Observatory · October 2026
Gemini: 61.6% of Cited Sources Are Rankings
Gemini takes 61.6% of the sources it cites on buying questions from rankings and comparison pages, and cites a source in only 68.4% of its answers (Archipel Observatory, 2026).
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Go further →Gemini takes 61.6% of the sources it cites on buying questions from rankings and comparison pages, and cites a source in only 68.4% of its answers (Archipel Observatory, 2026).
Based on 11,028 Gemini answers tracked via Peec AI between July 12 and October 11, 2026. Gemini cites 2.5 sources per answer, the fewest of six engines.
Method
406,626 AI answers collected every day from July 12, 2026 to October 11, 2026 on over 1,700 purchase-intent questions tracked by Archipel (mostly in French, plus the United States and the Netherlands). ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot: Profound data. Claude and Gemini: Peec AI data. Sources are classified automatically from their address and title. Figures are aggregated: no brand or client is published. Free to reuse with a link to this page.
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