Sources AI cites

The sites AI answers cite as evidence, counted every measured week. Sites are ranked by the answers citing them; an answer citing the same site more than once counts once. The citations column counts every page cited.

Edition
Nov 12, 2026
Methodology
v5.0
Panel
6 AI surfaces

Answers analysed this week Week of Nov 8, 2026

Questions
7,223
AI services
6
Times asked
39,601
Answers received
38,812
Answers citing a source
35,798
Citations
227,379

Most cited sources

All of this week's questions. Earlier ranks appear once two weekly runs of the same methodology exist.

Most cited sources
RankSourceCiting answersCitations
1yelp.comreview and listing sites3,3657,713
2reddit.comcommunity3,3433,783
3youtube.comsocial3,3376,678
4shopping.google.comshopping2,15011,989
5forbes.commedia1,9682,068
6threebestrated.com1,4441,445
7tripadvisor.comreview and listing sites1,3041,424
8google.comportal1,2503,399
9maps.google.comreview and listing sites1,2176,936
10facebook.comsocial1,1681,528
11expertise.com1,0311,066
12trustanalytica.org953975
13yellowpages.com945950
14en.wikipedia.orgreference9321,192
15thumbtack.com787837
Most cited sources
RankSourceCiting answersCitations
16bbb.org710727
17healthgrades.com659693
18angi.com576593
19bestlawfirms.com528758
20health.usnews.com493564
21consumeraffairs.com485490
22zocdoc.com485529
23quora.comcommunity468513
24instagram.comsocial451525
25doctor.webmd.comreference439452
26homeguide.com437438
27nerdwallet.com433507
28cityvetted.com428428
29consumerreports.org396449
30rtings.com375471

GenRank source index · week of Nov 8, 2026 · genrank.com/en-us/sources

Weekly rank of the top sources

The weekly rank chart appears once two weekly editions measured under the same methodology are in.

GenRank source index · week of Nov 8, 2026 · genrank.com/en-us/sources

Citations by source type

Every site cited this week, by type, in citing answers. The small line is how many sites the type holds.

  1. review and listing sites55 sites7,851
  2. media77 sites5,559
  3. social32 sites5,221
  4. community12 sites3,843
  5. shopping30 sites2,831
  6. public1,003 sites2,698
  7. portal241 sites2,595
  8. reference54 sites2,085
  9. other sites56,244 sites159,558

Types follow a list of sites. A site on no list counts under "other sites": a business's own website, an individual information site.

GenRank source index · week of Nov 8, 2026 · genrank.com/en-us/sources

Where the citations go

This week's cited sites by rank band, in citing answers and sites: how much the top few sites gather, and how many sites appear in only one or two answers.

  1. Ranks 1 to 1010 sites20,546
  2. Ranks 11 to 3020 sites12,011
  3. Below 30, cited in 3+ answers9,326 sites102,506
  4. Cited in 1 or 2 answers48,392 sites57,178

GenRank source index · week of Nov 8, 2026 · genrank.com/en-us/sources

Each surface's most cited sources

For the same questions, each surface leans on different sites.

Google AI Overviews

  1. 1reddit.com2,032
  2. 2youtube.com2,004
  3. 3shopping.google.com1,153

ChatGPT

  1. 1reviews.birdeye.com208
  2. 2goodhousekeeping.com159
  3. 3expertise.com117

Claude

  1. 1yelp.com2,507
  2. 2en.wikipedia.org483
  3. 3forbes.com348

Gemini

  1. 1youtube.com988
  2. 2reddit.com781
  3. 3forbes.com354

Google AI Mode

  1. 1maps.google.com1,215
  2. 2google.com1,171
  3. 3shopping.google.com997

Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1threebestrated.com1,278
  2. 2forbes.com945
  3. 3tripadvisor.com770

GenRank source index · week of Nov 8, 2026 · genrank.com/en-us/sources

Top sources by sector

Each sector adds up the answers to every category question under it.

Products

  1. 1shopping.google.com1,919 answers
  2. 2youtube.com1,548 answers
  3. 3reddit.com966 answers
  4. 4forbes.com830 answers
  5. 5rtings.com363 answers

Services

  1. 1forbes.com532 answers
  2. 2reddit.com486 answers
  3. 3youtube.com463 answers
  4. 4nerdwallet.com341 answers
  5. 5cnbc.com177 answers

Software & Digital Products

  1. 1reddit.com624 answers
  2. 2youtube.com606 answers
  3. 3zapier.com363 answers
  4. 4forbes.com197 answers
  5. 5pcmag.com196 answers

Content & Media

  1. 1reddit.com366 answers
  2. 2youtube.com325 answers
  3. 3imdb.com288 answers
  4. 4ranker.com255 answers
  5. 5en.wikipedia.org255 answers

Places & Locations

  1. 1youtube.com84 answers
  2. 2facebook.com73 answers
  3. 3travel.usnews.com69 answers
  4. 4timeout.com55 answers
  5. 5tripadvisor.com48 answers

Organizations

  1. 1en.wikipedia.org75 answers
  2. 2forbes.com48 answers
  3. 3reddit.com46 answers
  4. 4usnews.com38 answers
  5. 5youtube.com33 answers

People

  1. 1en.wikipedia.org82 answers
  2. 2youtube.com57 answers
  3. 3ranker.com34 answers
  4. 4facebook.com30 answers
  5. 5forbes.com28 answers

Events & Experiences

  1. 1en.wikipedia.org66 answers
  2. 2youtube.com27 answers
  3. 3reddit.com25 answers
  4. 4facebook.com20 answers
  5. 5quora.com15 answers

Animals & Nature

  1. 1youtube.com31 answers
  2. 2reddit.com27 answers
  3. 3facebook.com23 answers
  4. 4akc.org23 answers
  5. 5petmd.com15 answers

Concepts & Knowledge

  1. 1youtube.com13 answers
  2. 2quora.com12 answers
  3. 3reddit.com11 answers
  4. 4en.wikipedia.org11 answers
  5. 5facebook.com6 answers

Activities & Practices

  1. 1youtube.com16 answers
  2. 2reddit.com11 answers
  3. 3health.usnews.com11 answers
  4. 4healthline.com10 answers
  5. 5forbes.com8 answers

Digital Assets & Virtual

  1. 1youtube.com19 answers
  2. 2coingecko.com17 answers
  3. 3forbes.com13 answers
  4. 4binance.com13 answers
  5. 5coinmarketcap.com12 answers