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Benchmarks and studies on how AI answer engines cite the web. All numbers are sourced, dated, and free to quote with attribution to Internet Monkeez.

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AI Citation Benchmark 2026: Who Gets Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews

We ran 500 buyer-intent prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Claude in Q2 2026. This benchmark reports which content types get cited most, how often big brands beat niche sites, and the average number of sources each engine cites per answer.

n = 500Published Jul 2026