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llms.txt GeneratorHow often do docs get cited by AI?
Domains in the current docs map account for 0.18% of citation appearances. That is a partial category result, not a complete measure of documentation pages across the web.
The key numbers.
- Docs category share
- Partial hand-maintained source classification.
- 0.18%
- Citation appearances
- 80,769,585 appearances in the verified October 14, 2026 snapshot.
- 80.8M
The domain taxonomy cannot identify every documentation page, so this figure should be read narrowly.
The evidence.
Source
AI Citation Index
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Docs category share Partial hand-maintained source classification. | 0.18% |
| Citation appearances 80,769,585 appearances in the verified October 14, 2026 snapshot. | 80.8M |
Population and method
Built from 80,769,585 citation appearances across 725,777 unique domains in the latest valid snapshot for 1,928 tracked brands, observed from October 3, 2025 to October 14, 2026.
Where the evidence stops
The index is a changing panel of tracked brands and prompts, not a random sample of all AI responses.
Domain share is observational. It does not establish causal influence or reveal the full retrieval set.
The hand-maintained source taxonomy is partial: 88.40% of citation appearances remain in “other”.
Model attribution, response-level citation denominators, geography, raw prompts, and raw responses are not retained in the public aggregate.
What to do with this
- Audit the domains that already dominate your category and decide which ones are realistic citation targets.
- Build source-worthy pages for the query shapes where AI is already citing third parties.
- Treat reference, review, and social sources as part of your AI visibility surface, not as noise.
This answer matters because it turns a study finding into an operating rule teams can use when they decide what to publish, refresh, or measure next.
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Source study: Citation Sources“Domains in the current docs map account for 0.18% of citation appearances. That is a partial category result, not a complete measure of documentation pages across the web.”
Mack Grenfell · How often do docs get cited by AI?
AI Citation Index · Trakkr Research · Updated 14 October 2026