Where AI citations actually come from
Every figure below is counted from the verified pages the engines cited in our published industry benchmarks — no estimates, no panel data. It answers one question: if you only have time for a handful of places, which ones do the models actually read?
The headline numbers
2
Markets measured
1,088
Verified citations counted
256
Distinct domains cited
0.2%
Share on high-leverage platforms
In a typical market, half of every citation sits on about 19.5 domains. That is the whole reason offsite work goes wrong: effort spread across dozens of directories competes with a very long tail the models rarely read, while a small group of domains carries the answer.
The most-cited domains across every market
| Domain | Platform | Citations | Share | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| oslotannlegesenter.no | Long tail | 67 | 6.2% | 1 |
| toyentannlegevakt.no | Long tail | 39 | 3.6% | 1 |
| smiltannlegesenter.no | Long tail | 38 | 3.5% | 1 |
| christiania-tannlegesenter.no | Long tail | 31 | 2.8% | 1 |
| tannlegesinsen.no | Long tail | 31 | 2.8% | 1 |
| orbdent.no | Long tail | 30 | 2.8% | 1 |
| blid.no | Long tail | 25 | 2.3% | 1 |
| thebestvancouver.com | Long tail | 25 | 2.3% | 1 |
| optimaldentaloslo.no | Long tail | 22 | 2.0% | 1 |
| legelisten.no | Long tail | 20 | 1.8% | 1 |
| localaihub.ca | Long tail | 18 | 1.7% | 1 |
| sannertannklinikk.no | Long tail | 18 | 1.7% | 1 |
| hemlockdentalclinic.com | Long tail | 17 | 1.6% | 1 |
| eurodent.no | Long tail | 15 | 1.4% | 1 |
| vandental.ca | Long tail | 15 | 1.4% | 1 |
How concentrated each market is
| Market | Citations | Domains | Most-cited domain | Domains for half | High-leverage share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists — Oslo | 572 | 89 | oslotannlegesenter.no (11.7%) | 9 | 0.2% |
| Dentists — Vancouver | 516 | 168 | thebestvancouver.com (4.8%) | 30 | 0.2% |
Counted from verified cited pages only. Figures move as each benchmark is re-run.
What this means for one business
Your own report applies the same method to your market: how many of the citations behind your answers sit on your own website, which high-leverage domains are cited for your competitors and never for you, and which page formats the models quote that you have not published yet.
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