AI PLATFORM CITATION PATTERNS: HOW CHATGPT, GOOGLE AI OVERVIEWS, AND PERPLEXITY SOURCE INFORMATION

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ChatGPT relies heavily on Wikipedia, which makes up 47.9% of its citations. Perplexity favors Reddit at 46.7%. Google AI Overviews shows a more balanced mix, citing Reddit (21%), YouTube (18.8%), and LinkedIn (13%). Over 80% of ChatGPT's citations come from .com domains, with .org next at 11.29%.