B
Evidence Grade B
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248,000
248,000 -- posts analyzed for Reddit (2026)
An analysis examined 248,000 Reddit posts to identify AI citation patterns.
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Value
248,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
248,000
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.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Akselera
Primary
Tier B
https://akselera.tech/en/insights/guides/chatgpt-optimization-guide ↗
Source Article
ChatGPT Optimization 2026: Get Cited & Recommended
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Akselera
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Methodology
Corpus size of Reddit posts analyzed for AI citation patterns
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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Reddit: 248,000 posts analyzed. Source: Akselera (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/reddit-posts-ai-citation-analysis
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