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AEO Citation Tracker.

We run queries across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude weekly, track which brands and pages get cited, and publish the share-of-voice data publicly. This is the live methodology, the current numbers, and everything we’ve learned so far.

EXP_01aeo.metautomaticv0.4.2Updated · Apr 28
Key Findings · EXP_01
F_0152%Perplexity citation rateHighest of 4 engines tested
F_0241%Claude citation rateFastest to respond to schema changes
F_0334%ChatGPT citation rateMost traffic volume when cited
F_0418%Gemini citation rateSlowest to update after changes
F_0511Days to first citationAfter structured data implementation
F_0614.2%AI-cited traffic conversionvs 2.8% Google organic
The Question

What does it actually take to get cited by an AI?

Traditional SEO tells you how to rank in a list of ten blue links. AEO is a different problem: a single AI response either names you or doesn’t. There is no page two. Understanding the citation mechanics across different LLMs is the only way to engineer for that outcome.

We started this tracker because clients kept asking "why does ChatGPT never mention us?" — and nobody had a methodology to answer that. So we built one.

Every week we run 200+ standardised queries across four AI engines, log which sources get cited and in what context, and surface patterns in what drives inclusion vs. omission.

Methodology
  • 200+ queries per engine per week, across 12 verticals
  • Queries standardised to three intent types: informational, comparative, best-of
  • Citation logged with engine, query, cited URL, and position in response
  • Share-of-voice calculated per domain per category per engine
  • Structured markup presence flagged for each cited page
  • Freshness signal tracked (page last-modified vs. citation date)
  • All raw data published weekly in the open dataset
Current State · Apr 28 snapshot

Share-of-voice across engines.

Percentage of tracked queries (in "AI agency" category) where at least one result from a monitored domain was cited. Updated weekly.

ChatGPT
34%
share of voice
Perplexity
52%
share of voice
Gemini
18%
share of voice
Claude
41%
share of voice
aeo-tracker · run #47 · Apr 28 2026
$ aeo run --category "ai agent agency" --engines all
— querying 4 engines with 52 standardised prompts —
 
ChatGPT    18/52 queries cited a tracked domain [34%]
Perplexity   27/52 queries cited a tracked domain [52%]
Gemini    9/52 queries cited a tracked domain [18%]
Claude     21/52 queries cited a tracked domain [41%]
 
— top cited domains this week —
01 metautomatic.com    31 citations
02 relevance.ai       24 citations
03 agentops.ai      19 citations
04 [competitor-a]     8 citations ↓ -6 vs. last week
 
$ dataset saved → /data/runs/run-047.json
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Signal So Far

What 47 runs have taught us.

Three findings with enough data behind them to publish. More go in the weekly newsletter as we validate them.

FIND_01Perplexity cites sources at the highest rate — but rewards structured data.

Across 847 tracked queries, Perplexity cited a named source 52% of the time vs. ChatGPT at 34%. Pages with structured markup (FAQ schema, HowTo, or Article) were cited 2.4× more frequently in Perplexity than unstructured equivalents.

FIND_02Query framing changes citation probability by up to 3×.

"What is the best X" yields citations 3× more often than "tell me about X." Informational, comparative, and best-of queries are highest-yield. Direct definitional queries rarely cite anyone.

FIND_03Brand name in body copy matters less than entity association in structured data.

Pages that mention a brand prominently but without structured entity markup were cited 18% of the time. Pages with minimal brand mention but proper schema were cited 41% of the time in the same query set.

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