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15.9%
15.9% -- brand citation share for Government and nonprofit industry (2026)
Government and nonprofit is the least brand-reliant industry, with only 15.9% of AI citations coming from brand sites.
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15.9%
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Data Vintage
2026
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Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Profound
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https://www.tryprofound.com/blog/where-do-ai-citations-come-from ↗
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Where do AI citations come from?
AI writes its answers from company websites. The question is whose.
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- Understand your citation mix relative to your industry. Every industry is different: some industries like pharma see only 33% of all citations come from brand media, while others like marketing are far more reliant on it, at…
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IndustryGovernment and nonprofit
RoleAll marketers
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Government and nonprofit industry: 15.9% brand citation share. Source: Profound (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/government-nonprofit-brand-citation-share-15-9
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/government-nonprofit-brand-citation-share-15-9" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>15.9%</strong> -- brand citation share for Government and nonprofit industry<br><small>Source: Profound (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/government-nonprofit-brand-citation-share-15-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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