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Who does AI cite most for Luxury Hospitality St Barth, St Barthélemy?
instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 14.76%, accumulated across the 7-run window for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in Saint-Barthelemy (August 24–30, 2026).
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- Market
- Luxury Hospitality St Barth
- Location
- St Barthélemy
- Observed period
- August 24–30, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 107 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- BL
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- Ranking Top 5 · AI citation
“On the Luxury Hospitality St Barth AI Overview citation rail, social platforms — not specialist domains — accumulate the strongest citation share.”
Quick answer
facebook.com follows at 14.14%, sitting 0.62 percentage points behind instagram.com on AI citation share on this market.
Key reading
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026
The AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth across this 7-run window is dispersed: the spread between the rank-1 and rank-5 actors is 6.98 percentage points, and the top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined. Yet neither instagram.com nor facebook.com pulls away decisively — the gap between them is 0.62 percentage points. The 4 sources behind instagram.com range from 14.14% down to 7.78%. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 6 of 7 runs in the comparable window; one run on August 27, 2026 returned no AI Overview source competitors, so the aggregated values reflect the 6 runs with evidence. None of the 5 actors on the panel were cited in all 7 comparable runs.
Core metric
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026
Observed metric
Citation share — top 5
| Actor | Rank | AIO citation share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| instagram.com | #1 | 14.76% AI citation share | cited in 6/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #2 | 14.14% AI citation share | cited in 6/7 runs |
| ourismantravel.com | #3 | 9.02% AI citation share | cited in 6/7 runs |
| sebastianluxetravel.com | #4 | 8.77% AI citation share | cited in 6/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #5 | 7.78% AI citation share | cited in 6/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026
instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 14.76%. As a social platform rather than a specialist operator, it occupies the top position in the period-wide ranking — cited in 6 of 7 comparable runs across the window.
facebook.com records 14.14% AI citation share on this market, sitting 0.62 percentage points behind instagram.com. Also a social platform, it mirrors instagram.com's presence pattern — cited in 6 of 7 comparable runs — and nearly matches it on cumulative citation volume over the period.
ourismantravel.com records 9.02% AI citation share on this market and sits 5.74 percentage points behind instagram.com on AI citation share on this market. Cited in 6 of 7 comparable runs, it is the highest-ranked focused source on this panel, occupying a position between the two social platforms above and the two domains below.
sebastianluxetravel.com records 8.77% AI citation share on this market, sitting 5.99 percentage points behind instagram.com. Cited in 6 of 7 comparable runs, it sits close to ourismantravel.com — a narrow gap separates the two focused sources in the middle of the panel.
youtube.com records 7.78% AI citation share on this market and sits 6.98 percentage points behind instagram.com on AI citation share on this market. A general-purpose platform cited in 6 of 7 comparable runs, it anchors the bottom of the governed top-5 panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026
The panel splits into two structural tiers
The panel splits into two structural tiers. The upper tier — instagram.com and facebook.com — consists of social platforms that together hold more than the remaining 3 combined. The lower tier groups two focused sources (ourismantravel.com and sebastianluxetravel.com) and one general-purpose platform (youtube.com), compressed into a narrower band. No specialist operator commands the surface; the AI Overview citation rail for this market is shaped by user-generated and aggregator domains rather than by niche travel sources.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026
instagram.com — a social platform with no specialist hospitality function — holds the rank-1 position by cumulative AI citation volume on the Luxury Hospitality St Barth panel over this window. The surface composition suggests that AI Overviews, when answering queries about luxury hospitality in Saint-Barthelemy, draw heavily on user-generated content platforms as citation sources.
Market implication
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026
The AI Overview citation rail for this market is wide open: even the rank-1 actor, instagram.com, accumulates 14.76% of AI citations across the window. The absence of any single actor with a commanding share signals that the citation surface remains unsettled as observed across the period, with no name establishing clear authority on it. For operators monitoring AI citation visibility in Saint-Barthelemy, the current surface rewards platform-hosted content over specialist domains — a pattern worth watching in future observation windows.
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- Surface:
- AI citation · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- August 24–30, 2026
- Published:
- September 5, 2026
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Who does AI cite most for Luxury Hospitality St Barth, St Barthélemy? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-most-cited-by-ai-august-24-30-2026 Scope: Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 5 Observed: August 24–30, 2026 (2026-08-24/2026-08-30) Published: September 5, 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/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-most-cited-by-ai-august-24-30-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-most-cited-by-ai-august-24-30-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 14.76%, accumulated across the 7-run window for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in Saint-Barthelemy (August 24–30, 2026). Key facts: • instagram.com: 15% AI citation share · cited in 6/7 runs • facebook.com: 14% AI citation share · cited in 6/7 runs • ourismantravel.com: 9% AI citation share · cited in 6/7 runs Published table — Citation share — top 5 (August 24–30, 2026 · 107 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share 1. instagram.com — 14.76% AI citation share · cited in 6/7 runs — #1 2. facebook.com — 14.14% AI citation share · cited in 6/7 runs — #2 3. ourismantravel.com — 9.02% AI citation share · cited in 6/7 runs — #3 4. sebastianluxetravel.com — 8.77% AI citation share · cited in 6/7 runs — #4 5. youtube.com — 7.78% AI citation share · cited in 6/7 runs — #5 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in Saint-Barthelemy on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 24–30, 2026. The top-5 panel is ranked by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, aggregated from 107 observed queries. Per-actor metric values represent the sum of each actor's citations across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 6 of 7 runs; one run on August 27, 2026 returned no AI Overview source competitors, so aggregated values use the 6 runs with evidence. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date; future observation windows may produce different citation distributions. Limitations and non-claims: — Observes the observed AI citation 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 Hospitality St Barth St Barthélemy, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Google · Desktop · August 24–30, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1788101533742_kw2no3. 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 (September 5, 2026), Who does AI cite most for Luxury Hospitality St Barth, St Barthélemy?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-most-cited-by-ai-august-24-30-2026 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: 011122a80df9a3d8
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FAQ
- What does 'AI citation share on this market' measure?
- It measures how often an actor's domain appears as a cited source inside AI Overview answers across the market's observed query set. It does not measure who opens AI Overview answers, nor does it reflect organic search ranking.
- Why was AI Overview citation evidence missing on one run?
- On August 27, 2026, the observation returned no AI Overview source competitors — either no AI Overview surface appeared or it appeared without source citations. The aggregated values on this card reflect the 6 runs with available AI Overview citation evidence.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend or business-market leadership?
- No. This card observes cumulative AI citation volume across a 7-run window (August 24–30, 2026). It does not establish a multi-month trend, does not measure business revenue or market share, and does not reflect organic search visibility.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI citation 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 Hospitality St Barth St Barthélemy, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in Saint-Barthelemy on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 24–30, 2026. The top-5 panel is ranked by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, aggregated from 107 observed queries. Per-actor metric values represent the sum of each actor's citations across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 6 of 7 runs; one run on August 27, 2026 returned no AI Overview source competitors, so aggregated values use the 6 runs with evidence. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date; future observation windows may produce different citation distributions.
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Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 24–30, 2026). AI Overview citation evidence available on 6 of 7 runs. No claim about AI opening control or organic visibility. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend.
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The Luxury Hospitality St Barth room places this AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, August 24–30, 2026, Luxury Hospitality St Barth is also read in the AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 table, the Organic Ranking — Top 5 table and the Query Spotlight table; each keeps its own reading basis.
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