraisearch.com/tactics/faq-schema-ai-search ↗
Source Article
FAQ Page SEO for AI Search Visibility
Original Research
Onely
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Onely Q1 2026 AI Citation Trends Report; observational study comparing pages with and without FAQ schema
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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FAQ schema pages in Google AI Overviews: 41% ai overview citation rate. Source: Onely (Q1 2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/faq-schema-ai-overview-citation-rate
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