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Who does AI cite most for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez?

arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 13.42%, across the 6-run observation period August 24–30, 2026 for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur in France.

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Market
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
Location
Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
Observed period
August 24–30, 2026
Run type
Period run · 6 comparable runs
Queries
104 queries per run
Search engine
Google
Device
Desktop
Source location
France
Reading
Ranking Top 5 · AI citation
“On the Côte d'Azur luxury yachting AI citation surface, the top-5 panel is fragmented and no actor has pulled away.”

Quick answer

arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 13.42%, across the 6-run observation period August 24–30, 2026 for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur in France.

Key reading

Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026

Across the 6-run window, the AI Overview citation panel for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur is fragmented. arthaudyachting.com leads with 13.42% AI citation share on this market, but instagram.com sits only 1.52 percentage points behind it at 11.90%. The 4 sources behind arthaudyachting.com range from 11.90% down to 8.10%, and the top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 5 of 6 runs in the comparable window; one run on August 27, 2026 returned no AI Overview source competitors.

Core metric

Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026

Observed metric

Citation share — top 5

August 24–30, 2026104 queries per run6 comparable runs
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · August 24–30, 2026 · 6 comparable runs · AI citation · 5 ranked rows
ActorRankAIO citation sharePresence
arthaudyachting.com#113.42% AI citation sharecited in 5/6 runs
instagram.com#211.90% AI citation sharecited in 5/6 runs
samboat.fr#39.11% AI citation sharecited in 5/6 runs
youtube.com#48.86% AI citation sharecited in 5/6 runs
excellenceriviera.com#58.10% AI citation sharecited in 5/6 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 Yachting Côte d'Azur in France on Google desktop across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 24–30, 2026, aggregated from 104 observed queries. The top-5 panel is ranked by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, with each actor's share computed against one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 5 of 6 runs; one run on August 27, 2026 returned no AI Overview source competitors, and aggregated values reflect the 5 runs with available evidence. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market.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 Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026

arthaudyachting.com

arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 13.42%. It was cited in 5 of 6 comparable runs, placing it at the top of a tightly packed panel where its lead over the next actor is only 1.52 percentage points.

instagram.com

instagram.com records 11.90% AI citation share on this market, occupying the second position on the panel as a social platform rather than a specialist operator. It sits 1.52 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com on AI citation share on this market and was cited in 5 of 6 comparable runs.

samboat.fr

samboat.fr records 9.11% AI citation share on this market and sits 4.30 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It was cited in 5 of 6 comparable runs, anchoring the middle of the panel between the two higher-share actors and the two below it.

youtube.com

youtube.com records 8.86% AI citation share on this market, a general-purpose platform cited in 5 of 6 comparable runs. It sits 4.56 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com on AI citation share on this market, nearly level with samboat.fr above it.

excellenceriviera.com

excellenceriviera.com records 8.10% AI citation share on this market and sits 5.32 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It was cited in 5 of 6 comparable runs, holding the fifth position on a panel where the gap from top to bottom is narrow.

Pattern on the observed surface

Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026

The panel is dispersed rather than concentrated

The panel is dispersed rather than concentrated. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined, which means no pair of sources has captured a majority of AI citation volume over the period. Two general-purpose platforms — instagram.com and youtube.com — sit alongside three focused domains, giving the surface a mixed composition where platform-sourced citations and niche-domain citations coexist at comparable levels. The 4 sources behind arthaudyachting.com sit between 1.52 and 5.32 percentage points behind it, a compressed trailing group that leaves the entire panel within a 5.32 percentage-point band from top to bottom.

Why this reading matters

Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026

arthaudyachting.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI Overview citation surface for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, yet its 13.42% share is modest enough that any shift in AI citation behaviour across a handful of queries could rearrange the order. The presence of two general-purpose platforms in the governed top-5 panel underscores that AI Overviews on this market draw from a broad source mix rather than a narrow set of specialist domains.

Market implication

Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026

The fragmented shape of this AI Overview citation panel across the 6-run window signals that no single source has accumulated decisive citation authority on this observed surface for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur. For any actor monitoring its AI citation visibility on this market, the observation suggests that the citation surface remains open and that small changes in cumulative citation volume could reorder the panel.

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Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
Surface:
AI citation · Google · Desktop
Observed:
August 24–30, 2026
Published:
September 5, 2026

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Who does AI cite most for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez?

Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-most-cited-by-ai-august-24-30-2026
Scope: Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · Google · Desktop
Family: Ranking Top 5
Observed: August 24–30, 2026 (2026-08-24/2026-08-30)
Published: September 5, 2026
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arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 13.42%, across the 6-run observation period August 24–30, 2026 for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur in France.

Key facts:
• arthaudyachting.com: 13% AI citation share · cited in 5/6 runs
• instagram.com: 12% AI citation share · cited in 5/6 runs
• samboat.fr: 9% AI citation share · cited in 5/6 runs

Published table — Citation share — top 5 (August 24–30, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 6 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share
1. arthaudyachting.com — 13.42% AI citation share · cited in 5/6 runs — #1
2. instagram.com — 11.90% AI citation share · cited in 5/6 runs — #2
3. samboat.fr — 9.11% AI citation share · cited in 5/6 runs — #3
4. youtube.com — 8.86% AI citation share · cited in 5/6 runs — #4
5. excellenceriviera.com — 8.10% AI citation share · cited in 5/6 runs — #5

Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur in France on Google desktop across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 24–30, 2026, aggregated from 104 observed queries. The top-5 panel is ranked by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, with each actor's share computed against one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 5 of 6 runs; one run on August 27, 2026 returned no AI Overview source competitors, and aggregated values reflect the 5 runs with available evidence. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market.

Limitations and non-claims:
— Observes the observed AI citation surface only; within a defined scope and window.
— A period aggregate (6 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
— Scoped to Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.

— The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · Google · Desktop · August 24–30, 2026
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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.
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Cite: According to The Observatory (September 5, 2026), Who does AI cite most for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-most-cited-by-ai-august-24-30-2026

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— The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · Google · Desktop · August 24–30, 2026

Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier pr_1788095226922_vgkbdg. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory.

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.
Why is AI Overview citation evidence available on only 5 of 6 runs?
One run in the window — August 27, 2026 — returned no AI Overview source competitors. The AI Overview surface may not have appeared, or it appeared without source citations on that run. Aggregated values are computed from the 5 runs with available evidence.
Does this card prove a longer-term trend in AI citation behaviour?
No. This card observes an observation period of 6 comparable scheduled runs. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date. The observation captures the accumulated citation picture over this specific window and does not establish a multi-month trajectory.

Scope and limitations

Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · August 24–30, 2026 · what this card does not claim

  • Observes the observed AI citation surface only; within a defined scope and window.
  • A period aggregate (6 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
  • Scoped to Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.

Method & source

This card observes the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur in France on Google desktop across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 24–30, 2026, aggregated from 104 observed queries. The top-5 panel is ranked by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, with each actor's share computed against one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 5 of 6 runs; one run on August 27, 2026 returned no AI Overview source competitors, and aggregated values reflect the 5 runs with available evidence. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market.

The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.

Source protocol · How readings are scoped · Run metadata · Corrections

Period observation across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 24–30, 2026. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 5 of 6 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 2026-09-05 · Governed capture ID · pr_1788095226922_vgkbdg

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.

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The Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur room places this AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.

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