EdenRank AI Citation Index (live)
We analysed 40,746 source citations across 4,499 domains in AI answers. AI assistants most often cite youtube.com. The full ranking is below, measured across Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity.
The sources AI assistants cite most
| # | Source | Type | Citation Share | Source Breadth | Engines observed citing it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | youtube.com | Other | 4.4% | 2 brands | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 2 | reddit.com | Forum / community | 1.3% | 2 brands | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 3 | facebook.com | Other | 0.2% | 2 brands | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 4 | mdpi.com | Other | 0.0% | 2 brands | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 5 | linkedin.com | Other | 2.1% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 6 | google.com | Other | 1.6% | 1 brand | ai_mode |
| 7 | frase.io | Other | 1.1% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 8 | trysight.ai | Other | 1.0% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 9 | airops.com | Other | 0.9% | 1 brand | ai_mode, perplexity |
| 10 | llmpulse.ai | Other | 0.9% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 11 | useomnia.com | Other | 0.9% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 12 | dageno.ai | Other | 0.8% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 13 | cognizo.ai | Other | 0.8% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 14 | maxaeo.ai | Other | 0.8% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 15 | semrush.com | Other | 0.7% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 16 | otterly.ai | Other | 0.7% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 17 | citedindex.com | Other | 0.7% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 18 | deepsmith.ai | Other | 0.7% | 1 brand | perplexity |
| 19 | aiclicks.io | Other | 0.6% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 20 | tryprofound.com | Other | 0.6% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 21 | visibilitystack.ai | Other | 0.6% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 22 | blog.hubspot.com | Other | 0.5% | 1 brand | ai_mode, perplexity |
| 23 | amicited.com | Other | 0.5% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 24 | position.digital | Other | 0.5% | 1 brand | ai_mode, ai_overviews, perplexity |
| 25 | spawned.com | Other | 0.5% | 1 brand | perplexity |
What kinds of sources AI assistants trust
| Source type | Sources in the top 25 |
|---|---|
| Other | 24 |
| Forum / community | 1 |
How we measure this
The brand-scoped component is recomputed from the trailing 30 days. The market component accumulates qualified AI-answer source appearances from bounded Perplexity probe cycles under method niche-ai-answer-probe-v1. Citation Share uses all qualified source appearances shown in this report as its denominator; it is a descriptive panel measure, not an estimate of every AI answer on the web. Only public source domains are published, never an individual customer's name or private metrics.
About the AI Citation Index
The AI Citation Index ranks the web sources that AI assistants cite most when they answer real buyer questions. For each source we report two numbers. Citation Share is the percentage of all qualified source appearances that point to that source. Source Breadth is the number of distinct measured brands whose answers surface it. A source that scores high on both is one the models lean on broadly, not just inside a single answer.
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Niche editions
The same measured index, scoped to one niche per page: