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See which domains AI cites - and why yours is not one of them.

VistaAI tracks which URLs and domains get cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Mode - per query, per category, per engine. Know exactly who owns citation share in your space. Then take it.

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Citation overview
All domainsLast 30 days

Top cited domains

yoursite.com
412
2competitor-a.com
378
3techcrunch.com
312
4reddit.com
264
5g2.com
231
6forbes.com
198
7semrush.com
176
8backlinko.com
142

Category distribution

Editorial 32%Product 27%Forums 11%Other 15%

Brand share

Citation mentions

31%

Unique URLs cited

18%

Unique domains

24%

Why it matters

Citation share shows which domains AI trusts as sources. If your brand is not cited, you are losing visibility before users even click.

+14 citations-23 URLs

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How VistaAI maps citation patterns across AI engines.

VistaAI runs custom query sets that simulate real user searches. For each query, we record which domains and URLs each engine cites as sources, then surface the patterns in a searchable view of who owns citation authority.

Simulate real queries

VistaAI runs the exact questions your customers ask across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Mode in your target markets.

Query simulation

Record every citation

For each response, capture every URL and every cited domain, whether it appears as a direct link, mention, or implied reference.

Citation capture

Surface the patterns

Aggregate citation data into leaderboards, category breakdowns, and brand-share metrics so you can act on fresh data.

Pattern analysis

See exactly which domains are winning citation share.

The top domains chart shows you the 20 sites AI cites most often when answering questions in your category. Click any domain bar to filter the whole dashboard to that source.

Top 20 citations by domain, stacked by URL

Click-to-filter drill into any domain instantly

Monthly trend line per domain - spot who is rising

Top cited domains

Who gets cited most
1

yoursite.com

412
2

competitor-a.com

378
3

techcrunch.com

312
4

reddit.com

264
5

g2.com

231
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Brand share breakdown

Your slice of AI citations
31%

By citation mentions

18%

By unique URLs

24%

By unique domains

+14 citations-23 URLs

Your slice of AI citations - measured three ways.

Citation mentions, unique URLs cited, and unique domains cited all tell different stories. VistaAI tracks all three so you can see whether you are showing up often, being linked deeply, or building broader source trust.

Brand share by citation mentions - total volume

Brand share by unique URLs - content breadth

Brand share by unique domains - domain authority signal

Find out who owns citation share in your category.

Free trial, no credit card. See the full citation leaderboard for your tracked queries in under 5 minutes.

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Frequently asked questions

AI citation tracking measures which domains and URLs language models cite in their answers. Instead of only tracking positions, it shows who owns the references, which pages appear, and how citation patterns shift across engines.

Who gets cited - by engine, by query.

Here is what a sample of real citation data looks like inside VistaAI. Every row is a tracked query showing which domain earned citation share and what frequency it owned.

AI engineQueryTop cited domainCitation frequencyContent type
ChatGPTBest AI visibility platformyoursite.com37%Product page
PerplexityAI search rank tracker toolscompetitor-a.com31%Editorial
ClaudeBrand monitoring in AI searchsemrush.com18%Comparison
Google AI ModeGEO optimization softwaresearchenginejournal.com24%Newsletter
PerplexityAI citation tracking toolyoursite.com29%Blog post