2.8% of AI answer citations point to YouTube.
YouTube is the most-cited domain across 80,769,585 citations and 725,777 domains in the Trakkr Citation Index. No single domain gets more than 3 in 100.
Which domains do AI answers cite most?
Share of observed AI answer citations, by domain.
50 published rows. Snapshot from 14 Oct 2026. The bars use one scale from zero; the JSON and CSV keep the source precision.
| Rank | Domain | Citation share | Citations | Unique URLs | Brands | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | youtube.com | 2,222,347 | 124,535 | 1,402 | Social | |
| #2 | google.com | 1,261,575 | 90,439 | 916 | Other | |
| #3 | reddit.com | 1,214,720 | 61,476 | 1,589 | Social | |
| #4 | en.wikipedia.org | 1,088,242 | 26,595 | 1,814 | Reference | |
| #5 | linkedin.com | 552,308 | 37,284 | 1,409 | Social | |
| #6 | facebook.com | 402,122 | 26,578 | 1,144 | Social | |
| #7 | edmunds.com | 310,979 | 8,730 | 121 | Other | |
| #8 | pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | 307,943 | 12,877 | 503 | Academic | |
| #9 | cars.com | 273,700 | 7,762 | 128 | Other | |
| #10 | instagram.com | 234,503 | 17,901 | 1,009 | Social | |
| #11 | forbes.com | 224,530 | 6,985 | 1,088 | News | |
| #12 | g2.com | 217,347 | 10,022 | 752 | Reviews | |
| #13 | kbb.com | 207,017 | 4,356 | 130 | Other | |
| #14 | gartner.com | 203,347 | 7,257 | 600 | Other | |
| #15 | autotrader.com | 191,004 | 6,029 | 106 | Other | |
| #16 | cargurus.com | 169,712 | 5,222 | 113 | Other | |
| #17 | carfax.com | 156,260 | 3,545 | 111 | Other | |
| #18 | techradar.com | 152,000 | 2,842 | 837 | Tech | |
| #19 | play.google.com | 151,613 | 8,301 | 556 | App_stores | |
| #20 | yelp.com | 143,171 | 4,380 | 323 | Reviews | |
| #21 | clutch.co | 142,238 | 4,193 | 346 | Other | |
| #22 | dealerrater.com | 138,913 | 2,756 | 101 | Other | |
| #23 | f6s.com | 138,528 | 5,701 | 758 | Other | |
| #24 | apps.apple.com | 135,939 | 8,148 | 584 | App_stores | |
| #25 | caranddriver.com | 125,656 | 2,525 | 141 | Other | |
| #26 | worldmetrics.org | 124,229 | 5,362 | 582 | Other | |
| #27 | truecar.com | 114,217 | 2,705 | 104 | Other | |
| #28 | caredge.com | 101,585 | 1,316 | 104 | Other | |
| #29 | wifitalents.com | 99,405 | 5,090 | 592 | Other | |
| #30 | tripadvisor.com | 94,232 | 3,703 | 149 | Reviews | |
| #31 | gitnux.org | 88,982 | 4,783 | 586 | Other | |
| #32 | nerdwallet.com | 87,398 | 2,544 | 311 | Other | |
| #33 | consumerreports.org | 87,019 | 1,953 | 274 | Reviews | |
| #34 | medium.com | 86,498 | 6,361 | 789 | Social | |
| #35 | zipdo.co | 77,591 | 3,745 | 546 | Other | |
| #36 | sciencedirect.com | 77,317 | 4,881 | 477 | Academic | |
| #37 | dqsglobal.com | 75,946 | 1,766 | 17 | Other | |
| #38 | capitalone.com | 73,512 | 2,458 | 148 | Other | |
| #39 | amazon.com | 66,318 | 4,683 | 296 | Ecommerce | |
| #40 | toyota.com | 66,188 | 1,695 | 66 | Other | |
| #41 | guideflow.com | 65,303 | 1,159 | 437 | Other | |
| #42 | salesforce.com | 65,172 | 2,445 | 406 | Other | |
| #43 | quora.com | 65,039 | 4,357 | 757 | Social | |
| #44 | landroverusa.com | 62,943 | 255 | 35 | Other | |
| #45 | iseecars.com | 59,471 | 1,254 | 93 | Other | |
| #46 | capterra.com | 59,458 | 3,131 | 480 | Reviews | |
| #47 | learn.g2.com | 59,263 | 764 | 481 | Reviews | |
| #48 | gov.uk | 57,085 | 2,024 | 197 | Other | |
| #49 | shopify.com | 56,863 | 2,126 | 260 | Ecommerce | |
| #50 | ibm.com | 56,188 | 2,562 | 344 | Other |
- Citations
- 80,769,585
- Unique domains
- 725,777
- Brands analyzed
- 1,928
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How this benchmark is built
Citation share is calculated from the Trakkr Citation Index across observed AI answer citations.
The public snapshot includes the top source domains plus aggregate metadata from the latest slim index.
Unique URL and brand counts show how broadly a domain is cited, not just how often it appears.
Coverage window: 2025-10-03 to 2026-10-14.
- Snapshot updated
- 14 October 2026
- Generated
- 14 October 2026
- Published rows
- 50
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
Data sources
Open dataset under CC BY 4.0. Keep the definition and source date with any quoted figure.
Questions, answered.
Definitions and publication limits for this dataset.
Citation source share is the percentage of observed AI answer citations that point to a domain within the Trakkr Citation Index.
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Out of every 100 citations
- nike.com products59146%
- nike.com help28222%
- runrepeat.com23118%
- reddit.com18014%
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