— Ranking Top 5 · AI citation —
Who does AI cite most for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York?
youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market across the 7-run window from October 5–11, 2026, recording 27.84% of all AI Overview citations observed on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York panel.
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- Market
- Luxury Real Estate Advisory
- Location
- New York
- Observed period
- October 5–11, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 104 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- United States
- Reading
- Ranking Top 5 · AI citation
“A platform — not a specialist — holds the top-5 AI Overview citation position for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York.”
Quick answer
youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market across the 7-run window from October 5–11, 2026, recording 27.84% of all AI Overview citations observed on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York panel.
Key reading
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · October 5–11, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI Overview citation ranking for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York, at 27.84%. The 4 sources behind youtube.com sit between 18.37 and 21.57 percentage points behind it — a concentrated gap that separates the lead from a tightly grouped trailing cluster. Zillow records 9.48%, instagram.com records 7.91%, List Sothebys International Realty records 7.84%, and realtrends.com records 6.27%. The top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined. The surface is shaped by platforms rather than specialist operators: two of the top three positions belong to general-purpose platforms, while only one specialist operator — List Sothebys International Realty — appears in the governed top-5 panel.
Core metric
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · October 5–11, 2026
Observed metric
Citation share — top 5
| Actor | Rank | AIO citation share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 27.84% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| Zillow | #2 | 9.48% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #3 | 7.91% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| List Sothebys International Realty | #4 | 7.84% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| realtrends.com | #5 | 6.27% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · October 5–11, 2026
youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 27.84%, accumulated across all 7 comparable runs. As a general-purpose platform, it occupies a position on the AI Overview citation panel that no specialist operator on this surface matches over the observed period.
Zillow records 9.48% AI citation share on this market and was cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 18.37 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI citation share on this market — a gap that places it clearly in the trailing cluster despite holding the second-highest cumulative citation volume over the period.
instagram.com records 7.91% AI citation share on this market, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. As a social platform, it sits 19.93 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI citation share on this market, occupying a mid-panel position alongside a specialist operator and a niche domain at comparable share levels.
List Sothebys International Realty
List Sothebys International Realty records 7.84% AI citation share on this market, the only specialist operator in the governed top-5 panel. It was cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs and sits 20.00 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI citation share on this market.
realtrends.com records 6.27% AI citation share on this market, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 21.57 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI citation share on this market — the widest gap on the panel — and appears as a niche domain on this AI Overview citation surface.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · October 5–11, 2026
The AI Overview citation surface for this market is top-heav
The AI Overview citation surface for this market is top-heavy: the spread between the first and last positions is 21.57 percentage points, and the top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined. Behind the rank-1 position, the trailing cluster is compressed — the 4 sources behind youtube.com range from 9.48% down to 6.27%. The panel mixes platforms and non-operator domains with a single specialist operator, suggesting that AI Overviews on this market draw citations from a structurally diverse set of source types rather than concentrating on industry-specific domains.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · October 5–11, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 AI Overview citation position on a luxury real estate market in New York — a surface where one might expect specialist advisory firms to capture the largest citation share. Instead, the only specialist operator in the governed top-5 panel, List Sothebys International Realty, sits at 7.84%, more than 20.00 percentage points behind a general-purpose platform.
Market implication
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · October 5–11, 2026
The observed AI Overview citation surface for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York signals that AI answers on this market draw heavily from platform content rather than specialist operator domains. All 5 actors on the panel were cited in all 7 comparable runs, yet the concentration at the top around a non-specialist source reframes what citation visibility means on this surface: cumulative AI citation volume over the period is not distributed toward the actors closest to the underlying advisory market.
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- Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York
- Surface:
- AI citation · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- October 5–11, 2026
- Published:
- October 17, 2026
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Who does AI cite most for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-most-cited-by-ai-october-5-11-2026 Scope: Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 5 Observed: October 5–11, 2026 (2026-10-05/2026-10-11) Published: October 17, 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-most-cited-by-ai-october-5-11-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-most-cited-by-ai-october-5-11-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market across the 7-run window from October 5–11, 2026, recording 27.84% of all AI Overview citations observed on the Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York panel. Key facts: • youtube.com: 28% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • Zillow: 9% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • instagram.com: 8% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs Published table — Citation share — top 5 (October 5–11, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share 1. youtube.com — 27.84% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1 2. Zillow — 9.48% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2 3. instagram.com — 7.91% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3 4. List Sothebys International Realty — 7.84% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4 5. realtrends.com — 6.27% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #5 Reading basis: This card examines sources cited in Google's AI Overviews for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York, observed on Google desktop from the United States during October 5–11, 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 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, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · Google · Desktop · October 5–11, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791738375046_ujmsci. 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 17, 2026), Who does AI cite most for Luxury Real Estate Advisory, New York?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-real-estate-new-york-most-cited-by-ai-october-5-11-2026 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: 43f5bba683209fe6
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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 panel. It does not measure who opens those AI answers, nor does it reflect organic search ranking.
- Can this card establish a longer-term trend in AI Overview citations?
- No. This card observes an observation period of 7 comparable scheduled runs from October 5–11, 2026. AI Overview content is volatile — it varies by query, model behavior, and date. A single window does not establish a multi-month trend.
- Why does a platform hold the top position instead of a specialist operator?
- AI Overviews select cited sources based on the content surfaced by the model for each query. This observation records the cumulative citation volume across the period; it does not explain why the model cites one source type over another.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Real Estate Advisory · New York · AI citation · October 5–11, 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, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card examines sources cited in Google's AI Overviews for Luxury Real Estate Advisory New York, observed on Google desktop from the United States during October 5–11, 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 5–11, 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 2026-10-17 · Governed capture ID · pr_1791738375046_ujmsci
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