— Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview —
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 October 12–18, 2026, recording 33.51% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period.
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- Market
- Luxury Real Estate Advisory
- Location
- New York
- Observed period
- October 12–18, 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, a platform — not a specialist — opens AI answers more than any other source.”
Quick answer
The top-10 panel is led by a general-purpose platform, not a real-estate-focused domain.
Key reading
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 12–18, 2026
youtube.com accumulated 33.51% of AI Overview openings across 7 comparable scheduled runs, more than twice the share of the next actor. Zillow records 14.99% and sits 18.53 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market. The AI Overview opening-control panel on this market is distributed and fully open — no single name has pulled away from the field on this observed surface across these 7 runs. The top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 8 combined, yet the spread between the first and last positions is 31.61 percentage points, signaling a steep drop from the rank-1 position to the rest of the panel. The surface is wide open: platforms, niche domains, and a specialist operator all appear, but none beyond youtube.com has consolidated a significant share of AI openings over the period.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 12–18, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 33.51% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Zillow | #2 | 14.99% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| StreetEasy | #3 | 7.63% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #4 | 7.08% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #5 | 5.99% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| List Sothebys International Realty | #6 | 5.72% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| realtrends.com | #7 | 4.63% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| manhattanmiami.com | #8 | 3.54% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| brickunderground.com | #9 | 2.72% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| jamesedition.com | #10 | 1.91% AI opening share | opening in 3/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 12–18, 2026
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 33.51%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — a general-purpose platform that AI Overviews reach for first on luxury real estate queries in New York across this window.
Zillow records 14.99% AI opening share on this market and sits 18.53 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, making it the highest-ranked non-platform domain on the panel over the period.
StreetEasy records 7.63% AI opening share on this market, sitting 25.89 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
facebook.com records 7.08% AI opening share on this market and sits 26.43 percentage points behind youtube.com. As a social platform, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, occupying a position just behind StreetEasy on cumulative opening volume.
instagram.com records 5.99% AI opening share on this market and sits 27.52 percentage points behind youtube.com. Another social platform on the panel, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
List Sothebys International Realty
List Sothebys International Realty records 5.72% AI opening share on this market and sits 27.79 percentage points behind youtube.com. As a specialist operator on this surface, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — the only actor classified as a specialist operator in the governed top-10 panel.
realtrends.com records 4.63% AI opening share on this market and sits 28.88 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
manhattanmiami.com records 3.54% AI opening share on this market and sits 29.97 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs.
brickunderground.com records 2.72% AI opening share on this market and sits 30.79 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
jamesedition.com records 1.91% AI opening share on this market and sits 31.61 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 3 of 7 comparable runs.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 12–18, 2026
The panel is top-heavy
The panel is top-heavy: the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. The 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 14.99% down to 1.91%, and they sit between 18.53 and 31.61 percentage points behind it. Platforms — youtube.com, facebook.com, and instagram.com — occupy three of the top five positions, giving the opening-control rail a distinctly platform-shaped profile. Only one specialist operator, List Sothebys International Realty, appears in the governed top-10 panel. 6 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 4 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 12–18, 2026
youtube.com's rank-1 position on the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York is structurally notable: a general-purpose platform accumulates the largest share of AI openings on a market where the underlying queries concern specialist advisory services. The surface does not mirror what a reader might expect from the business market — it reflects how AI Overviews source their opening answers, and on this market, that sourcing leans heavily toward platform content.
Market implication
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 12–18, 2026
The AI Overview opening-control surface on this market is distributed and fully open — no name has pulled away from the field across these 7 runs on the observed surface. For any operator monitoring AI visibility in New York luxury real estate, the observation signals that the opening slot is not locked: platform content currently fills the primacy position, and the gap between youtube.com and the rest of the panel leaves room for specialist sources to accumulate opening volume in future windows.
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- Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York
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- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- October 12–18, 2026
- Published:
- October 20, 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-october-12-18-2026 Scope: Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: October 12–18, 2026 (2026-10-12/2026-10-18) Published: October 20, 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-october-12-18-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-ai-overview-control-october-12-18-2026/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 October 12–18, 2026, recording 33.51% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period. Key facts: • youtube.com: 34% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • Zillow: 15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • StreetEasy: 8% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (October 12–18, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. youtube.com — 33.51% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. Zillow — 14.99% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. StreetEasy — 7.63% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. facebook.com — 7.08% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. instagram.com — 5.99% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. List Sothebys International Realty — 5.72% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. realtrends.com — 4.63% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #7 8. manhattanmiami.com — 3.54% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #8 9. brickunderground.com — 2.72% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #9 10. jamesedition.com — 1.91% AI opening share · opening in 3/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card examines Google AI Overview openings for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York, observed on Google desktop from the United States during October 12–18, 2026. It draws on 7 of 7 comparable daily observations within a governed market panel of 104 observed queries, applying the relevant source-selection rules. 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, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · October 12–18, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1792355957970_7tjn38. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory. Source footnote: Sourced from a published AAI Kernel Market Intelligence Board (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 20, 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-october-12-18-2026 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: 080fa5722bc71286
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure?
- AI opening share captures which source is cited at the opening of an AI Overview answer — the first source AI reaches for when constructing its response. It is not a measure of general citation share, organic search ranking, or business-market position.
- Does this card establish a longer-term trend for this market?
- No. This observation covers 7 comparable scheduled runs in the window October 12–18, 2026. It does not establish a longer-term trend. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates, and future windows may produce different results.
- Why does a platform hold the top position on a specialist market?
- AI Overviews select opening sources based on the content they surface for each query, not on the source's business classification. youtube.com accumulated 33.51% of AI openings across this window — an observation about how the AI surface behaves, not a claim about business-market authority.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 12–18, 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, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card examines Google AI Overview openings for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York, observed on Google desktop from the United States during October 12–18, 2026. It draws on 7 of 7 comparable daily observations within a governed market panel of 104 observed queries, applying the relevant source-selection rules.
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, October 12–18, 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.
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