— Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview —
Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida, Miami / Palm Beach?
Across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026, Zillow holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida market at 21.50%.
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- Market
- Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida
- Location
- Miami / Palm Beach
- Observed period
- Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- United States
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“Zillow opens AI answers first on South Florida luxury real estate — but social platforms claim the next three seats.”
Quick answer
instagram.com follows at 16.32%, with facebook.com at 10.62% and youtube.com at 9.84%.
Key reading
Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida · Miami / Palm Beach · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Zillow holds the rank-1 position on the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida across the 7-run window September 28 – October 4, 2026, recording 21.50% AI opening share on this market. instagram.com sits 5.18 percentage points behind Zillow on AI opening share on this market, while facebook.com sits 10.88 percentage points behind and youtube.com sits 11.66 percentage points behind. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. The non-obvious read: the opening-control surface for South Florida luxury real estate is shaped more by social platforms and general-purpose platforms than by specialist domains — only realtrends.com, millionluxury.com, and List Sothebys International Realty represent focused sources in the governed top-10 panel, and each records single-digit opening share.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida · Miami / Palm Beach · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zillow | #1 | 21.50% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #2 | 16.32% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #3 | 10.62% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #4 | 9.84% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| realtrends.com | #5 | 6.74% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| millionluxury.com | #6 | 6.22% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| linkedin.com | #7 | 5.18% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| List Sothebys International Realty | #8 | 3.37% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| miamiluxuryhomes.com | #9 | 3.37% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| The Jills Zeder Group | #10 | 2.59% AI opening share | opening in 4/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida · Miami / Palm Beach · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Zillow holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 21.50%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, and the spread between Zillow and the rank-10 actor is 18.91 percentage points — a gap that frames the distance between the top of the panel and its floor.
instagram.com records 16.32% AI opening share on this market, occupying the second position on the panel as a social platform. It sits 5.18 percentage points behind Zillow on AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
facebook.com records 10.62% AI opening share on this market and sits 10.88 percentage points behind Zillow. As a social platform, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, holding a position that keeps general-purpose platforms visible in the upper half of the panel.
youtube.com records 9.84% AI opening share on this market, sitting 11.66 percentage points behind Zillow. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, rounding out a cluster of social platforms that occupy the second through fourth positions on this rail.
realtrends.com records 6.74% AI opening share on this market and sits 14.77 percentage points behind Zillow. As a focused source, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — the highest-ranked niche domain on this panel.
millionluxury.com records 6.22% AI opening share on this market, sitting 15.28 percentage points behind Zillow. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it just behind realtrends.com among focused sources on this surface.
linkedin.com records 5.18% AI opening share on this market and sits 16.32 percentage points behind Zillow. As a social platform, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — the fourth platform in the governed top-10 panel.
List Sothebys International Realty
List Sothebys International Realty records 3.37% AI opening share on this market and sits 18.13 percentage points behind Zillow. As a specialist operator, it opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — the only actor classified as a specialist operator on this panel.
miamiluxuryhomes.com records 3.37% AI opening share on this market, matching List Sothebys International Realty on the metric while sitting 18.13 percentage points behind Zillow. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs.
The Jills Zeder Group records 2.59% AI opening share on this market, the lowest on the governed panel, and sits 18.91 percentage points behind Zillow. It opened AI answers on 4 of 7 comparable runs, the lowest presence frequency among the 10 actors.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida · Miami / Palm Beach · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
The panel is top-heavy
The panel is top-heavy: the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. Social platforms occupy four of the ten positions — instagram.com, facebook.com, youtube.com, and linkedin.com — giving general-purpose platforms a structural weight on this opening-control surface that outpaces the specialist and niche domains below them. The 9 sources behind Zillow range from 16.32% down to 2.59%. Presence frequency separates the panel into two tiers: 7 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs, while 3 opened AI answers in fewer runs. The bottom three actors — List Sothebys International Realty, miamiluxuryhomes.com, and The Jills Zeder Group — each carry lower presence frequency and single-digit opening share, forming a distinct trailing cluster.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida · Miami / Palm Beach · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Zillow is the rank-1 actor by AI opening share on this market across the 7-run window, yet it accumulates 21.50% — not a majority. The surface distributes the remaining opening volume across a mix of social platforms and focused sources, which means no single actor controls the opening slot on a majority of this market's AI answers. For a market as localized as South Florida luxury real estate, the presence of four social platforms in the top 10 signals that AI Overviews are reaching beyond specialist real estate sources when opening answers.
Market implication
Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida · Miami / Palm Beach · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
The observed opening-control rail suggests that monitoring AI Overview visibility on this market requires tracking not just real-estate-specific domains but also social platforms, which collectively occupy significant panel positions. Zillow's lead is clear on this surface across the 7-run window, but the gap between Zillow and instagram.com — 5.18 percentage points — is narrower than the gap between instagram.com and the rest of the panel. Any shift in how AI Overviews weight social-platform content at the opening slot could reshape the upper half of this panel.
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- Observed:
- Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
- Published:
- October 6, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida, Miami / Palm Beach? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-miami-palm-beach-ai-overview-control-september-28-to-october-4-2026 Scope: Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida · Miami / Palm Beach · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 (2026-09-28/2026-10-04) Published: October 6, 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-real-estate-miami-palm-beach-ai-overview-control-september-28-to-october-4-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-miami-palm-beach-ai-overview-control-september-28-to-october-4-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms Across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026, Zillow holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida market at 21.50%. Key facts: • Zillow: 22% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • instagram.com: 16% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • facebook.com: 11% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. Zillow — 21.50% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. instagram.com — 16.32% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. facebook.com — 10.62% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. youtube.com — 9.84% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. realtrends.com — 6.74% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. millionluxury.com — 6.22% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. linkedin.com — 5.18% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. List Sothebys International Realty — 3.37% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #8 9. miamiluxuryhomes.com — 3.37% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #9 10. The Jills Zeder Group — 2.59% AI opening share · opening in 4/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida in Miami / Palm Beach on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026. The panel ranks the top 10 actors by cumulative AI opening share on this market, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's openings across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window. 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 Real Estate Advisory South Florida Miami / Palm Beach, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida · Miami / Palm Beach · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791134536576_c6to8m. 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 6, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida, Miami / Palm Beach?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-miami-palm-beach-ai-overview-control-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: fd31dd9d5388d34b
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share' measure?
- AI opening share measures how often a given actor is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the source AI reaches for first. It is not the same as general citation share (which counts all citations anywhere in the AI answer) and is not an organic search ranking.
- Can this observation establish a longer-term trend?
- No. This card covers 7 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period from September 28 – October 4, 2026. It maps the current competitive picture on this surface but does not establish long-term structural positions. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates.
- Why do social platforms appear so prominently on a luxury real estate surface?
- This card observes which sources AI Overviews reach for first — it does not explain why. The governed panel shows instagram.com, facebook.com, youtube.com, and linkedin.com all appearing on the opening-control rail. The observation records their presence; it does not assess the editorial quality or relevance of their content.
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Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida · Miami / Palm Beach · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 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 Real Estate Advisory South Florida Miami / Palm Beach, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory South Florida in Miami / Palm Beach on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026. The panel ranks the top 10 actors by cumulative AI opening share on this market, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's openings across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window.
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Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs (September 28 – October 4, 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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