B
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17%
17% -- ugc url citation share for User-generated platforms (AI search systems) (2026-06)
User-generated platforms account for 17% to 23% of all retrieved URLs across tested AI search systems.
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Value
17%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-06
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Cornell Tech / arXiv
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Tier A
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Cornell Tech / arXiv
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Methodology
Range 17-23%, midpoint used; Reddit 54-71% of UGC citations; Cornell Tech/arXiv
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User-generated platforms (AI search systems): 17% ugc url citation share. Source: Cornell Tech / arXiv (2026-06). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ugc-platforms-retrieved-urls-17-23pct
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