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AI adoption & AI search, by the numbers.

A sourced reference for the statistics that shape AI strategy in 2026. Every figure links to its original source — cite freely with attribution to Digital Networks AI.

AI adoption

73%

of B2B buyers use AI tools in their purchase research.

PR Newswire (multi-source analysis), 2026

AI search & discovery

~40%

of all generative-AI citations come from Reddit — the most-cited single source.

Semrush (via Everything-PR), 2026

~18–23%

of Google AI Overview / AI citations reference YouTube — now a top social source for LLM answers.

PikaSEO, 2026

+41% / +31%

visibility lift in generative engines from adding quotations and sourced statistics to a page (the GEO levers that work).

Princeton GEO study (Aggarwal et al., KDD), 2024

Search & SEO

<2%

of top-10 Google rankings are held by domains aged 0–2 years — entity trust compounds slowly.

Dataslayer, 2026

43%

of sites fail the Core Web Vitals INP threshold (under 200ms) — the hardest CWV to pass.

DigitalApplied, 2026

May 2026

Google removed FAQ rich results from search — structured Q&A now matters for AI engines, not SERP snippets.

Passionfruit, 2026

Credentials & skills

≥10 / ≥5

G2 / Capterra reviews are the rough threshold below which AI systems treat a product as unvalidated to recommend.

SaaS AI Rank, 2026

Figures are drawn from third-party sources and reflect the most recent data we could verify. Spot something out of date? Let us know. See also our AI glossary and comparisons.

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