{
  "kind": "answer",
  "studySlug": "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation",
  "slug": "which-schema-types-over-index-most-on-ai-cited-pages",
  "title": "Which schema types over-index most on AI-cited pages?",
  "description": "Person schema over-indexes the most in the benchmark at 9.4x the web average, while FAQPage is also materially overrepresented at 2.4x.",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-03-30",
  "lastTested": "2026-03-30",
  "sourceStudyUrl": "/trakkr-research/anatomy-of-an-ai-citation",
  "sourceStudyTitle": "The Anatomy of an AI Citation",
  "claimIds": [
    "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation:person-lift",
    "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation:faqpage-lift",
    "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation:schema-rate"
  ],
  "relatedSlugs": [
    "answer:do-the-most-cited-pages-look-more-structured-than-the-average-web-page",
    "answer:does-authorship-look-important-on-cited-pages",
    "fact:pages-with-no-faq-signal-average-twenty-five-point-four-citations",
    "tracker:schema-type-lift-tracker"
  ],
  "methodologySummary": "Built from 1,465 AI-cited pages across 950 domains, using 28,033 citation opportunities and page-level crawl analysis.",
  "limitations": [
    "Most findings are correlational. Overrepresented traits are not the same as proven causal lifts.",
    "Some subgroups, especially FAQ Schema + FAQ Content, are relatively small and should be read carefully.",
    "The study looks at cited pages rather than all uncited pages in the open web, so it is best used as a benchmark profile."
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "AI cited pages",
    "schema markup AI",
    "FAQ schema",
    "citability",
    "best schema for AI citations",
    "schema type lift"
  ],
  "schemaHints": {
    "pageType": "Article",
    "includeDataset": true
  },
  "question": "Which schema types over-index most on AI-cited pages?",
  "directAnswer": "Mostly, Person schema over-indexes the most in the benchmark at 9.4x the web average, while FAQPage is also materially overrepresented at 2.4x.",
  "answerSummary": "Authorship and structured question formats are recurring traits of cited pages, indicating that machine-readable context aids extraction.",
  "keyFacts": [
    {
      "label": "Person schema lift",
      "value": "9.4x",
      "detail": "Person schema over-indexes heavily on cited pages.",
      "claimId": "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation:person-lift"
    },
    {
      "label": "FAQPage lift",
      "value": "2.4x",
      "detail": "FAQPage is overrepresented relative to the web average.",
      "claimId": "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation:faqpage-lift"
    },
    {
      "label": "Pages with schema",
      "value": "67.8%",
      "detail": "Share of cited pages with schema markup.",
      "claimId": "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation:schema-rate"
    }
  ],
  "evidenceTable": [
    {
      "label": "Person schema lift",
      "value": "9.4x",
      "note": "Person schema over-indexes heavily on cited pages."
    },
    {
      "label": "FAQPage lift",
      "value": "2.4x",
      "note": "FAQPage is overrepresented relative to the web average."
    },
    {
      "label": "Pages with schema",
      "value": "67.8%",
      "note": "Share of cited pages with schema markup."
    }
  ],
  "whyItMatters": "Operators can prioritize specific markup implementations like Person and FAQPage to improve machine readability and track schema presence against citation rates.",
  "whatToDo": [
    "Make answer pages denser, more structured, and more explicit about authorship and freshness.",
    "Use schema where it helps machine readability, but avoid treating markup as a substitute for strong content.",
    "Design pages to be extractable with concise answers, tables, lists, authors, and clearly marked evidence."
  ],
  "faqs": [
    {
      "question": "What percentage of cited pages use schema markup?",
      "answer": "Exactly 67.8% of cited pages feature some form of schema markup."
    },
    {
      "question": "How much more common is Person schema on cited pages?",
      "answer": "Person schema over-indexes heavily, appearing at 9.4x the web average on cited pages."
    }
  ]
}