— 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 from October 19–25, 2026, recording 26.32% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period.
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- Market
- Luxury Real Estate Advisory
- Location
- New York
- Observed period
- October 19–25, 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
“A platform — not a specialist operator — opens more AI answers than any competitor on New York's luxury real estate surface.”
Quick answer
The top-10 panel spans a spread of 24.38 percentage points.
Key reading
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI Overview opening-control rail across the 7-run window, at 26.32%. Zillow sits 8.31 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market, recording 18.01%. List Sothebys International Realty records 11.91%, and the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. The 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 18.01% down to 1.94%, a spread that signals a genuinely distributed field behind the rank-1 position — no single challenger has consolidated a clear second tier on this observed surface across the period.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 26.32% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Zillow | #2 | 18.01% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| List Sothebys International Realty | #3 | 11.91% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #4 | 6.93% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #5 | 6.09% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| StreetEasy | #6 | 6.09% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| realtrends.com | #7 | 4.43% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| manhattanmiami.com | #8 | 3.32% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| brickunderground.com | #9 | 2.77% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| SERHANT. | #10 | 1.94% AI opening share | opening in 3/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 26.32%. A platform rather than specialist operator, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — accumulating the largest share of AI Overview openings across the full period.
Zillow records 18.01% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.31 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it as the highest-ranked focused source on this opening-control rail over the period.
List Sothebys International Realty
List Sothebys International Realty records 11.91% AI opening share on this market, a specialist operator that sits 14.40 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
facebook.com records 6.93% AI opening share on this market. A social platform, it sits 19.39 percentage points behind youtube.com and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
instagram.com records 6.09% AI opening share on this market and sits 20.22 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — a second social platform in the governed panel.
StreetEasy records 6.09% AI opening share on this market, matching instagram.com on the metric while sitting 20.22 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
realtrends.com records 4.43% AI opening share on this market and sits 21.88 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
manhattanmiami.com records 3.32% AI opening share on this market and sits 22.99 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
brickunderground.com records 2.77% AI opening share on this market and sits 23.55 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
SERHANT. records 1.94% AI opening share on this market and sits 24.38 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 19–25, 2026
The panel is top-heavy
The panel is top-heavy: the top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 8 combined, and the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. The surface mixes general-purpose platforms (youtube.com, facebook.com, instagram.com) with focused sources and specialist domains. 6 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 4 opened AI answers in fewer runs. The 9 sources behind youtube.com sit between 8.31 and 24.38 percentage points behind it — a wide trailing field with no tight cluster contesting the rank-1 position.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026
youtube.com's rank-1 position on this AI Overview opening-control rail is structurally notable: a general-purpose platform accumulates the largest share of AI answer openings on a luxury real estate market in New York, ahead of every specialist operator and focused source on the governed panel. The opening-control surface on this market, across this 7-run window, reaches for platform content first more often than for any domain built around New York property.
Market implication
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026
This observation signals that the AI Overview opening-control surface for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York, across the October 19–25, 2026 window, remains distributed behind a single platform lead. No specialist operator has consolidated a position close to the rank-1 share on this rail. The spread of 24.38 percentage points between the first and last positions suggests the opening slot is accessible to a range of source types — but concentrated at the top around a non-operator platform.
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- Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York
- Surface:
- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- October 19–25, 2026
- Published:
- October 27, 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-19-25-2026 Scope: Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: October 19–25, 2026 (2026-10-19/2026-10-25) Published: October 27, 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-19-25-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-ai-overview-control-october-19-25-2026/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 October 19–25, 2026, recording 26.32% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period. Key facts: • youtube.com: 26% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • Zillow: 18% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • List Sothebys International Realty: 12% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (October 19–25, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. youtube.com — 26.32% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. Zillow — 18.01% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. List Sothebys International Realty — 11.91% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. facebook.com — 6.93% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. instagram.com — 6.09% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. StreetEasy — 6.09% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #6 7. realtrends.com — 4.43% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #7 8. manhattanmiami.com — 3.32% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #8 9. brickunderground.com — 2.77% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #9 10. SERHANT. — 1.94% 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 19–25, 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 19–25, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1792947985145_ng089r. 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 27, 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-19-25-2026 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: add37aec37a381ec
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share on this market measure?
- AI opening share captures which source is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the primacy slot. It does not measure general citation share, and it does not reflect organic search rankings.
- Does this card prove a longer-term pattern or trend?
- This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It reads the AI Overview opening-control rail across 7 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period from October 19–25, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates.
- Why does a platform hold the rank-1 position instead of a specialist operator?
- The card observes which sources AI Overviews reach for first — it does not explain why. youtube.com accumulated the highest cumulative opening volume over the period. The metric does not measure business-market position, brand strength, or user trust.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI Overview · October 19–25, 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 19–25, 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 19–25, 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.
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 2026-10-27 · Governed capture ID · pr_1792947985145_ng089r
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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, October 19–25, 2026, Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York is also read in the Organic Ranking — Top 5 table; each keeps its own reading basis. An earlier AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 table for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York provides additional context; it records October 12–18, 2026. An earlier Query Spotlight table for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York provides additional context; it records October 12–18, 2026.
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