MapQuest earned 5.8× as many citations as Wikipedia in location-grounded brand questions.
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What this measures
MapQuest earned 5.8× as many citations as Wikipedia in location-grounded brand questions.
Q1 2026 third-party domain citations with brand-owned domains excluded. Published totals are rounded; use the reported 5.8 ratio rather than dividing rounded totals.
Where this number comes from
Read Finding 01 in the reportFinding 01, Figure 1With Location On, AI Cites the Sources That Know Places| Wikipedia | 1× |
|---|---|
| MapQuest | 5.8× |
5.8 for every one that Wikipedia earned
- Measurement period
- Q1 2026; fixed-cohort comparisons cover Q3 2025–Q1 2026
- Source verified
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