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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Branded Residences, New York?
cityrealty.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Branded Residences New York market across the 6-run observation period (August 17–23, 2026), recording 17.29% of all AI answer openings observed over the period.
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- Market
- Branded Residences
- Location
- New York
- Observed period
- August 17–23, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 6 comparable runs
- Queries
- 107 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- United States
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“New York's branded-residence AI opening surface is contested — no actor controls the primacy slot across this 6-run window.”
Quick answer
brandedliving.co follows at 17.11%, just 0.19 percentage points behind.
Key reading
Branded Residences · New York · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
cityrealty.com is the rank-1 actor by cumulative AI opening share on this market over the 6-run window, at 17.29%. brandedliving.co sits 0.19 percentage points behind cityrealty.com on AI opening share on this market, making the top two positions effectively adjacent. brandedresi.com and manhattanmiami.com occupy the third and fourth positions at 13.16% and 12.41% respectively, forming a second pair separated by less than a percentage point. The lower half of the panel — from insights.ehl.edu at 4.51% down to millionluxury.com at 3.76% — sits well behind the top four, with the 9 sources behind cityrealty.com ranging from 17.11% down to 3.76%. reddit.com, the only discussion platform on the panel, records 3.95% and opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, matching the presence of most niche domains on this surface.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Branded Residences · New York · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| cityrealty.com | #1 | 17.29% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| brandedliving.co | #2 | 17.11% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| brandedresi.com | #3 | 13.16% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| manhattanmiami.com | #4 | 12.41% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| brand-atlas.com | #5 | 8.83% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| insights.ehl.edu | #6 | 4.51% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| hauteliving.com | #7 | 4.32% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| leven.re | #8 | 3.95% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| reddit.com | #9 | 3.95% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| millionluxury.com | #10 | 3.76% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Branded Residences · New York · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
cityrealty.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 17.29%. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs across the window, accumulating the highest opening volume on the panel over the period.
brandedliving.co sits 0.19 percentage points behind cityrealty.com on AI opening share on this market — the narrowest gap on the panel. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, placing it within striking distance of the rank-1 position by cumulative opening volume.
brandedresi.com records 13.16% AI opening share on this market and sits 4.14 percentage points behind cityrealty.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, anchoring the upper-middle tier of the panel.
manhattanmiami.com records 12.41% AI opening share on this market, sitting 4.89 percentage points behind cityrealty.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, holding the fourth position in the period-wide ranking.
brand-atlas.com records 8.83% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.46 percentage points behind cityrealty.com. It marks the transition point between the top four and the lower tier of the panel, having opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
insights.ehl.edu records 4.51% AI opening share on this market — an educational subdomain appearing on a branded-residence opening-control rail. It sits 12.78 percentage points behind cityrealty.com and opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
hauteliving.com records 4.32% AI opening share on this market, sitting 12.97 percentage points behind cityrealty.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, occupying the seventh position in the period-wide ranking.
leven.re records 3.95% AI opening share on this market and sits 13.35 percentage points behind cityrealty.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, sharing the same cumulative opening share as reddit.com.
reddit.com is the only discussion platform on this panel, recording 3.95% AI opening share on this market. It sits 13.35 percentage points behind cityrealty.com and opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs — a general-purpose platform surfacing alongside specialist domains on the opening-control rail.
millionluxury.com records 3.76% AI opening share on this market, the lowest on the governed panel. It sits 13.53 percentage points behind cityrealty.com and opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs — the only actor on the panel not present in every run.
Pattern on the observed surface
Branded Residences · New York · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
The panel splits into three structural tiers
The panel splits into three structural tiers. The top two actors — cityrealty.com and brandedliving.co — sit nearly level, separated by 0.19 percentage points. A second cluster of brandedresi.com at 13.16% and manhattanmiami.com at 12.41% follows, forming a tight pair in the upper-middle range. From brand-atlas.com downward, the remaining six actors compress into a band where the 9 sources behind cityrealty.com range from 17.11% down to 3.76%. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. The surface is populated by focused sources; reddit.com is the sole general-purpose platform. 9 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 6 comparable runs; 1 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Branded Residences · New York · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
cityrealty.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail, yet the 0.19-percentage-point gap to brandedliving.co means the primacy slot on the Branded Residences New York surface is structurally contested rather than settled. The presence of insights.ehl.edu — an educational subdomain — among specialist domains signals that AI Overview opening behavior on this market draws from a wider source typology than a pure operator-vs-operator contest would suggest.
Market implication
Branded Residences · New York · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
The narrow separation at the top of this AI opening-control panel signals that no single source has locked in the primacy slot on the Branded Residences New York surface across this 6-run window. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, yet even within that leading group the gaps are modest. For any operator monitoring AI opening behavior on this market, the observation suggests the surface remains structurally open — small shifts in cumulative opening volume could reorder the top positions in a future window.
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- Observed:
- August 17–23, 2026
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- August 25, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Branded Residences, New York? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/branded-residences-new-york-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026 Scope: Branded Residences · New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: August 17–23, 2026 (2026-08-17/2026-08-23) Published: August 25, 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/branded-residences-new-york-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/branded-residences-new-york-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms cityrealty.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Branded Residences New York market across the 6-run observation period (August 17–23, 2026), recording 17.29% of all AI answer openings observed over the period. Key facts: • cityrealty.com: 17% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • brandedliving.co: 17% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • brandedresi.com: 13% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 17–23, 2026 · 107 queries per run · 6 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. cityrealty.com — 17.29% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #1 2. brandedliving.co — 17.11% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #2 3. brandedresi.com — 13.16% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #3 4. manhattanmiami.com — 12.41% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #4 5. brand-atlas.com — 8.83% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #5 6. insights.ehl.edu — 4.51% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #6 7. hauteliving.com — 4.32% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #7 8. leven.re — 3.95% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #8 9. reddit.com — 3.95% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #9 10. millionluxury.com — 3.76% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Branded Residences New York in New York on Google desktop across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share aggregated from 107 observed queries over the period, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs. Limitations and non-claims: — Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window. — A period aggregate (6 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share. — Scoped to Branded Residences New York, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Branded Residences · New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · August 17–23, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787892636156_sypwe7. 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 25, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Branded Residences, New York?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/branded-residences-new-york-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026 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: 246257bacaa80e7a
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure?
- AI opening share captures which source AI Overviews reach for first when answering a query — the opening slot of the AI answer, not general citation across the full response. This card reads the opening-control rail only.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend or measure general citation share?
- No. This is a period observation across 6 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period (August 17–23, 2026). This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It does not measure general citation share, which is tracked by a separate family.
- Why does an educational subdomain like insights.ehl.edu appear on a branded-residence panel?
- AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. The surface may draw from any indexed source it deems relevant to the query set. The presence of insights.ehl.edu reflects what AI reached for first across 107 observed queries over this window — not an editorial judgment about the source's market role.
Scope and limitations
Branded Residences · New York · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window.
- A period aggregate (6 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
- Scoped to Branded Residences New York, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Branded Residences New York in New York on Google desktop across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share aggregated from 107 observed queries over the period, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs.
The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.
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Period observation across 6 comparable scheduled runs (August 17–23, 2026). AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 6 of 6 runs. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. No claim about general citation share or organic visibility.
A capture from AAI Kernel’s governed intelligence — published by The Observatory. One reading of many; the publication date is distinct from the observed window shown above.Published 2026-08-25 · Governed capture ID · pr_1787892636156_sypwe7
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The Branded Residences New York room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, August 17–23, 2026, Branded Residences New York 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 17–23, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
