{
  "kind": "fact",
  "studySlug": "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation",
  "slug": "nearly-four-in-five-cited-pages-are-over-one-thousand-words",
  "title": "Nearly four in five cited pages are over 1,000 words",
  "description": "Long-form depth is the norm in the benchmark.",
  "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:pct-1000"
  ],
  "relatedSlugs": [
    "answer:does-authorship-look-important-on-cited-pages",
    "answer:are-canonical-and-open-graph-tags-common-on-cited-pages",
    "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"
  ],
  "schemaHints": {
    "pageType": "Article",
    "includeDataset": true
  },
  "claim": "Exactly 78.4 percent of cited pages analyzed in the study exceed 1,000 words in length.",
  "supportingMetrics": [
    {
      "label": "Pages above 1,000 words",
      "value": "78.4%",
      "detail": "Most cited pages are long-form."
    }
  ],
  "whyItMatters": "Strategists and operators should prioritize long-form content development, as the data indicates short landing pages lack the depth required to become durable citation assets in AI-driven search environments.",
  "citationBlock": {
    "quote": "78.4% of cited pages in the anatomy study are above 1,000 words.",
    "attribution": "The Anatomy of an AI Citation - Trakkr Research",
    "url": "https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/anatomy-of-an-ai-citation/facts/nearly-four-in-five-cited-pages-are-over-one-thousand-words"
  }
}