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5.6%
5.6% -- ai overview citation share for YouTube (2026)
YouTube accounts for approximately 5.6% of all AI Overview citations in the Ahrefs dataset.
- Based on Ahrefs dataset of 863,000 keywords
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5.6%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Sample Size
863,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ahrefs
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Tier A
https://www.cognizo.ai/blog/google-ai-overviews-statistics ↗
Source Article
Google AI Overviews statistics for 2026: coverage, click loss and citations
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Furkan Yaman
August 12, 2026
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AI Overviews now appear on more than one in five Google searches. Click-through rate drops by nearly 60% when they do. This roundup pulls together verified 2026 research on AI Overviews coverage, click loss, and citation pa…
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Ahrefs
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Ahrefs dataset of 863,000 keywords
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YouTube: 5.6% ai overview citation share. Source: Ahrefs (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-aio-citation-share
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