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44% -- llm citation share from article intro for LLM citations (2026)
44% of LLM citations are pulled from the first 30% of an article.
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44%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Omniscient
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LLM citations: 44% llm citation share from article intro. Source: Omniscient (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/llm-citations-first-30-percent-44
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