AI Search Statistics
How Often Do AI Engines Actually Cite a Website?
Real citation-rate data from our own production GEO tracking — not a survey, not a vendor claim. Refreshed monthly as more tracked checks land. Rows below a sample size of 30 are marked as not yet statistically reliable rather than hidden.
Monthly citation rate by provider
The series so far
No monthly snapshot has been computed yet — this series fills in as tracked GEO citation checks accumulate. Check back after the next monthly refresh.
Sentiment classification was added part-way through tracking, so the three sentiment counts don't necessarily sum to the sample size for earlier months.
Methodology
Where this data comes from
Every row is aggregated from real GEO citation checks run against tracked keywords across KinetixSEO customer accounts — the same checks that power each customer's own AI Visibility dashboard. A citation rate below 30 checks in a given month is marked unreliable rather than dropped, so a thin early month never silently disappears from the series once volume catches up. See the full scoring methodology.
Track your own AI citation rate
Start with a free GEO Readiness check, then track whether ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity actually cite your site over time.