Are the Pages AI Search Engines Cite Served Over HTTPS?
97% of the pages AI engines cite are HTTPS. Secure serving is effectively table stakes for AI citation.
Arshia Kahani
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In-depth, data-driven reports and statistics on how sources get cited across AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
Arshia Kahani
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Do AI Models Cite Videos More Than Written Articles?
Just 2.6% of AI-search responses cite video pages (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion) — written pages dominate. Full by-engine breakdown with the raw number…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
Do AI Search Engines Cite Homepages or Deep Pages?
Just 18% of the URLs AI engines cite are homepages — the rest are deep, specific pages. AI search rewards depth, not front doors.
Arshia Kahani
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Do AI Search Engines Cite www or Subdomain URLs?
60% of AI-cited URLs sit on a www. host; only 7% live on a non-www subdomain.
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Do AI-Cited Pages Have Good CLS (Visual Stability)?
Pages that AI cites most record a good CLS on 86% of loads, vs 86% for least-cited pages: a modest, correlational edge on top of an already-healthy ba…
Arshia Kahani
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Do AI-Cited Pages Have Good FCP (First Paint)?
Pages that AI cites most record a good FCP on 77% of loads, vs 75% for least-cited pages: a modest, correlational edge on top of an already-healthy ba…
Arshia Kahani
7 min read
Do AI-Cited Pages Have Good INP (Responsiveness)?
Pages that AI cites most record a good INP on 87% of loads, vs 89% for least-cited pages: a modest, correlational edge on top of an already-healthy ba…
Arshia Kahani
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Do AI-Cited Pages Have Good LCP (Loading Speed)?
Pages that AI cites most record a good LCP on 81% of loads, vs 78% for least-cited pages: a modest, correlational edge on top of an already-healthy ba…
Arshia Kahani
8 min read
Do AI-Cited Pages Load Faster Than the Average Web Page?
Across the cited domains with field data, 58% pass Core Web Vitals overall, and the most-cited group records a good Largest-Contentful-Paint on 81% of…
Arshia Kahani
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Does a Slow Time-to-First-Byte (TTFB) Reduce Citation Chances?
The most-cited domains answer the server faster: a median time-to-first-byte of 804 ms for cited 10+ times, versus 910 ms for pages cited once or twic…
Arshia Kahani
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Does an Overall Website Health Score Predict AI Citation Likelihood?
Bringing the signals together: the most-cited domains average a 76.5/100 performance score and pass Core Web Vitals 60% of the time, versus 74.9 and 5…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
Does ChatGPT or Perplexity Cite Reddit More?
ChatGPT cites Reddit in 7.3% of responses vs Perplexity at 0.0% — head-to-head across 1,905 tracked prompts, with the full by-engine table.
Arshia Kahani
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Does Core Web Vitals Score Correlate With AI Citation Frequency?
Domains that AI engines cite most often (cited 10+ times) pass Core Web Vitals 60% of the time, versus 57% for domains cited only once or twice.
Arshia Kahani
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Does Gemini or ChatGPT Cite YouTube More?
Gemini cites YouTube in 1.1% of responses vs ChatGPT at 0.2% — head-to-head across 1,905 tracked prompts, with the full by-engine table.
Arshia Kahani
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Does Google AI Overviews or Google AI Mode Cite Different Sources?
Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode share 12 of their top 20 cited domains (43% overlap) — how much the two Google AI surfaces differ in sourcing.…
Arshia Kahani
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Does Page Response Time (Site Speed) Affect AI Citation Likelihood?
Faster, better-performing sites are cited somewhat more: the most-cited domains average a 76.5 performance score against 74.9 for the least-cited.
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How Often Do AI Engines Name Brands Without Linking Them?
AI engines name brands far more than they link them: 57% of brand mentions carry no citation link at all.
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How Often Do AI Models Cite PDFs Versus HTML Pages?
Just 0.4% of AI-search responses cite PDF documents — written pages dominate. Full by-engine breakdown with the raw numbers.
Arshia Kahani
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How Often Do Official PDFs/Documents Get Cited by ChatGPT?
ChatGPT cited PDF documents in 0.7% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — breakdown by engine, by site, over time, with the raw numbers.
