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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul?
Across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026, us-uk.bookimed.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul market at 28.57%, leading the top-10 panel by cumulative opening volume over the period.
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- Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul
- Location
- Istanbul
- Observed period
- August 3–9, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 80 queries per run
- Search engine
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- Desktop
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- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“Istanbul's luxury aesthetic clinic AI opening rail is top-heavy — and the source AI reaches for first is not a clinic.”
Quick answer
Across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026, us-uk.bookimed.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul market at 28.57%, leading the top-10 panel by cumulative opening volume over the period.
Key reading
Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul · Istanbul · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
us-uk.bookimed.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market at 28.57%, accumulated across 7 comparable scheduled runs from August 3–9, 2026. youtube.com records 13.66% and sits 14.91 percentage points behind us-uk.bookimed.com on AI opening share on this market, while the remaining panel members range further back. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. The panel is shaped by a clear concentration at the top: the 9 sources behind us-uk.bookimed.com range from 13.66% down to 2.48%, and the surface mixes niche domains, social platforms, and focused sources rather than drawing exclusively from specialist clinic operators.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul · Istanbul · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| us-uk.bookimed.com | #1 | 28.57% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #2 | 13.66% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #3 | 7.45% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | #4 | 6.83% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| whatclinic.com | #5 | 6.83% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| plasticsurgery.org | #6 | 6.21% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| int.livhospital.com | #7 | 6.21% AI opening share | opening in 4/7 runs |
| akmclinic.com | #8 | 4.97% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| avsarclinic.com | #9 | 4.35% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| santeclinics.com | #10 | 2.48% AI opening share | opening in 4/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul · Istanbul · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
us-uk.bookimed.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 28.57% of all observed AI answer openings across the 7-run window. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — one of 3 actors on the panel to do so.
youtube.com records 13.66% AI opening share on this market and sits 14.91 percentage points behind us-uk.bookimed.com. As a social platform on this panel, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, matching the rank-1 actor on presence frequency.
instagram.com records 7.45% AI opening share on this market, sitting 21.12 percentage points behind us-uk.bookimed.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — a social platform occupying the third position on this opening-control panel.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov records 6.83% AI opening share on this market and sits 21.74 percentage points behind us-uk.bookimed.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — one of 3 actors on the panel to do so, and a focused source rather than a clinic domain.
whatclinic.com records 6.83% AI opening share on this market, matching pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov on the primary metric while opening AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 21.74 percentage points behind us-uk.bookimed.com on AI opening share.
plasticsurgery.org records 6.21% AI opening share on this market and sits 22.36 percentage points behind us-uk.bookimed.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — another focused source on a panel where no single clinic domain controls the opening slot.
int.livhospital.com records 6.21% AI opening share on this market and sits 22.36 percentage points behind us-uk.bookimed.com. It opened AI answers on 4 of 7 comparable runs, the lowest presence frequency among the top-7 actors on this panel.
akmclinic.com records 4.97% AI opening share on this market and sits 23.60 percentage points behind us-uk.bookimed.com. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs.
avsarclinic.com records 4.35% AI opening share on this market and sits 24.22 percentage points behind us-uk.bookimed.com. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs.
santeclinics.com records 2.48% AI opening share on this market, the lowest on the governed panel, and sits 26.09 percentage points behind us-uk.bookimed.com. It opened AI answers on 4 of 7 comparable runs.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul · Istanbul · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
The panel is top-heavy
The panel is top-heavy: the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, and the spread between the rank-1 and rank-10 positions is 26.09 percentage points. The surface draws from a mix of niche domains, social platforms, and focused sources — two social platforms (youtube.com and instagram.com) sit in the top three, while the mid-panel is populated by domains oriented toward medical information and clinic aggregation rather than individual clinic operators. 3 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 7 opened AI answers in fewer runs. The trailing cluster is compressed: the 9 sources behind us-uk.bookimed.com range from 13.66% down to 2.48%.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul · Istanbul · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
us-uk.bookimed.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail across the 7-run window — yet it is not a clinic operator. The primacy slot on a luxury medical aesthetic clinic market in Istanbul is held by an aggregator-style domain, while individual clinic domains (int.livhospital.com, akmclinic.com, avsarclinic.com, santeclinics.com) cluster in the lower half of the panel. The AI opening surface for this market is shaped more by intermediary and platform sources than by the clinics themselves.
