# Benchmark profile of AI-cited pages | Trakkr Research

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Published: 2026-03-30
Last updated: 2026-03-30
Author: Mack Grenfell

Benchmark profile of AI-cited pages from the study The Anatomy of an AI Citation.

## Methodology

Built from 1,465 AI-cited pages across 950 domains, using 28,033 citation opportunities and page-level crawl analysis.

## Summary

The benchmark pattern indicates that AI systems preferentially cite pages demonstrating high structural integrity and content depth. Specifically, cited pages exhibit near universal canonicalization at 91.4 percent and strong social metadata presence at 89.2 percent. Content depth is a defining characteristic, with 78.4 percent of pages exceeding 1,000 words and an average word count of 2,289.6 words. Furthermore, 67.8 percent of these pages utilize schema markup, reinforcing the trend that structured, metadata-complete, and long-form documents dominate AI citations.

## Benchmark rows

| Metric | Value | Context |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pages with schema | 67.8% | Share of cited pages with schema markup. |
| Average word count | 2,289.6 | Average word count of cited pages. |
| Pages above 1,000 words | 78.4% | Most cited pages are long-form. |
| Canonical tag rate | 91.4% | Share of cited pages with a canonical tag. |
| OG tag rate | 89.2% | Share of cited pages with Open Graph tags. |

## Ranked view

| Item | Value | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pages with canonical tags | 91.4% | Canonicalization is nearly universal across cited pages. |
| Pages with Open Graph tags | 89.2% | Social metadata is also highly prevalent. |
| Pages with schema | 67.8% | Structured data is common in the cited-page profile. |
| Pages above 1,000 words | 78.4% | Long-form depth is the norm. |
| Average word count | 2,289.6 | Typical cited pages are dense and fully built out. |

## Related pages

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- [do ai cited pages usually have schema markup](https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/anatomy-of-an-ai-citation/answers/do-ai-cited-pages-usually-have-schema-markup) - Related answer page
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- [more than two thirds of cited pages have schema](https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/anatomy-of-an-ai-citation/facts/more-than-two-thirds-of-cited-pages-have-schema) - Related fact page

## Data And Sources

- [The Anatomy of an AI Citation](https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/anatomy-of-an-ai-citation) - Flagship study behind this page
- [Page JSON](https://trakkr.ai/data/research-answers/anatomy-of-an-ai-citation/trackers/cited-page-traits-tracker.json) - Machine-readable companion file