B
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34%
34% -- citation growth rate for YouTube (2025)
YouTube's citations in Google AI Overviews climbed 34% over the past six months according to Ahrefs Brand Radar.
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34%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Ahrefs
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https://rubberduckers.co.uk/rank-in-chatgpt-ai-search/ ↗
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How to get your site cited in ChatGPT and AI search
How to get your site cited in ChatGPT and AI search: practical steps and real-world proof
AI search is shaking up website traffic. ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews now pull answers from the web, citing just a handful of sources instead of dumping a pile of links.
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Six-month growth in Google AI Overview citations per Ahrefs Brand Radar
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YouTube: 34% citation growth rate. Source: Ahrefs (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-ai-citation-growth-six-months
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-ai-citation-growth-six-months" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>34%</strong> -- citation growth rate for YouTube<br><small>Source: Ahrefs (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-ai-citation-growth-six-months" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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