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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 at 14.87%, leading the top-5 panel by cumulative AI Overview citation volume across the 7-run window September 7–13, 2026.

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Market
Luxury Hospitality St Barth
Location
St Barthélemy
Observed period
September 7–13, 2026
Run type
Period run · 7 comparable runs
Queries
107 queries per run
Search engine
Google
Device
Desktop
Source location
BL
Reading
Ranking Top 5 · AI citation
“On St Barth's AI Overview citation surface, platforms — not hospitality specialists — collect the most citations.”

Quick answer

facebook.com holds the strongest AI citation share on the Luxury Hospitality St Barth market at 14.87%, leading the top-5 panel by cumulative AI Overview citation volume across the 7-run window September 7–13, 2026.

Key reading

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · September 7–13, 2026

facebook.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI Overview citation ranking at 14.87%, yet the 4 sources behind facebook.com range from 10.19% down to 8.78% — a spread of only 6.09 percentage points separating the top from the bottom of the governed panel. youtube.com records 10.19% and instagram.com records 10.15%, placing two more social platforms immediately behind the lead. sebastianluxetravel.com and Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa, both classified as focused sources on this surface, sit at 8.95% and 8.78% respectively. The surface is structurally unsettled on this observed window: no single actor has established clear authority on the AI Overview citation rail for St Barth luxury hospitality across these 7 comparable runs.

Core metric

Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · September 7–13, 2026

Observed metric

Citation share — top 5

September 7–13, 2026107 queries per run7 comparable runs
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · September 7–13, 2026 · 7 comparable runs · AI citation · 5 ranked rows
ActorRankAIO citation sharePresence
facebook.com#114.87% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
youtube.com#210.19% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
instagram.com#310.15% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
sebastianluxetravel.com#48.95% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa#58.78% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
How to read this tableThese three measures describe actors' visibility through sources cited in Google's AI Overviews. Each should be read separately.Rank — The actor's position based on the cumulative number of links citing its website.AIO citation share — The actor's percentage of recorded citations among the sources included in the measurement.Presence — The number of comparable daily observations in which the actor received at least one citation.For a full explanation of how these rankings are calculated, see Method & Standards.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 September 7–13, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI Overview citation volume over the period, aggregated from 107 observed queries. Per-actor values represent each actor's share of all AI Overview citations observed across the full window, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market.Read with how readings are scoped and run metadata · what this card does not claim.Produced using AI and automated checks. See methodology.

How the actors read on the surface

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · September 7–13, 2026

facebook.com

facebook.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 14.87%, accumulated across all 7 comparable runs. As a social platform rather than a specialist operator, its rank-1 position on the AI Overview citation rail signals that user-generated content surfaces ahead of dedicated hospitality sources on this market panel.

youtube.com

youtube.com records 10.19% AI citation share on this market and sits 4.68 percentage points behind facebook.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, this general-purpose platform holds the second-largest cumulative citation volume on the panel — another non-specialist domain drawing consistent AI Overview references for St Barth luxury hospitality queries.

instagram.com

instagram.com records 10.15% AI citation share on this market, sitting 4.72 percentage points behind facebook.com. The gap between instagram.com and youtube.com is negligible, placing a second social platform at virtually the same citation level across the observed period.

sebastianluxetravel.com

sebastianluxetravel.com records 8.95% AI citation share on this market and sits 5.91 percentage points behind facebook.com. As a focused source on this surface, it is the highest-ranked non-platform domain on the panel — cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs yet unable to close the gap with the three social platforms above it.

Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa

Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa records 8.78% AI citation share on this market, the lowest value on the governed panel, sitting 6.09 percentage points behind facebook.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, this focused source occupies the fifth position by cumulative AI Overview citation volume over the period.

Pattern on the observed surface

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · September 7–13, 2026

The panel is distributed rather than concentrated

The panel is distributed rather than concentrated. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined, and the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 2 combined — but the overall spread of 6.09 percentage points from top to bottom is narrow. Three of the five positions belong to social platforms, while the two focused sources sit in the lower half. The St Barth luxury hospitality AI Overview citation surface is structurally unsettled on this observed window: no actor has established authority on this rail across the 7 comparable runs.

Why this reading matters

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · September 7–13, 2026

facebook.com, the rank-1 actor by AI citation share on this market, is a social platform rather than a specialist operator. The AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Hospitality St Barth draws more heavily from user-generated and general-purpose platforms than from focused hospitality domains — a composition pattern that any operator monitoring AI-surface visibility on this market should register.

Market implication

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · September 7–13, 2026

The AI Overview citation surface for St Barth luxury hospitality is wide open across this observed window. No actor on the governed panel has accumulated enough citation volume to separate itself decisively, and the top position belongs to a general-purpose social platform. For any operator tracking AI-surface visibility on this market, the observation signals that the citation rail remains structurally contestable — focused hospitality sources have not yet displaced platforms as the primary references AI Overviews draw from.

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Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy
Surface:
AI citation · Google · Desktop
Observed:
September 7–13, 2026
Published:
September 19, 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-7-13-2026
Scope: Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Google · Desktop
Family: Ranking Top 5
Observed: September 7–13, 2026 (2026-09-07/2026-09-13)
Published: September 19, 2026
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facebook.com holds the strongest AI citation share on the Luxury Hospitality St Barth market at 14.87%, leading the top-5 panel by cumulative AI Overview citation volume across the 7-run window September 7–13, 2026.

Key facts:
• facebook.com: 15% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs
• youtube.com: 10% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs
• instagram.com: 10% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs

Published table — Citation share — top 5 (September 7–13, 2026 · 107 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share
1. facebook.com — 14.87% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1
2. youtube.com — 10.19% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2
3. instagram.com — 10.15% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3
4. sebastianluxetravel.com — 8.95% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4
5. Le Barthelemy Hotel & Spa — 8.78% 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-Barthelemy on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 7–13, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI Overview citation volume over the period, aggregated from 107 observed queries. Per-actor values represent each actor's share of all AI Overview citations observed across the full window, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market.

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, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.

— The Observatory · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Google · Desktop · September 7–13, 2026
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Cite: According to The Observatory (September 19, 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-7-13-2026

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— The Observatory · Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · Google · Desktop · September 7–13, 2026

Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier pr_1791403085573_nkw1j2. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory.

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 those AI answers, nor does it reflect organic search ranking.
Why does this card show platforms ahead of hospitality-focused domains?
The panel reflects cumulative AI Overview citations observed across 7 comparable runs and 107 queries. AI Overviews select sources based on their own model logic; the card observes the result without prescribing why any source is cited more or less often.
Can this card establish a longer-term trend?
No. This card aggregates an observation period of 7 comparable scheduled runs from September 7–13, 2026. AI Overview content varies by query, model behavior, and date. A single window does not establish a multi-month trajectory.

Scope and limitations

Luxury Hospitality St Barth · St Barthélemy · AI citation · September 7–13, 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, September 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 September 7–13, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI Overview citation volume over the period, aggregated from 107 observed queries. Per-actor values represent each actor's share of all AI Overview citations observed across the full window, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market.

The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.

Source protocol · How readings are scoped · Run metadata · Corrections

Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs, September 7–13, 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 2026-09-19 · Governed capture ID · pr_1791403085573_nkw1j2

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.

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