— Ranking Top 5 · AI citation —
Who does AI cite most for Luxury Hospitality St Barth, St Barthélemy?
facebook.com holds the strongest AI citation share on the Luxury Hospitality St Barth market across the 7-run window September 28 – October 4, 2026, at 17.39%.
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- Market
- Luxury Hospitality St Barth
- Location
- St Barthélemy
- Observed period
- Sep 28 – Oct 4, 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 Saint-Barthélemy's luxury hospitality AI citation rail, social platforms — not specialist domains — hold the top positions.”
Quick answer
The top-5 panel is composed entirely of actors cited in all 7 comparable runs.
Key reading
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
facebook.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 17.39%, with instagram.com close behind at 14.65% — a gap of 2.73 percentage points. youtube.com records 9.88%, while the two focused sources on the panel, sebastianluxetravel.com at 8.04% and Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa at 7.63%, sit further back. The spread between the rank-1 and rank-5 positions is 9.76 percentage points. The top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined, concentrating AI citation volume in two social platforms across the observed period.
Core metric
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Observed metric
Citation share — top 5
| Actor | Rank | AIO citation share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| facebook.com | #1 | 17.39% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #2 | 14.65% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #3 | 9.88% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| sebastianluxetravel.com | #4 | 8.04% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa | #5 | 7.63% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
facebook.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 17.39%. As a social platform, it accumulated the highest citation volume across the 7-run window — cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs — without being a specialist hospitality source.
instagram.com records 14.65% AI citation share on this market and sits 2.73 percentage points behind facebook.com. Also a social platform cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it occupies the second position on the period-wide AI Overview citation ranking for Luxury Hospitality St Barth.
youtube.com records 9.88% AI citation share on this market, sitting 7.51 percentage points behind facebook.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it is the third social platform on a panel where general-purpose platforms occupy every position above the focused sources.
sebastianluxetravel.com records 8.04% AI citation share on this market and sits 9.35 percentage points behind facebook.com. A focused source cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it is the highest-ranked niche domain on the panel — yet it trails all three social platforms above it.
Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa records 7.63% AI citation share on this market, the lowest on the governed top-5 panel, sitting 9.76 percentage points behind facebook.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it occupies the fifth position in the period-wide ranking.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
The panel is top-heavy and platform-dominated
The panel is top-heavy and platform-dominated. Three social platforms fill the top three positions, and the top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined. The 4 sources behind facebook.com range from 14.65% down to 7.63%, with the two focused sources compressed into a narrow band at the bottom. All 5 actors on the panel were cited in all 7 comparable runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
facebook.com, a social platform, holds the rank-1 position on the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth across this 7-run window. The fact that user-generated and social platforms occupy the entire top three — ahead of any focused hospitality source — signals that AI Overviews on this market draw heavily from general-purpose content pools when assembling citations for luxury hospitality queries in Saint-Barthélemy.
Market implication
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
The AI Overview citation surface for Luxury Hospitality St Barth across this window is shaped by general-purpose social platforms rather than focused hospitality domains. This observation suggests that AI-driven discovery on this market currently channels citation volume toward platforms with broad user-generated content, while niche and focused sources occupy the lower portion of the governed panel. Monitoring whether focused sources accumulate greater citation volume in future windows would clarify whether this platform-heavy structure persists.
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- Scope:
- Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy
- Surface:
- AI citation · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
- Published:
- October 10, 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-september-28-to-october-4-2026 Scope: Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 5 Observed: Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 (2026-09-28/2026-10-04) Published: October 10, 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-september-28-to-october-4-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-hospitality-st-barthelemy-most-cited-by-ai-september-28-to-october-4-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms facebook.com holds the strongest AI citation share on the Luxury Hospitality St Barth market across the 7-run window September 28 – October 4, 2026, at 17.39%. Key facts: • facebook.com: 17% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • instagram.com: 15% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • youtube.com: 10% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs Published table — Citation share — top 5 (Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 · 107 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share 1. facebook.com — 17.39% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1 2. instagram.com — 14.65% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2 3. youtube.com — 9.88% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3 4. sebastianluxetravel.com — 8.04% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4 5. Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa — 7.63% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #5 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth in Saint-Barthélemy on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator across all 7 runs. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market, aggregated from 107 observed queries. 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, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Google · Desktop · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791126407182_xb2dr2. 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 (October 10, 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-september-28-to-october-4-2026 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: 172dbc9c4dacd368
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— The Observatory · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Google · Desktop · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
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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 answers, nor does it reflect organic search ranking.
- How many queries and runs does this card cover?
- This card aggregates observations from 107 queries across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the window September 28 – October 4, 2026. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs.
- Can this card establish a longer-term trend?
- No. This is a 7-run period observation — a point-in-time competitive picture on the AI Overview citation surface. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date. Rankings should be read as a window-scoped aggregate, not a structural long-term assessment.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 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, October 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-Barthélemy on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator across all 7 runs. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market, aggregated from 107 observed queries.
The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.
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Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs, September 28 – October 4, 2026. AI Overview citation evidence available on 7 of 7 runs. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. No claim about AI opening control 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 2026-10-10 · Governed capture ID · pr_1791126407182_xb2dr2
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