Google AI Overview Citation Share - January 2026
The Most Cited Domains on
AI Overviews in January 2026
Based on 568,499 prompts and 5,585,499 citations tracked from Jan 1 - Jan 31, 2026. Citations aretracked from search responses using Google AI Overviews (inline/side panel).
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We collect millions of prompt responses, citations, and click data from the actual user interfaces of major AI platforms — over 1 billion data points and growing. This gives us one of the largest and most authentic datasets on how AI search engines cite sources and recommend brands.
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We collect data from the interfaces of ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, AI Overviews, and more — the same results hundreds of millions of users see daily.
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We publish these reports freely so the GEO and AI search community can learn from the data. All reports are based on aggregated, non-identifiable trends.
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