Proof & authorship record
Google AI Overviews Citation Report 2026: Which Domains Win Which Niches
Which domains dominate AI Overviews in SaaS, finance, health, and local services? A breakdown of citation share across 8 verticals — and what the winners do differently.
- My role
- Sole researcher and author
- Period
- Published 2026-05-08
- Last verified
- 2026-08-01
What I personally did
- Designed the research question and the sampling method.
- Collected and graded the data personally — no outsourced or scraped third-party dataset.
- Wrote every word of the published piece and maintain it after publication.
How the numbers were measured
- A fixed query set run from a consistent locale and device profile, sampled on scheduled dates rather than ad hoc.
- Citation domains recorded per query and rolled up by niche; no estimated or modelled data in the counts.
Evidence you can check
Query set and sampling dates
Documented in the report so anyone can re-run the same measurement.
Verification: Open the report and re-run the queries — AI Overviews are publicly observable.
Open source
What this record does not prove
AI Overviews vary by locale, personalisation, and rollout stage. Figures describe the sampled window, not a permanent state.
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