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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York?
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York market across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026, at 14.94%.
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- Market
- Luxury Real Estate Advisory
- Location
- New York
- Observed period
- August 3–9, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 104 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- United States
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On New York luxury real estate, AI reaches for platforms first — and no specialist operator commands the opening slot.”
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reddit.com follows at 10.34%, with hauseit.com close behind at 9.96%.
Key reading
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position on the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York across the observation period of August 3–9, 2026, accumulating 14.94% of all AI answer openings observed over the period. The 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 10.34% down to 3.83%, and the top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined — a dispersed surface where no single source commands a decisive share. The panel splits evenly on presence: 5 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs, while 5 opened AI answers in fewer runs. What stands out is the composition: four of the governed top-10 positions belong to social platforms — youtube.com, reddit.com, facebook.com, and instagram.com — while focused sources such as hauseit.com, StreetEasy, and castle-avenue.com fill the remaining slots alongside hollywoodreporter.com and realtrends.com.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 14.94% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| reddit.com | #2 | 10.34% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| hauseit.com | #3 | 9.96% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #4 | 7.28% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| StreetEasy | #5 | 6.90% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| hollywoodreporter.com | #6 | 6.90% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| realtrends.com | #7 | 6.90% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #8 | 5.75% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| castle-avenue.com | #9 | 4.98% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| elikarealestate.com | #10 | 3.83% AI opening share | opening in 4/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 14.94%, and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs. As a general-purpose platform, it occupies the rank-1 position on a surface where specialist real estate domains might be expected to lead — yet it is AI's most frequent first reach across 104 observed queries over the period.
reddit.com records 10.34% AI opening share on this market and sits 4.60 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, making it one of 5 actors on the panel to appear in every run — a user-generated discussion platform holding the second position on this opening-control rail.
hauseit.com records 9.96% AI opening share on this market, sitting 4.98 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs. As a focused source rather than a general-purpose platform, it is the highest-ranked niche domain on this opening-control rail across the period.
facebook.com records 7.28% AI opening share on this market and sits 7.66 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — the third social platform in the governed top 5, reinforcing the platform-heavy composition of this opening-control surface.
StreetEasy records 6.90% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.05 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs. As a focused source on this surface, StreetEasy holds a mid-panel position despite its presence in every comparable run.
hollywoodreporter.com records 6.90% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.05 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — a domain whose appearance on a luxury real estate opening-control rail is structurally notable.
realtrends.com records 6.90% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.05 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, occupying a position on this surface as a visible domain in the lower half of the panel.
instagram.com records 5.75% AI opening share on this market and sits 9.20 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — the fourth social platform on this governed panel, adding to the platform concentration visible across the opening-control rail.
castle-avenue.com records 4.98% AI opening share on this market and sits 9.96 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, holding a position near the bottom of the governed panel as a niche domain on this surface.
elikarealestate.com records 3.83% AI opening share on this market, the lowest on the governed panel, and sits 11.11 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 4 of 7 comparable runs — the least frequent presence on the panel across the window.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
The opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New
The opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York is dispersed and platform-heavy. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the spread from rank 1 to rank 10 is 11.11 percentage points. Four of the governed top-10 positions belong to social platforms — youtube.com, reddit.com, facebook.com, and instagram.com — while focused and niche domains fill the remaining positions. The 9 sources behind youtube.com sit between 4.60 and 11.11 percentage points behind it, producing a long, gradual slope rather than a sharp drop-off. The panel splits evenly on presence: 5 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 5 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI Overview opening-control rail, yet the surface it leads is structurally open: no actor accumulates even 14.94% of observed openings across the period, and the top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined. For a market as specific as luxury real estate advisory in New York, the presence of hollywoodreporter.com at the same cumulative opening share as StreetEasy and realtrends.com — 6.90% each — signals that AI's sourcing logic on this surface draws from an unexpectedly wide pool.
Market implication
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
The observed opening-control surface for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York across the August 3–9, 2026 window shows no concentrated authority on this AI Overview rail. The surface is structurally open and unsettled: the top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the rank-1 actor — youtube.com — accumulates 14.94% of observed openings. For operators monitoring AI visibility on this market, the platform-heavy composition of the panel and the dispersed share distribution signal that the AI opening slot is not locked to any single source type or domain.
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- August 3–9, 2026
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- August 11, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026 Scope: Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: August 3–9, 2026 (2026-08-03/2026-08-09) Published: August 11, 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-new-york-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York market across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026, at 14.94%. Key facts: • youtube.com: 15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • reddit.com: 10% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • hauseit.com: 10% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 3–9, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. youtube.com — 14.94% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. reddit.com — 10.34% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. hauseit.com — 9.96% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. facebook.com — 7.28% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. StreetEasy — 6.90% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. hollywoodreporter.com — 6.90% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #6 7. realtrends.com — 6.90% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #7 8. instagram.com — 5.75% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #8 9. castle-avenue.com — 4.98% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #9 10. elikarealestate.com — 3.83% 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 New York in New York on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period of August 3–9, 2026. The governed top-10 panel is ranked by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, with per-actor shares calculated on one single period-wide denominator. The observation is aggregated from 104 observed queries. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. 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 New York, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · August 3–9, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787902539941_2quyki. 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 11, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026 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: f079f2f03ca6e67c
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- What does 'AI opening share on this market' measure?
- It measures how often a given domain is the source AI Overviews reach for first — the opening slot — when answering queries in this market. It is not general citation share (which counts all citations, not just the opening), and it is not organic search ranking.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend in AI opening behavior?
- No. This observation covers 7 comparable scheduled runs across August 3–9, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend.
- Why do social platforms appear so prominently on a luxury real estate surface?
- This card observes which domains AI reaches for first when opening answers. It does not explain why AI selects a given source. The presence of youtube.com, reddit.com, facebook.com, and instagram.com on this panel reflects what was observed on the AI Overview opening-control rail across the 7-run window — not a judgment about the quality or relevance of those sources for luxury real estate advisory.
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Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · August 3–9, 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 New York, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York in New York on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period of August 3–9, 2026. The governed top-10 panel is ranked by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, with per-actor shares calculated on one single period-wide denominator. The observation is aggregated from 104 observed queries. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market.
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, August 3–9, 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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The Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, August 3–9, 2026, Luxury Real Estate Advisory 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.
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