{
  "kind": "fact",
  "studySlug": "citation-sources",
  "slug": "review-sites-are-small-in-share-but-high-in-intent",
  "title": "Review sites are small in share but high in intent",
  "description": "Review domains are a smaller slice of raw volume than many teams expect.",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-04-17",
  "lastTested": "2026-04-17",
  "sourceStudyUrl": "/trakkr-research/citation-sources",
  "sourceStudyTitle": "Where AI Gets Its Answers",
  "claimIds": [
    "citation-sources:reviews-share",
    "citation-sources:total-citations"
  ],
  "relatedSlugs": [
    "answer:do-review-sites-still-matter-to-ai-models",
    "answer:how-often-do-docs-get-cited-by-ai",
    "tracker:source-category-share-tracker"
  ],
  "methodologySummary": "Built from the live citation index backing Trakkr Research, using 8,777,687 citations across 208,567 unique domains observed between October 3, 2025 and April 17, 2026.",
  "limitations": [
    "The live citation index is broader than the original December 2025 launch study, so percentages here should be read as the current benchmark.",
    "Domain share does not mean causal influence. It measures what models cited, not the full retrieval set.",
    "Category totals are domain-level rollups and may hide differences by model or query intent."
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "AI citations",
    "citation sources",
    "AI source preferences",
    "domain authority in AI"
  ],
  "schemaHints": {
    "pageType": "Article",
    "includeDataset": true
  },
  "claim": "Review sources make up 0.89% of the full citation index.",
  "supportingMetrics": [
    {
      "label": "Review category share",
      "value": "0.89%",
      "detail": "Reviews are smaller in raw share but disproportionately commercial."
    },
    {
      "label": "Citations analyzed",
      "value": "8.78M",
      "detail": "Current live citation index as of April 17, 2026."
    }
  ],
  "whyItMatters": "They still matter disproportionately on buying-intent prompts where AI needs rankings and evaluative language.",
  "citationBlock": {
    "quote": "Review sources make up 0.89% of the full citation index.",
    "attribution": "Where AI Gets Its Answers - Trakkr Research",
    "url": "https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/citation-sources/facts/review-sites-are-small-in-share-but-high-in-intent"
  }
}