B
Evidence Grade B
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50%
50% -- share of citations from 2025 content for Perplexity (2026)
Approximately 50% of Perplexity citations link to content published in 2025 alone.
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Evidence graded
Value
50%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
5,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Seer Interactive
Primary
Tier B
https://betteraisearch.com/tactics/perplexity-citations-ai-search ↗
Source Article
Perplexity SEO for AI Search Citations
Original Research
Seer Interactive
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Methodology
Seer Interactive analysis of 5,000+ URLs
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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Perplexity: 50% share of citations from 2025 content. Source: Seer Interactive (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/perplexity-citations-2025-content-share
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