B
Evidence Grade B
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44%
44% -- share of queries with live web search for ChatGPT (2026)
ChatGPT performed a live web search on approximately 44% of tested queries in a 270-query experiment.
- Based on a test sample of 270 queries across three B2B software categories
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Value
44%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
270
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ayomide Joseph
Primary
Tier B
https://www.ayomidejoseph.com/blog/ai-search-visibility ↗
Source Article
The Measurement Problem: Why There Is Still No Standard Way to Measure AI Search Visibility
Original Research
Ayomide Joseph
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Methodology
Author's Query Fan-Out Experiment: 270 queries across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity in 3 B2B software categories
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ChatGPT: 44% share of queries with live web search. Source: Ayomide Joseph (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/query-fanout-chatgpt-search-rate
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/query-fanout-chatgpt-search-rate" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>44%</strong> -- share of queries with live web search for ChatGPT<br><small>Source: Ayomide Joseph (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/query-fanout-chatgpt-search-rate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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