AI citation analysis: know which sources shape AI's answers
AI answers are built from the pages AI trusts. AI citation analysis shows you which pages those are, what kind of sites they are, which prompts and platforms rely on them, whether your website is among them, and why your competitors' sources win.
| Domain | Type | Cited | Mentions you |
|---|---|---|---|
| g2.com | Review | 96 | 12% |
| reddit.com | Forum | 71 | 41% |
| yourbrand.com | Your site | 48 | 100% |
| techradar.com | Editorial | 39 | 9% |
| brand-a.com | Competitor | 33 | 0% |
What AI citation analysis tells you
Rankings tell you where you stand in Google. AI citation analytics tell you where AI gets its answers, and so where you need to be for AI to recommend you.
The pages and domains AI cites most for your market, and what kind of sites they are.
Your share of all citations, the pages AI cites, and the answers that name you but cite others.
The sources cited in answers that recommend your competitors and leave you out.
What the cited pages do that yours don't, read and compared for you.
One AI citations report for every platform
Every week your tracked prompts are asked on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity with web search on, and every source the answers link to is collected and analyzed. The AI citations report brings it together: how many citations, pages and domains, how many answers used sources, and your own share.
- Citations, pages cited, domains cited and answers with sources
- Your website's share of all citations in your market
- Switch the whole report between pages and domains
- Refreshed with every weekly analysis
Analyze what kind of sources AI trusts
Every cited domain is classified: review sites, editorial and media, forums, directories, social, video, reference, marketplaces, government and education, your competitors' sites and your own. In some markets AI leans on review sites, in others on forums or the brands' own pages; the mix tells you where to invest.
- Citations by type of site, for pages and for domains
- Select a type to filter the whole report to it
- Competitor websites recognized and marked with their brand
Page-level AI citation analytics
Go beyond domains to the exact pages AI cites: their titles, how many answers cited each one, on which platforms and for how many prompts. The same page cited as http or https, with or without www or a trailing slash, is counted once, so the numbers are clean.
- Every cited page with its title and address
- Times cited, AI platforms and prompts for each page and domain
- Search and filter by text or by type of site
38 cited
21 cited
14 cited
11 cited
Analyze your website as a source
See which of your pages AI cites and for which prompts, and your share of all citations in your market. Just as useful: the prompts where AI names your brand but cites someone else's page, where a better page of your own could become the source.
- Your pages cited, and how often
- Your share of all citations
- Not cited: prompts where you're named but your site isn't a source
- Per prompt and platform, whether the answer cited your site
Find the sources that favor your competitors
For every page and domain, see how often the answers citing it also mention you. A source cited again and again in answers that leave you out is where your competitors get recommended: a review site to be listed on, an article to be included in, a competitor page to outdo.
- Mentions you: the share of answers citing a source that also name you
- Your competitors' own pages that AI cites
- Prompts where competitors are named and you aren't
See the sources behind every answer
Open any prompt to read each platform's answer with the domains it cited, your own pages highlighted. Compare platforms: each AI uses its own search and trusts different sources, so the citation analysis is per platform as well as overall.
- The domains cited in each answer, on each platform
- Your pages highlighted where they appear
- The platforms citing each page and domain
ChatGPT
Claude
Gemini
Perplexity
Trace what AI says about you to its source
When AI calls you expensive or praises your support, it's repeating its sources. For every attribute AI uses about your brand, see the sources the answers cited, so you know which review, article or comparison is shaping the story.
Brand perception analysisUnderstand why a page gets cited
Ask the AI Agent why AI cites a competitor's page and not yours. It reads both (content, headings, structured data, freshness, FAQs) and tells you what's different. Content checks score how well your own site is set up to be understood and quoted by AI.
- The AI Agent reads and compares any two pages
- Seven content checks: entity definition, FAQ content, citation readiness, structure, freshness, trust
- AI crawler access: which AI bots your robots.txt lets in
Google AI Overviews citations, too
Google's AI Overviews cite sources as well. See the Google searches whose AI Overview cites your website, your position among its sources and the pages cited, in your market.
AI Overviews trackerTurn citation analysis into content
Analysis is the start. Write the page that should be cited, researched from the pages that already are, and send it to your website as a draft. Or write a batch for every prompt where you're missing.
Content automationWhat to look for in an AI citation analysis tool
A list of URLs isn't AI citation analytics. A useful AI citation analysis tool connects every citation to its prompt, platform, type of site and the brands in the answer, and helps you act on it. All of this is in every plan.
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity in every plan, plus Google AI Overviews.
Prompts asked the way a customer would, so the citations are the ones customers see.
One page is one page, however each platform wrote its address.
Every citation links back to its prompt, its platform and the brands the answer named, including you.
Every domain classified, competitor websites marked, your own share measured.
The AI Agent reads cited pages and compares them with yours; content checks score your site.
Write and publish the page that should be cited, without leaving the tool.
AI citation analysis FAQ
What is AI citation analysis?
AI citation analysis studies the sources AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity cite when they answer questions about your market: which pages and domains, what kind of sites, for which prompts and platforms, whether your website is among them, and which sources favor your competitors.
What are AI citation analytics?
AI citation analytics are the measurements behind that analysis: citations, pages and domains cited, citations by type of site, your share of citations, how often the answers citing a source also mention you, and the platforms and prompts behind each source.
What is in the AI citations report?
The total citations, pages and domains cited and answers with sources; your share of citations; citations by type of site; and every page and domain with its type, times cited, platforms, prompts and how often it appears alongside your brand. It's refreshed with every weekly analysis.
How do I use an AI citation analysis tool?
Start with the sources AI cites most in your market and check whether you're present on them. Look at the sources cited in answers that leave you out, and the prompts where you're named but not cited. Then improve or create the pages that should be cited, and get listed on the sources AI trusts.
Which AI platforms are analyzed?
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity for every prompt you track, plus Google AI Overviews citations for your website.
Is AI citation analysis different from tracking?
Analysis explains the sources and what to do about them; tracking follows them week by week. AI Visibility Tool does both: every weekly analysis refreshes the citations, and the analysis shows what they mean.
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Run your AI citation analysis
Add your website and see every source ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity cite for your market, whether you're one of them, and what to do next.
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- Your position against every competitor AI names
- How AI describes you, and its sentiment
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