Google AI Overviews

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Which sources does Google AI Overviews cite most among Enterprise Software sources?

As of October 25, 2026, among sources with a published Enterprise Software segment, YouTube is the most-cited source in Google AI Overviews answers across the whole window, cited in 24.41% of 1,184 observed Google AI Overviews runs.

A rate is the source's share of Google AI Overviews's observed runs across the whole window, not a rate inside Enterprise Software. The public release does not record a separate rate for one engine inside one category. Sources are listed only when they have a published segment here, which means that segment cleared the evidence floor.

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Ranking

Sources ranked by citation rate

RankSourceSource roleCitation rateCited runsEngine's observed runsConfidence
#1 of 524YouTubeSearch or media platform24.41%2891,184A
#2 of 524RedditCommunity and social platform17.91%2121,184A
#3 of 524LinkedInCommunity and social platform13.43%1591,184A
#4 of 524MediumCommunity and social platform7.60%901,184A
#5 of 524Gartner.comAnalyst and consulting research3.72%441,184A
#6 of 524Quora.comCommunity and social platform3.13%371,184C
#7 of 524ForbesEditorial publication3.04%361,184A
#8 of 524Instagram.comOther observed source2.96%351,184B
#9 of 524Microsoft.comVendor-owned source2.11%251,184A
#10 of 524G2Market and company database2.03%241,184A
#11 of 524Ibm.comVendor-owned source1.86%221,184A
#12 of 524Crunchbase.comMarket and company database1.52%181,184B
#12 of 524Landbase.comVendor-owned source1.52%181,184A
#14 of 524Amazon.comOther observed source1.44%171,184A
#14 of 524Substack.comCommunity and social platform1.44%171,184A
#16 of 524Yahoo NewsEditorial publication1.35%161,184A
#17 of 524Fortunebusinessinsights.comMarket and company database1.18%141,184B
#17 of 524Researchgate.netAcademic and government source1.18%141,184B
#17 of 524Sciencedirect.comAcademic and government source1.18%141,184B
#20 of 524Arxiv.orgAcademic and government source1.01%121,184A
#20 of 524CNBCEditorial publication1.01%121,184B
#20 of 524Dev.toCommunity and social platform1.01%121,184A
#20 of 524Devopsschool.comOther observed source1.01%121,184C
#24 of 524Marketsandmarkets.comMarket and company database0.93%111,184B
#24 of 524Salesforce.comVendor-owned source0.93%111,184B
#26 of 524Grandviewresearch.comMarket and company database0.84%101,184B
#26 of 524Zapier.comVendor-owned source0.84%101,184B
#28 of 524Databricks.comVendor-owned source0.76%91,184B
#28 of 524Guideflow.comOther observed source0.76%91,184A
#28 of 524Oracle.comVendor-owned source0.76%91,184B
#28 of 524PCMagEditorial publication0.76%91,184B
#28 of 524Stripe.comVendor-owned source0.76%91,184B
#33 of 524Gmicloud.aiOther observed source0.68%81,184B
#33 of 524HackerNoonOther observed source0.68%81,184C
#33 of 524Hubspot.comVendor-owned source0.68%81,184A
#33 of 524Investopedia.comOther observed source0.68%81,184B
#33 of 524Nhimg.orgOther observed source0.68%81,184B
#33 of 524Zylo.comVendor-owned source0.68%81,184C
#39 of 524Business InsiderEditorial publication0.59%71,184B
#39 of 524Deloitte.comAnalyst and consulting research0.59%71,184B
#39 of 524Mordorintelligence.comMarket and company database0.59%71,184B
#39 of 524PR NewswireWire and press-release distribution0.59%71,184B
#39 of 524Redhat.comVendor-owned source0.59%71,184B
#39 of 524Rippling.comVendor-owned source0.59%71,184B
#39 of 524Y CombinatorCommunity and social platform0.59%71,184B
#46 of 524Adobe.comVendor-owned source0.51%61,184B
#46 of 524Bettercloud.comVendor-owned source0.51%61,184C
#46 of 524Mckinsey.comAnalyst and consulting research0.51%61,184C
#46 of 524Monday.comVendor-owned source0.51%61,184B
#46 of 524Pwc.comAnalyst and consulting research0.51%61,184C
#46 of 524Softwarefinder.comMarket and company database0.51%61,184B
#46 of 524Stackmatix.comOther observed source0.51%61,184B
#46 of 524Svb.comOther observed source0.51%61,184C
#46 of 524Tech InsiderEditorial publication0.51%61,184B
#46 of 524TechRepublicEditorial publication0.51%61,184B
#56 of 524Airwallex.comVendor-owned source0.42%51,184B
#56 of 524CMSWire.comEditorial publication0.42%51,184C
#56 of 524Domo.comOther observed source0.42%51,184C
#56 of 524Exabeam.comOther observed source0.42%51,184C
#56 of 524Ey.comAnalyst and consulting research0.42%51,184C
#56 of 524Firecrawl.devOther observed source0.42%51,184C
#56 of 524Projectstartups.comMarket and company database0.42%51,184C
#56 of 524Proofpoint.comOther observed source0.42%51,184C
#64 of 5246sense.comVendor-owned source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Appinventiv.comOther observed source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Apple News (Syndication from Grit Daily)Other observed source0.34%41,184B
#64 of 524Bain.comAnalyst and consulting research0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Bcg.comAnalyst and consulting research0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Brex.comVendor-owned source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Carta.comOther observed source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524CIOEditorial publication0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Digitalocean.comOther observed source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Getmonetizely.comVendor-owned source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Glean.comVendor-owned source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524HR ExecutiveEditorial publication0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Indeed.comOther observed source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Introl.comOther observed source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Ispring.comOther observed source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Moveworks.comOther observed source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Onesourcecloud.netOther observed source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Openvc.appMarket and company database0.34%41,184B
#64 of 524Patsnap.comOther observed source0.34%41,184B
#64 of 524Pedowitzgroup.comOther observed source0.34%41,184C
#64 of 524Qubit.capitalMarket and company database0.34%41,184B
#64 of 524Research.comOther observed source0.34%41,184Collecting
#64 of 524Sap.comOther observed source0.34%41,184B
#64 of 524Youtube.com/@thecodeluckyOther observed source0.34%41,184Collecting
#64 of 524Zoominfo.comMarket and company database0.34%41,184B
#89 of 524Automationstrategists.comOther observed source0.25%31,184Collecting
#89 of 524Billingplatform.comVendor-owned source0.25%31,184Collecting
#89 of 524Castleplacement.comAnalyst and consulting research0.25%31,184C
#89 of 524Chargebee.comVendor-owned source0.25%31,184Collecting
#89 of 524Cisco.comOther observed source0.25%31,184B
#89 of 524Cloudnuro.aiVendor-owned source0.25%31,184C
#89 of 524Cometly.comVendor-owned source0.25%31,184C
#89 of 524Consolidate.ioOther observed source0.25%31,184Collecting
#89 of 524Deel.comVendor-owned source0.25%31,184B
#89 of 524Designrush.comOther observed source0.25%31,184C
#89 of 524Directiveconsulting.comOther observed source0.25%31,184C
#89 of 524Dope.securityOther observed source0.25%31,184C

