of AI answers to buying prompts include at least one citation.
Measured across 1,380 sampled answers from 3 model providers.
#cited-answer-shareRank.ai data · live benchmark figures
AI search statistics.
Every number on this page is computed from live model answers to published buying prompts, the same snapshots behind our rankings. Each figure has a stable anchor you can cite, and refreshes with every published snapshot.
- Answers sampled
- 1,380
- Citations observed
- 7,944
- Unique domains
- 3,288
- Providers
- 3
Key figures
The numbers
Free to cite with attribution
URLs cited per answer on average, when a model cites at all.
7,944 citation observations over 1,206 cited answers.
#citations-per-answerunique domains cited across 6,596 distinct URLs in the current benchmark.
Across 460 tracked buying prompts in 31 categories.
#unique-domainsof all AI answer citations go to the 10 most-cited domains.
reddit.com leads with 281 citation observations.
#concentrationof OpenAI's answers cite sources, the highest rate of any tracked provider.
460 answers sampled, 1,481 unique domains cited.
#provider-citation-rateprompt-level AI answers sampled per snapshot across 3 providers.
Prompt × provider matrix, republished with every passing snapshot.
#benchmark-sizeProvider behavior
Citation rates by model provider
Share of answers containing at least one citation
| Provider | Model versions | Answers | Cited answers | Citation rate | Citations / cited answer | Unique domains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | openai/gpt-4o-mini | 460 | 433 | 94.1% | 6.2 | 1,481 |
| Gemini | google/gemini-2.5-flash | 460 | 425 | 92.4% | 6.9 | 1,604 |
| Anthropic | anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5 | 460 | 348 | 75.7% | 6.7 | 1,355 |