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17%
17% -- citation overlap rate for Google top-10 results vs AI answers (Q1 2026)
The overlap between top-10 Google rankings and AI answer citations fell to between 17% and 38% in early 2026.
- Reported as a range of 17% to 38%
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17%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
Q1 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
Rankability
Primary
Tier B
https://www.amicited.com/da/blog/ai-search-visibility-benchmarks-by-industry/ ↗
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AI-søgesynlighedsbenchmarks efter branche
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Rankability
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Methodology
Rankability analysis of 48 months of search data; range 17–38%, midpoint used
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Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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Google top-10 results vs AI answers: 17% citation overlap rate. Source: Rankability (Q1 2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-top10-ai-citation-overlap-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-top10-ai-citation-overlap-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>17%</strong> -- citation overlap rate for Google top-10 results vs AI answers<br><small>Source: Rankability (Q1 2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-top10-ai-citation-overlap-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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