Showing the first 100 of 524 ranked sources.

Category leaderboard, pooled across engines: Enterprise Software

Method

What each engine's figures measure

Release mri_score_v2.1+2026-10-25+9c34b2dccc04; methodology mri_score_v2.1; generated 2026-10-25; window 2026-05-10 to 2026-10-25; artifact 9f1a507f84e8.

The release roster names no model for Google AI Overviews.

Google AI Overviews's sample is 1,184 observed runs across 102 dates. The evidence floor is 10 observed runs and 7 distinct dates.

ChatGPT runs. They go through OpenAI's API with web search switched on, using the model each release names in its engine roster: gpt-4.1-mini-2025-04-14 in current releases, while earlier runs in the window were answered by gpt-4o-mini-search-preview-2025-03-11. That is the retrieval layer apps and research agents built on OpenAI's API use. The signed-in ChatGPT app answers with its own models and search pipeline and cites differently: a preprint submitted on 2026-10-11 and not yet peer reviewed found that Google Search and OpenAI's API on comparable models together recovered about half of the hostnames ChatGPT Web cited (48.7 and 50.3 percent on two model settings) and 26 to 28 percent of its exact URLs (arXiv 2610.15382v1). Claude, Gemini and Perplexity runs are likewise API runs with web search, on the models the roster names.

Method note, 2026-09-25. From that date, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews runs come through a different collection path than earlier runs, with no overlapping days, and answers collected on the two paths differ in how many distinct domains each cites. Per-answer figures for those two engines are read within one side of 2026-09-25, not as a trend across it.

Degraded coverage: 5 of 6 answer engines are currently returning citation-bearing answers. gemini quiet (5 of 20 collected calls produced an observation, 25%). Coverage across the window is uneven: gemini returned citation-bearing answers on 140 of 162 observed days (2,197 of 6,962 returned runs produced a citation); google_ai_mode returned citation-bearing answers on 119 of 162 observed days (1,613 of 2,086 returned runs produced a citation); google_ai_overviews returned citation-bearing answers on 102 of 162 observed days (963 of 1,446 returned runs produced a citation). Engines below 90% of the window are named here; per-engine day and run counts for all 6 are in engine_roster.

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How to cite Google AI Overviews · Enterprise Software

Machine Relations Index (MRI) by Jaxon Parrott, Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai. As of October 25, 2026, among sources with a published Enterprise Software segment, YouTube is the most-cited source in Google AI Overviews answers across the whole window, cited in 24.41% of 1,184 observed Google AI Overviews runs. Release mri_score_v2.1+2026-10-25+9c34b2dccc04. https://machinerelations.ai/index/engines/google_ai_overviews/enterprise-software. CC BY 4.0.

APA

Parrott, J. (2026). Which sources does Google AI Overviews cite most among Enterprise Software sources? (Version mri_score_v2.1+2026-10-25+9c34b2dccc04) [Data set]. Machine Relations Research. https://machinerelations.ai/index/engines/google_ai_overviews/enterprise-software

BibTeX

@misc{parrott2026mrigoogleaioverviewsenterprisesoftware,
  author = {Parrott, Jaxon},
  title = {Which sources does Google AI Overviews cite most among Enterprise Software sources?},
  year = {2026},
  version = {mri\_score\_v2.1+2026-10-25+9c34b2dccc04},
  publisher = {Machine Relations Research},
  url = {https://machinerelations.ai/index/engines/google_ai_overviews/enterprise-software},
  license = {CC-BY-4.0},
  note = {Machine Relations Index (MRI) by Jaxon Parrott, Machine Relations Research — machinerelations.ai}
}

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