B
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76%
76% -- overlap between google top10 and ai citation sources for Google search results vs AI citations (2026)
The initial overlap between Google's top ten results and AI citation sources was 76% before dropping to 38% over six months.
- Represents the baseline/starting overlap percentage before dropping to 38% over a six-month period
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76%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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AI Recommended
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Tier C
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Consistent publishing. Backlinks built. Meta descriptions optimized. Page one – finally yours.
Then your traffic dropped. Your leads dried up.
… but your Google rankings didn’t change.
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Overlap declined from 76% to 38% over six months
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Google search results vs AI citations: 76% overlap between google top10 and ai citation sources. Source: AI Recommended (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-ai-citation-overlap-drop-2026
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