Arshia Kahani
7 min read
How Often Do Review Sites Get Cited by ChatGPT?
ChatGPT cited review sites in 2.6% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — breakdown by engine, by site, over time, with the raw numbers.
Arshia Kahani
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How Often Do Review Sites Get Cited by Perplexity?
Perplexity cited review sites in 0.6% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — breakdown by engine, by site, over time, with the raw numbers.
Arshia Kahani
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How Often Does LinkedIn Get Cited by ChatGPT?
ChatGPT cited LinkedIn in 0.1% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how LinkedIn ranks among ChatGPT…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Does LinkedIn Get Cited by Gemini?
Gemini cited LinkedIn in 0.0% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how LinkedIn ranks among Gemini’s…
Arshia Kahani
7 min read
How Often Does LinkedIn Get Cited by Google AI Overviews?
Google AI Overviews cited LinkedIn in 1.2% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how LinkedIn ranks a…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Does LinkedIn Get Cited by Perplexity?
Perplexity cited LinkedIn in 0.5% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how LinkedIn ranks among Perp…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Does Reddit Get Cited by ChatGPT?
ChatGPT cited Reddit in 7.3% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how Reddit ranks among ChatGPT’s s…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Does Reddit Get Cited by Gemini?
Gemini cited Reddit in 2.6% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how Reddit ranks among Gemini’s sou…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Does Reddit Get Cited by Google AI Mode?
Google AI Mode cited Reddit in 2.1% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how Reddit ranks among Goog…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Does Reddit Get Cited by Google AI Overviews?
Google AI Overviews cited Reddit in 0.9% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how Reddit ranks among…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Does Reddit Get Cited by Perplexity?
Perplexity cited Reddit in 0.0% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how Reddit ranks among Perplexi…
Arshia Kahani
7 min read
How Often Does YouTube Get Cited by ChatGPT?
ChatGPT cited YouTube in 0.2% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how YouTube ranks among ChatGPT’s…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Does YouTube Get Cited by Gemini?
Gemini cited YouTube in 1.1% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how YouTube ranks among Gemini’s s…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Does YouTube Get Cited by Google AI Mode?
Google AI Mode cited YouTube in 8.1% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how YouTube ranks among Go…
Arshia Kahani
7 min read
How Often Does YouTube Get Cited by Google AI Overviews?
Google AI Overviews cited YouTube in 4.8% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how YouTube ranks amo…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Does YouTube Get Cited by Perplexity?
Perplexity cited YouTube in 0.9% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how YouTube ranks among Perple…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Is HubSpot Mentioned by AI Search Engines?
AI search engines mention HubSpot in 6.2% of their answers to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts — most in Gemini (7.9%), least in Google AI Overviews (…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Is Intercom Mentioned by AI Search Engines?
AI search engines mention Intercom in 4.5% of their answers to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts — most in Gemini (6.0%), least in Google AI Overviews …
Arshia Kahani
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How Often Is Salesforce Mentioned by AI Search Engines?
AI search engines mention Salesforce in 6.0% of their answers to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts — most in Google AI Mode (8.8%), least in Google AI …
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
How Often Is Shopify Mentioned by AI Search Engines?
AI search engines mention Shopify in 10.2% of their answers to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts — most in ChatGPT (11.7%), least in Google AI Overview…
Arshia Kahani
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How Often Is Stripe Mentioned by AI Search Engines?
AI search engines mention Stripe in 3.9% of their answers to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts — most in Gemini (5.8%), least in Google AI Overviews (1…
Arshia Kahani
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How Often Is WooCommerce Mentioned by AI Search Engines?
AI search engines mention WooCommerce in 4.2% of their answers to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts — most in Perplexity (6.0%), least in Google AI Ove…
Arshia Kahani
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How Often Is Zendesk Mentioned by AI Search Engines?
