B
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12%
12% -- share of top 10 organic results cited for Google AI Mode (2026)
Google AI Mode cites only 12% of top-10 organic search results.
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12%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
SE Ranking
Primary
Tier B
https://betteraisearch.com/tactics/fan-out-queries-geo ↗
Source Article
Fan-Out Query Coverage for AI Search
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SE Ranking
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Methodology
Google AI Overviews cite 38% for comparison
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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Google AI Mode: 12% share of top 10 organic results cited. Source: SE Ranking (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-ai-mode-top10-citation-rate
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