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2.3%
2.3% -- reddit citation share for Google AI Overviews (2026)
Reddit accounted for 2.3% of Google AI Overview citations in a Profound analysis of over 1 billion citations across ten AI surfaces.
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2.3%
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Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Profound (reported by Axios)
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Tier B
https://upvote.net/blog/reddit-ai-search ↗
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How Reddit Influences AI Search Results
How Reddit Influences AI Search Results for Brands
Table of Contents▼
- Why does Reddit appear in AI search results?
- How often do AI tools cite Reddit?
- What does the Google and Reddit partnership change?
- How do Perplexity, ChatGPT, and Google AI Overviews use Reddit?
- What Reddit content can …
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Analysis of more than 1 billion citations across ten AI surfaces
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Google AI Overviews: 2.3% reddit citation share. Source: Profound (reported by Axios) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/reddit-share-google-ai-overview-citations
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