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Free, fresh data on how ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews actually pick the brands they cite — drawn from 1M+ analyzed citations, prompts, and responses.

Each report digs into a single question: top-cited domains per engine, the content formats that earn citations, how source mixes shift week-on-week, and where Reddit, LinkedIn, and YouTube fit in the new AI-search stack.

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Cloudflare Is Locking 1-in-5 Sites Out of AI Engines — June 2026

Jun 1, 2026

Cloudflare sits in front of 22.4% of the web. Since 'Content Independence Day' (Jul 1, 2025), every new Cloudflare domain blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and Grok by default. 1M+ customers have enabled the block — most without realizing it.

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Google Is Pulling Reddit Into Business Profiles — May 2026

May 22, 2026

Google now surfaces Reddit threads inside Business Profiles, AI Overviews, AI Mode and organic SERPs. One unmonitored thread can shape your brand's first impression across every discovery surface at once.

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Where AI Cites YouTube — May 2026

May 15, 2026

22,781 YouTube citations analysed across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok and AI Overviews. Videos dominate at 95.74%; Shorts barely register. Grok and Gemini split 76.6% of all YouTube citations; ChatGPT cites YouTube 49 times — out of 1.6M.

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Where AI Cites LinkedIn — May 2026

May 7, 2026

9,767 LinkedIn citations analysed across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok and AI Overviews. Posts and Pulse articles drive 67%. Grok dominates LinkedIn citations across AI models.

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Where AI Cites Reddit for Fintech & B2B Research — April 2026

April 30, 2026

238,660 Reddit citations analysed across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and AI Overviews. Top 10 subreddits captured ~90%. Finance communities alone drove ~19% of B2B-relevant citations.

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AEO Readiness of Sites — April 2026

April 27, 2026

Only 10% of the sites are actually positioned to be the source ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, or Google's AI Overview pull from when a buyer asks a question.

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