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AI Citation Leaderboard

As of June 30, 2026, Citonyx is cited in 0.0% of AI answers across 19 test prompts (56 runs, ChatGPT). That is the honest baseline โ€” the table below shows which domains AI answer engines currently cite for generative-engine-optimization questions, so you can see who is winning the answer box today.

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Overall citation rate
0.0%
0/56 runs
ChatGPT citation rate
0.0%
0/56 runs
Test prompts
19
fixed citation panel
Total runs
56
2โ€“3 runs per prompt
Competitor domains
199
distinct, cited by AI
Last updated
June 30, 2026
grows as runs accrue

Who AI engines cite for GEO topics

Top 25 domains AI answer engines cited across our fixed prompt set, by number of citations.

#DomainCitations
1blckalpaca.at6
2oversearch.ai6
3citeflow.io4
4linkbuildingjournal.co.uk4
5medium.com4
6researchgate.net4
7semrush.com4
8stackmatix.com4
9tryprofound.com4
10cintra.run3
11conbersa.ai3
12geocopy.io3
13goodie.ai3
14gripped.io3
15growwisemedia.com3
16heliuxdigital.com3
17margen.net3
18otterly.ai3
19peec.ai3
20pierview.ai3
21procloser.ai3
22promptarchitect.app3
23scrunchai.com3
24searchengineland.com3
25seoscore.tools3

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The full run records (56 rows) are public. CC BY 4.0 โ€” attribute Citonyx.

Methodology

  • Engines. We query AI answer engines (ChatGPT) and record whether Citonyx appears in the answer as a link, quote, or brand mention.
  • Repeats. The protocol targets ≥ 3 runs per prompt/engine pair to account for model non-determinism; the current snapshot has 2โ€“3 runs per prompt. Every individual run is stored as its own record.
  • ChatGPT channel. Observed via an anonymous, search-forced backend channel (no signed-in account, search explicitly triggered) so results reflect public, logged-out behavior.
  • Planned engines. Gemini and Perplexity are on the protocol but not yet measured โ€” no runs are included for them yet, so the figures above describe ChatGPT only.
  • No UI scraping. We do not scrape answer-engine web UIs beyond permitted/anonymous access. Answers are not replayable, so we preserve short verbatim excerpts as evidence.
  • Fixed prompt set. The citation panel is a fixed set of 19 GEO-related prompts. It is intentionally narrow, so these numbers describe that prompt set โ€” not all of AI search.
  • Updates. Data grows as runs accrue. Current snapshot: 56 runs over 1 measurement date (latest June 30, 2026).