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Who does AI cite most for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York?

youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York market across the 7-run window from August 31 – September 6, 2026, at 21.63%.

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Market
Luxury Real Estate Advisory
Location
New York
Observed period
Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Run type
Period run · 7 comparable runs
Queries
5-actor panel
Search engine
Google
Device
Desktop
Source location
United States
Reading
Ranking Top 5 · AI citation
“On New York luxury real estate, AI Overview citations flow to platforms — not to the market's specialist domains.”

Quick answer

The top-5 panel is composed entirely of platforms and focused domains, with no single actor exceeding that share.

Key reading

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

youtube.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI Overview citation ranking at 21.63%, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. The 4 sources behind youtube.com range from 10.01% down to 6.65%, a spread of 14.98 percentage points between the top and bottom of the governed panel. The top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined. What stands out is the composition: the three highest-ranked actors — youtube.com, facebook.com, and reddit.com — are all classified as social platforms rather than specialist operators, while StreetEasy and hauseit.com, the two focused domains on the panel, sit at the bottom of the ranking with 6.77% and 6.65% respectively.

Core metric

Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

Observed metric

Citation share — top 5

Aug 31 – Sep 6, 20267 comparable runs
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · 7 comparable runs · AI citation · 5 ranked rows
ActorRankAIO citation sharePresence
youtube.com#121.63% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
facebook.com#210.01% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
reddit.com#37.96% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
StreetEasy#46.77% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
hauseit.com#56.65% 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 Real Estate Advisory New York in New York on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator across all 7 runs. The observation covers 104 queries. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market. AI Overview content is volatile by nature — it varies by query, model reformulation, and date.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 Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

youtube.com

youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 21.63%, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs across the window. As a general-purpose platform, it accumulated more AI Overview citations than any other domain on this 104-query panel over the period — sitting 11.62 percentage points ahead of the next actor.

facebook.com

facebook.com records 10.01% AI citation share on this market, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 11.62 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI citation share on this market, occupying the second position in the period-wide ranking as another social platform drawing AI Overview citations on luxury real estate queries.

reddit.com

reddit.com records 7.96% AI citation share on this market, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 13.67 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI citation share on this market — a user-generated discussion platform that rounds out the platform-heavy upper tier of this panel.

StreetEasy

StreetEasy records 6.77% AI citation share on this market, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. As a focused domain on this surface, it sits 14.85 percentage points behind youtube.com — the highest-ranked non-platform actor on the panel, yet still well below the three social platforms above it.

hauseit.com

hauseit.com records 6.65% AI citation share on this market, the lowest value on the governed top-5 panel. It sits 14.98 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI citation share on this market, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs across the window.

Pattern on the observed surface

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

The panel is top-heavy and platform-dominated

The panel is top-heavy and platform-dominated. The top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined. Three social platforms occupy the top three positions, while the two focused domains at the bottom of the panel sit close together. The 4 sources behind youtube.com sit between 11.62 and 14.98 percentage points behind it, forming a trailing group that is compressed relative to the gap separating youtube.com from the rest. The surface reads as concentrated around one platform lead, with a cluster of four actors sharing the remaining citation volume.

Why this reading matters

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

youtube.com, a general-purpose platform, holds the rank-1 AI citation share on a luxury real estate advisory market in New York — a surface where one might expect specialist property domains to lead. The two focused domains on the panel, StreetEasy and hauseit.com, sit at positions four and five. The AI Overview citation rail on this market, across this 7-run window, cites platforms far more than it cites specialist sources.

Market implication

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

The observed AI Overview citation surface on this market signals that general-purpose platforms currently capture the largest share of AI citations across the 104-query panel. For monitoring purposes, this observation suggests that the AI Overview citation rail on Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York draws heavily from user-generated and social content rather than from focused real estate domains — a structural pattern worth tracking across future windows.

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AI citation · Google · Desktop
Observed:
Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Published:
September 12, 2026

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Who does AI cite most for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York?

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Scope: Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · Google · Desktop
Family: Ranking Top 5
Observed: Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 (2026-08-31/2026-09-06)
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youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York market across the 7-run window from August 31 – September 6, 2026, at 21.63%.

Key facts:
• youtube.com: 22% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs
• facebook.com: 10% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs
• reddit.com: 8% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs

Published table — Citation share — top 5 (Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share
1. youtube.com — 21.63% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1
2. facebook.com — 10.01% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2
3. reddit.com — 7.96% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3
4. StreetEasy — 6.77% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4
5. hauseit.com — 6.65% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #5

Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York in New York on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator across all 7 runs. The observation covers 104 queries. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market. AI Overview content is volatile by nature — it varies by query, model reformulation, and date.

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 Real Estate Advisory New York, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.

— The Observatory · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · Google · Desktop · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
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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.
Does this card prove a longer-term trend?
No. This card observes a 7-run window from August 31 – September 6, 2026. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date. The period-wide aggregation strengthens the reading relative to a single run, but it does not establish a multi-month trajectory.
Why are platforms ranked above focused real estate domains?
The ranking reflects cumulative AI citation volume over the period. youtube.com, facebook.com, and reddit.com each accumulated more AI Overview citations across the 104 observed queries and 7 comparable runs than StreetEasy or hauseit.com. This card observes the citation surface as it appeared — it does not explain the model's citation logic.

Scope and limitations

Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 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 Real Estate Advisory New York, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.

Method & source

This card observes the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York in New York on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator across all 7 runs. The observation covers 104 queries. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market. AI Overview content is volatile by nature — it varies by query, model reformulation, and date.

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 31 – September 6, 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 2026-09-12 · Governed capture ID · pr_1788714368275_i45mnd

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