Market implication
Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul · Istanbul · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
The AI opening-control rail for this market signals fragmentation across the observed period. No single clinic domain accumulated enough opening volume to challenge the rank-1 position held by us-uk.bookimed.com. The presence of two social platforms in the top three positions suggests that AI Overviews on this market draw opening sources from a broad pool of content types rather than defaulting to specialist clinic sites. Monitoring this surface over future windows will clarify whether clinic-specific domains can accumulate enough opening volume to shift the panel's composition.
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- Observed:
- August 3–9, 2026
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- August 11, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/aesthetic-clinics-istanbul-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026 Scope: Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul · Istanbul · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: August 3–9, 2026 (2026-08-03/2026-08-09) Published: August 11, 2026 Method — How readings are scoped: https://theobservatory.io/method#standards Method — Run metadata: https://theobservatory.io/method/panel#run-metadata Method — Source protocol: https://theobservatory.io/method#source-protocol Method — Corrections and right of reply: https://theobservatory.io/method#corrections Public table: https://theobservatory.io/articles/aesthetic-clinics-istanbul-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/aesthetic-clinics-istanbul-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms Across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026, us-uk.bookimed.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul market at 28.57%, leading the top-10 panel by cumulative opening volume over the period. Key facts: • us-uk.bookimed.com: 29% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • youtube.com: 14% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • instagram.com: 7% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 3–9, 2026 · 80 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. us-uk.bookimed.com — 28.57% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. youtube.com — 13.66% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. instagram.com — 7.45% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #3 4. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — 6.83% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. whatclinic.com — 6.83% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #5 6. plasticsurgery.org — 6.21% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #6 7. int.livhospital.com — 6.21% AI opening share · opening in 4/7 runs — #7 8. akmclinic.com — 4.97% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #8 9. avsarclinic.com — 4.35% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #9 10. santeclinics.com — 2.48% AI opening share · opening in 4/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul in Turkey on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 3–9, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share on this market, aggregated from 80 observed queries. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. Per-actor values represent each actor's share of all AI answer openings observed across the full period, using one single period-wide denominator. Limitations and non-claims: — Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window. — A period aggregate (7 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share. — Scoped to Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul Istanbul, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul · Istanbul · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · August 3–9, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787895806188_82j5ls. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory. Source footnote: Sourced from a published AAI MIB card. The Observatory publishes this card’s public findings; values are as observed on the search surface, not business-market claims. Attribution: Published by The Observatory · Based on an AAI Kernel capture · governed by The Observatory editorial system Cite: According to The Observatory (August 11, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/aesthetic-clinics-istanbul-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026 This record is the published reading and its public table/slice as served on the card — not the complete underlying capture or provider dataset. Observed by The Observatory. Not an endorsement, recommendation, market-share claim or commercial ranking. Free reuse, including commercial republication, under The Observatory’s Terms. Retain attribution, source link, scope and date. Revision: 8d2284eed0f2192e
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure?
- AI opening share measures which domain is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the source AI reaches for first when constructing its response. It is distinct from general citation share, which counts all citations across the full AI Overview answer.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend?
- This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It covers 7 comparable scheduled runs in the window August 3–9, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates; future windows may produce different panel compositions.
- Why do platforms like youtube.com and instagram.com appear on a medical aesthetic clinic panel?
- AI Overviews select opening sources based on the content available for each query, not on whether a domain is a specialist operator. Social platforms carrying relevant video or visual content can accumulate opening share alongside clinic and medical-information domains.
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Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul · Istanbul · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window.
- A period aggregate (7 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
- Scoped to Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul Istanbul, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul in Turkey on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 3–9, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share on this market, aggregated from 80 observed queries. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. Per-actor values represent each actor's share of all AI answer openings observed across the full period, using one single period-wide denominator.
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Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 3–9, 2026). AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 7 of 7 runs. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. No claim about general citation share or organic visibility.
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Method & SourceContinue the reading
The Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, August 3–9, 2026, Luxury Medical Aesthetic Clinics Istanbul is also read in the AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 table, the Organic Ranking — Top 5 table and the Query Spotlight table; each keeps its own reading basis.
The Dubai reading and London reading examine the same AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 for August 3–9, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
