B
Evidence Grade B
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86%
86% -- share of ai citations from brand managed sources for AI citation engines (2026)
86% of AI citations analyzed come from brand-managed sources.
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Value
86%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
6,800,000
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.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Yext
Primary
Tier C
https://www.amicited.com/blog/50-reviews-threshold-ai-citation/ ↗
Source Article
The 50+ Reviews Threshold: Minimum Volume for AI Citation Consideration
Original Research
Yext
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Methodology
Yext analysis of 6.8M AI citations
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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AI citation engines: 86% share of ai citations from brand managed sources. Source: Yext (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/yext-ai-citations-brand-managed
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