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1.4%
1.4% -- ai citation share for X.com on Grok (2026)
X.com is the twelfth most-cited domain on Grok, accounting for 1.4% of mentions / domain citations.
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1.4%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Sample Size
1,900,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ahrefs
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Tier B
https://rctrl.com/blog/twitter-x-threads-that-rank-ai-search ↗
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X Threads That Rank in AI Search: What Works Now
On Grok, X's own AI engine, X.com is the twelfth most-cited domain, with 1.4% of mentions. On ChatGPT and Perplexity it doesn't crack the top 25 at all. That's a rough opening if you bought the "post threads, get cited by AI" pitch, but it's the truth, and the actual playbook gets clearer once you a…
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Ahrefs 1.9M-query analysis of Grok cited domains
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