AI search engines mention Zendesk in 8.1% of their answers to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts — most in Google AI Mode (10.3%), least in Google AI Ov…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
Most-Mentioned Brands in AI Search (All Engines)
Across 19,279 AI search responses to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts, Shopify is the most-mentioned brand (10.2%), ahead of Zendesk and HubSpot. Full…
Arshia Kahani
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Most-Mentioned Brands in ChatGPT
Across 5,119 ChatGPT responses to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts, Shopify is the most-mentioned brand (11.7%), ahead of Zendesk and Salesforce. Full…
Arshia Kahani
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Most-Mentioned Brands in Gemini
Across 5,123 Gemini responses to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts, Shopify is the most-mentioned brand (11.0%), ahead of Zendesk and HubSpot. Full top…
Arshia Kahani
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Most-Mentioned Brands in Google AI Mode
Across 3,975 Google AI Mode responses to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts, Shopify is the most-mentioned brand (11.5%), ahead of Zendesk and Salesforc…
Arshia Kahani
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Most-Mentioned Brands in Google AI Overviews
Across 2,010 Google AI Overviews responses to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts, YouTube is the most-mentioned brand (9.0%), ahead of Google and Zendes…
Arshia Kahani
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Most-Mentioned Brands in Perplexity
Across 3,052 Perplexity responses to AmICited’s 1,905 tracked prompts, Shopify is the most-mentioned brand (9.5%), ahead of WooCommerce and Post Affil…
Arshia Kahani
6 min read
Which AI Search Engine Names the Most Brands Per Answer?
Google AI Mode names the most brands per answer (7.3 on average); Google AI Overviews the fewest (3.1).
Arshia Kahani
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Who Gets Cited Most by AI Search in Slovakia?
For Slovakia-region prompts, AI engines cite zlatezrnko.sk most (4.7% of 3,806 responses), ahead of drmax.sk and coffeein.sk. Full top-15 leaderboard …
Arshia Kahani
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Who Gets Cited Most by AI Search in the United Kingdom?
For the United Kingdom-region prompts, AI engines cite klaviyo.com most (5.2% of 753 responses), ahead of salesforce.com and bloomreach.com. Full top-…
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Who Gets Cited Most by AI Search in the United States?
For the United States-region prompts, AI engines cite zendesk.com most (5.5% of 11,674 responses), ahead of reddit.com and youtube.com. Full top-15 le…
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Who Gets Cited Most in ChatGPT for E-Commerce Queries?
The domains ChatGPT cites most for e-commerce queries across AmICited’s tracked prompts — leaderboard with raw counts. shopify.com leads at 72.9%.
Arshia Kahani
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Who Gets Cited Most in ChatGPT for SaaS/Marketing Tool Queries?
The domains ChatGPT cites most for saas & marketing tools queries across AmICited’s tracked prompts — leaderboard with raw counts. zendesk.com leads a…
Arshia Kahani
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Who Gets Cited Most in ChatGPT? (Top 20 Domains, All Verticals)
The domains ChatGPT cites most across 1,905 AmICited tracked prompts — full top-20 leaderboard with raw counts. reddit.com leads at 7.3%.
Arshia Kahani
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Who Gets Cited Most in Gemini? (Top 20 Domains, All Verticals)
The domains Gemini cites most across 1,905 AmICited tracked prompts — full top-20 leaderboard with raw counts. reddit.com leads at 2.6%.
Arshia Kahani
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Who Gets Cited Most in Google AI Overviews? (Top 20 Domains, All Verticals)
The domains Google AI Overviews cites most across 1,905 AmICited tracked prompts — full top-20 leaderboard with raw counts. youtube.com leads at 4.8%.…
Arshia Kahani
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Who Gets Cited Most in Perplexity? (Top 20 Domains, All Verticals)
The domains Perplexity cites most across 1,905 AmICited tracked prompts — full top-20 leaderboard with raw counts. hz-containers.com leads at 2.0%.
Arshia Kahani
5 min read
Why Does Instagram Almost Never Get Cited by AI Search?
Google AI Mode cites Instagram in 2.3% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts. The real numbers, by engine and over time, plus a careful, data-grou…
Arshia Kahani
7 min read
Why Does LinkedIn Barely Get Cited by AI Search Engines?
Google AI Mode cites LinkedIn in 3.3% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts. The real numbers, by engine and over time, plus a careful, data-groun…
Arshia Kahani
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