{
  "kind": "fact",
  "studySlug": "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation",
  "slug": "average-word-count-of-cited-pages-is-over-two-thousand-words",
  "title": "Average word count of cited pages is over 2,000 words",
  "description": "Cited pages are usually dense enough to resolve the topic fully.",
  "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:word-count"
  ],
  "relatedSlugs": [
    "answer:do-the-most-cited-pages-look-more-structured-than-the-average-web-page",
    "answer:does-authorship-look-important-on-cited-pages",
    "tracker:cited-page-traits-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"
  ],
  "schemaHints": {
    "pageType": "Article",
    "includeDataset": true
  },
  "claim": "Average word count of cited pages in the anatomy study is 2,289.6 words.",
  "supportingMetrics": [
    {
      "label": "Average word count",
      "value": "2,289.6",
      "detail": "Average word count of cited pages."
    }
  ],
  "whyItMatters": "Thin pages are structurally disadvantaged when models need a rich answer source.",
  "citationBlock": {
    "quote": "Average word count of cited pages in the anatomy study is 2,289.6 words.",
    "attribution": "The Anatomy of an AI Citation - Trakkr Research",
    "url": "https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/anatomy-of-an-ai-citation/facts/average-word-count-of-cited-pages-is-over-two-thousand-words"
  }
}