B
Evidence Grade B
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Current
20%
20% -- volatile citation share threshold for AI search visibility (repeat runs) (2026)
A citation share or presence below roughly 20% across repeat runs signals volatility-driven noise rather than reliable visibility.
- Defined as a practitioner working band / benchmark threshold
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Evidence graded
Value
20%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
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
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
AI visibility trackers (aggregated)
Primary
Tier C
https://aiboost.co.uk/cross-engine-consistency-audit-uk/ ↗
Source Article
The Cross
Original Research
AI visibility trackers (aggregated)
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Practitioner benchmark; presence below 20% of repeat runs treated as noise
Methodology documented
Segmentation
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AI search visibility (repeat runs): 20% volatile citation share threshold. Source: AI visibility trackers (aggregated) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/volatile-citation-share-threshold-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/volatile-citation-share-threshold-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>20%</strong> -- volatile citation share threshold for AI search visibility (repeat runs)<br><small>Source: AI visibility trackers (aggregated) (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/volatile-citation-share-threshold-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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