B
Evidence Grade B
Graded
accuracy verified by the review judge
Safe to Cite
Current
16%
16% -- share of ai answers citing source for YouTube (Q1 2026)
YouTube appeared in nearly 16% of AI-generated answers in Q1 2026 according to tracking studies.
- Source states 'nearly 16%' ('næsten 16 %')
Attribution:
View source
Lighthouse Research Team
Last verified:
·
How we verify data →
Source verified
Evidence graded
Value
16%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
Q1 2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
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
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
amicited.com
Primary
Tier B
https://www.amicited.com/da/how-to/get-cited-by-ai-that-never-heard-of-you/ ↗
Source Article
Sådan bliver du citeret af AI-modeller, der aldrig har hørt om dig
Original Research
amicited.com
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Tracking studies; YouTube overtook Reddit as most-cited source for AI-generated answers in Q1 2026
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
Cite this stat
Plain Text
YouTube: 16% share of ai answers citing source. Source: amicited.com (Q1 2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-most-cited-ai-source-q1-2026
HTML Embed
<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-most-cited-ai-source-q1-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>16%</strong> -- share of ai answers citing source for YouTube<br><small>Source: amicited.com (Q1 2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-most-cited-ai-source-q1-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
Share
Use this data in your work
Copy the citation, embed the widget, or explore thousands more verified marketing statistics -- all free.