B
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16%
16% -- share of citations for Gemini (2025-2026)
Blogs and guides account for 16–17% of Gemini citations in Spotlight's analysis of 1.2 million citations.
- Reported as a range of 16–17% in the source text.
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Value
16%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025-2026
Entity
Sample Size
1,200,000
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
Spotlight
Primary
Tier B
https://wordpattern.org/blogs/what-content-llms-cite/ ↗
Source Article
Here’s something most content teams haven’t fully internalized: 57% of all LLM citations in branded queries go to reviews, forums, and third-party social proof, not your blog, not your product pages, and definitely not your About Us page. Omniscient Digital held that number up against 23,000+ AI cit…
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Spotlight
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Methodology
Range 16-17%, midpoint used; Spotlight analysis of 1.2 million citations across 8 LLMs
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
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Gemini: 16% share of citations. Source: Spotlight (2025-2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/gemini-blogs-guides-citations
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