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Sources Report, August 2026

The sites each AI model leans on most in the August 2026 edition. This is the first month with citations on record, so there is no change to report yet.

Most cited sites, by AI model

Across every edition, with the overall ranking and an embeddable chart: the most-cited sources study.

ChatGPT
  1. 1rtings.com3% of its citations
  2. 2g2.com3% of its citations
  3. 3learn.g2.com3% of its citations
  4. 4forbes.com2% of its citations
  5. 5gartner.com2% of its citations
Claude
  1. 1forbes.com4% of its citations
  2. 2techradar.com3% of its citations
  3. 3nerdwallet.com3% of its citations
  4. 4tomsguide.com2% of its citations
  5. 5aol.com1% of its citations
Gemini
  1. 1vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com100% of its citations
Perplexity
  1. 1youtube.com15% of its citations
  2. 2reddit.com7% of its citations
  3. 3forbes.com2% of its citations
  4. 4nytimes.com1% of its citations
  5. 5pcmag.com1% of its citations
Grok
  1. 1nytimes.com5% of its citations
  2. 2zapier.com4% of its citations
  3. 3pcmag.com3% of its citations
  4. 4reddit.com3% of its citations
  5. 5forbes.com3% of its citations
Copilot
  1. 1forbes.com6% of its citations
  2. 2youtube.com6% of its citations
  3. 3learn.g2.com2% of its citations
  4. 4topconsumerreviews.com2% of its citations
  5. 5nerdwallet.com1% of its citations
Google AI
  1. 1dictionary.cambridge.org33% of its citations
  2. 2merriam-webster.com33% of its citations
  3. 3quora.com33% of its citations

Share of each AI model’s citations across the edition’s global boards. Some AI models cite more sites per answer than others, so compare shares within an AI model, not across them. citehawk.com is counted like any other site: when asked who leads a category, AI models cite the Index’s own public boards, and where it appears that is the Index being used as a source. DeepSeek answered without citing any sites, so it has no list here.

Sites the most AI models cite

forbes.comcited by 5 AI models
nerdwallet.comcited by 5 AI models
zapier.comcited by 5 AI models
rtings.comcited by 5 AI models
consumerreports.orgcited by 5 AI models
g2.comcited by 5 AI models
money.comcited by 5 AI models
gartner.comcited by 5 AI models
clutch.cocited by 5 AI models
consumeraffairs.comcited by 5 AI models

Every number on this page is from the August 2026 edition of the CiteHawk AI Index, computed from the frozen record with nothing written by hand. Rankings are never for sale. Browse the August 2026 edition → Read the methodology →