B
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44%
44% -- share of ai citations from first party websites for AI-generated answers (2026)
According to Yext's research of 6.8 million AI citations, 44% of AI citations come from first-party websites.
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Value
44%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
6,800,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Yext
Primary
Tier B
https://www.amicited.com/blog/original-research-ai-citations-visibility-boost/ ↗
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Original Research: The 30-40% Visibility Boost for AI Citations
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Yext
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Methodology
Yext analysis of 6.8 million AI citations
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AI-generated answers: 44% share of ai citations from first party websites. Source: Yext (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/yext-ai-citations-websites-44
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