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What ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews cite and recommend for B2B software, and how Google treats new pages, measured on live data. Every paper states its finding, shows the chart and publishes its method.

13papers since 1 June
4series, each in its own colour
160,240citations in the largest sample

Featured paper

The largest dataset we publish. Every citation, sorted by who earned it.

160,240 citations, 23,545 conversations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews.

Benchmark · AI search behaviour1 Jun 2026

50.7%

Company websites win half of all AI citations

An original benchmark of 160,240 AI citations across 23,545 buyer conversations and five B2B SaaS brands: what ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews actually cite, and the AEO moves that follow.

Paper
What AI Actually Cites: The B2B SaaS AI-Citation Benchmark (2026)
Sample
160,240 citations, 23,545 conversations
Window
30 days to 1 June 2026
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Share of 160,240 AI citations, by source typeFigure 1
Share of 160,240 AI citations, by source type
Value
Corporate50.7%
UGC13.2%
Editorial11.1%
Reference8.0%
Competitor7.9%
You (owned)5.0%
Other2.0%
Institutional2.0%

Source: Peec AI, five live B2B SaaS projects, 30 days to 1 June 2026. Source types are Peec’s domain classification. Analysis: LoudFace

The nine most-cited domainsFigure 2
The nine most-cited domains
DomainSource typeCitationsShareMost from
reddit.comUGC11,2377.0%ChatGPT 80.5%
toku.comOwned5,7663.6%ChatGPT 53.7%
riseworks.ioCompetitor2,5181.6%AI Overviews 43.5%
remote.comCompetitor2,0111.3%ChatGPT 81.7%
youtube.comUGC2,0051.3%AI Overviews 72.4%
investopedia.comEditorial1,8391.1%AI Overviews 71.0%
businessinsider.comEditorial1,7821.1%Perplexity 37.6%
deel.comCompetitor1,1970.7%ChatGPT 59.2%
loudface.coOwned1,0970.7%ChatGPT 58.5%

Source: Peec AI, 160,240 citations, 23,545 conversations

Study3 Nov 2026

Half of new pages took an estimated 42 days to get a first AI citation

Share of new pages with a first AI citation, by days since publishing
Value
7 days25.5%
14 days32.2%
30 days46.3%
60 days56.7%
493 new article pages on 8 sites (LoudFace and 7 client sites), first published 17 April to 2 November 2026, AI answers read daily on up to 4 engines until 2 November 2026Read →
Study19 Oct 2026

Mentions crowned one agency. Citations crowned another.

First place, by formula and engine
ChatGPTPerplexityAI Overviews
VisibilityOmniscient 44.6%Omniscient 34.1%Omniscient 33.7%
Mention shareOmniscient 12.7%Omniscient 14.9%Omniscient 11.4%
Citation shareLoudFace 11.3%LoudFace 6.6%LoudFace 3.5%
Average positionDiscovered Labs 3.16LoudFace 2.73LoudFace 2.45
141 agency questions, 3 enginesRead →
Index7 Aug 2026

Which developer tools ChatGPT names first, in 12 categories

First tool ChatGPT names, by category
CategoryNamed first by ChatGPT
API developmentPostman
CI/CDGitHub Actions
ObservabilityDatadog
Feature flagsLaunchDarkly
API docsReadMe
Error monitoringSentry
12 categoriesRead →
Index6 Aug 2026

SentinelOne leads AI answers about security software

Score across ChatGPT and Google, of 24
Value
SentinelOne14
Palo Alto Networks12
Microsoft Defender11
Wiz11
Rapid710
CrowdStrike8
12 buyer queries, ChatGPT and Google top 10Read →
Index30 Jul 2026

The same fintech brand can be 4.6 times more visible on one engine

Visibility per engine
ChatGPTAI OverviewsPerplexity
Remote62.61%48.9%49.44%
Deel61.48%60.61%36.75%
Papaya Global34.63%15.31%22.66%
Toku15.67%36.19%7.92%
Bitwage10.4%14.01%5.55%
23,294 conversationsRead →
Benchmark1 Jun 2026

Company websites win half of all AI citations

Share of 160,240 AI citations, by source type
Value
Corporate50.7%
UGC13.2%
Editorial11.1%
Reference8.0%
Competitor7.9%
You (owned)5.0%
Other2.0%
Institutional2.0%
160,240 citations, 23,545 conversationsRead →

Researchers

One byline on every paper. The leads who run the accounts.

Arnel Bukva writes and signs each paper. The citation benchmark pools five live projects LoudFace runs, the same accounts our leads work on every week.

Tamara Pavlovic

Tamara Pavlovic

Lead SEO, AEO & GEO Specialist

Runs client accounts end to end, from Montblanc to seed-stage SaaS

Andrea Van Wyk

Andrea Van Wyk

Lead SEO, AEO & GEO Specialist

Runs client accounts end to end, with a sharp eye for positioning and page copy

Abhay Tyagi

Abhay Tyagi

Lead SEO, AEO & GEO Specialist

Six-plus years in organic search, now running accounts across SEO, AEO and GEO

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