The fixed 770-brand cohort’s total citations grew 2.77× over Q3 2025–Q1 2026.
Q3 2025Q1 2026
What this measures
The fixed 770-brand cohort’s total citations grew 2.77× over Q3 2025–Q1 2026.
Total citations for a fixed brand cohort, not per-scan growth. The separate 28% per-scan result uses a quarter-over-quarter comparison. Bars express the published relative ratio.
Where this number comes from
Read Finding 04 in the reportFinding 04, fixed-cohort total citation comparisonWith Location On, AI Cites the Sources That Know Places| Q3 2025 | 1× |
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| Q1 2026 | 2.77× |
The cohort’s citations grew 2.77 times in three quarters
- Measurement period
- Q1 2026; fixed-cohort comparisons cover Q3 2025–Q1 2026
- Source verified
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Applies to
More from this report
- 80%80% of location-grounded AI citations pointed to brand websites or listings, sources brands can influence.
- 28%Citations per scan rose 28% quarter over quarter in a fixed 770-brand cohort.
- 7.5×Anthropic’s reviews-and-social citation share was 7.5× OpenAI’s in location-grounded questions.
- 5.8×MapQuest earned 5.8× as many citations as Wikipedia in location-grounded brand questions.