{"id":191194,"date":"2025-09-03T08:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/?p=191194"},"modified":"2025-09-03T08:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:38:39","slug":"most-cited-domains-ai-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/most-cited-domains-ai-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Most Cited Domains in Google\u2019s AI&nbsp;Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"intro-txt\">We analyzed our <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/brand-radar\">Brand Radar<\/a> database of 5.5 million AI Mode queries to identify the domains that appear most often in <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/google-ai-mode\/\">Google\u2019s AI Mode<\/a> responses.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the 100 most cited domains, along with their number of mentions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intro-tok\" id=\"intro_tok\" style=\"display:none;\"><div class=\"intro-title\">Contents<\/div><a href=\"#\" class=\"expand-dots\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 14 14\" style><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\" \/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style \/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><div class=\"link-text\" data-anchor=\"100 most cited domains in AI Mode\" data-section=\"most-cited-domains-ai-mode\"><!-- notionvc: a103f3dd-2be4-4b14-a687-972f9858844a -->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"post-191194-_5djlvc2r9vju\"><\/a>100 most cited domains in AI&nbsp;Mode<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><!-- notionvc: cebfcc1b-d990-4bda-8f4d-547fe449e95b -->\n\n\n\n<p>The top domains cited in AI Mode are Wikipedia, YouTube, Google\u2019s blog, Reddit, and Google itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With so many mentions of YouTube, their own blog, and themselves, AI Mode seems to be quite self-serving, at least at this point in&nbsp;time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI Mode also seems to prefer user-generated content (UGC), with sites like YouTube, Reddit, Quora, Instagram, Yelp, TripAdvisor, LinkedIn, TikTok, and more high on the&nbsp;list.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-462\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-462 tablepress-responsive tablepress-ahrefs-width-720px\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">#<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Domain<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Mentions<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td 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