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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

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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