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.
In-depth, data-driven reports and statistics on how sources get cited across AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
97% of the pages AI engines cite are HTTPS. Secure serving is effectively table stakes for AI citation.
Just 2.6% of AI-search responses cite video pages (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion) — written pages dominate. Full by-engine breakdown with the raw numbers.
Just 18% of the URLs AI engines cite are homepages — the rest are deep, specific pages. AI search rewards depth, not front doors.
60% of AI-cited URLs sit on a www. host; only 7% live on a non-www subdomain.
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 baseline.
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 baseline.
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 baseline.
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 baseline.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AI engines name brands far more than they link them: 57% of brand mentions carry no citation link at all.
Just 0.4% of AI-search responses cite PDF documents — written pages dominate. Full by-engine breakdown with the raw numbers.
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.
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.
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.
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’s sources...
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 sources....
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 among Googl...
Perplexity cited LinkedIn in 0.5% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how LinkedIn ranks among Perplexity’s s...
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 sources....
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 sources.
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 Google AI Mode...
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 Google AI...
Perplexity cited Reddit in 0.0% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how Reddit ranks among Perplexity’s sourc...
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 sources....
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 sources....
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 Google AI Mo...
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 among Google ...
Perplexity cited YouTube in 0.9% of responses across 1,905 tracked prompts — full by-engine breakdown, raw numbers, and how YouTube ranks among Perplexity’s sou...
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 (2.0%), a...
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 (1.4%), ...
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 Overview...
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 Overviews (2.9%)...
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 (1.2%), an...
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 Overviews (...
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 Overviews ...
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 top-20
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 top-20
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-20 with
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 Salesforce. Full
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 Zendesk. Full
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 Affiliate Pro
Google AI Mode names the most brands per answer (7.3 on average); Google AI Overviews the fewest (3.1).
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 with cou
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-15 leade
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 leaderboar
The domains ChatGPT cites most for e-commerce queries across AmICited’s tracked prompts — leaderboard with raw counts. shopify.com leads at 72.9%.
The domains ChatGPT cites most for saas & marketing tools queries across AmICited’s tracked prompts — leaderboard with raw counts. zendesk.com leads at 15.3%....
The domains ChatGPT cites most across 1,905 AmICited tracked prompts — full top-20 leaderboard with raw counts. reddit.com leads at 7.3%.
The domains Gemini cites most across 1,905 AmICited tracked prompts — full top-20 leaderboard with raw counts. reddit.com leads at 2.6%.
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%.
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%.
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-grounded read ...
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-grounded read o...
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