— Ranking Top 5 · AI citation —
Who does AI cite most for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez?
instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market across the 7-run window October 12–18, 2026, at 13.75%.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
- Location
- Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Observed period
- October 12–18, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 104 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- France
- Reading
- Ranking Top 5 · AI citation
“On Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, the top-5 AI Overview citation panel belongs to platforms and focused domains in near-equal measure.”
Quick answer
arthaudyachting.com follows at 13.41%, separated by 0.34 percentage points.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 12–18, 2026
instagram.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI citation ranking for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, recording 13.75% AI citation share on this market. The 4 sources behind instagram.com range from 13.41% down to 9.42%. The spread between the first and last positions is 4.33 percentage points — a narrow band for a top-5 panel observed across 7 comparable runs. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 2 combined, yet no single actor accumulated enough citation volume to separate itself decisively. All 5 actors on the panel were cited in all 7 comparable runs, confirming broad citation presence across the window.
Core metric
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 12–18, 2026
Observed metric
Citation share — top 5
| Actor | Rank | AIO citation share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| instagram.com | #1 | 13.75% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| arthaudyachting.com | #2 | 13.41% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| clickandboat.com | #3 | 13.24% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #4 | 10.53% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #5 | 9.42% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 12–18, 2026
instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 13.75%. A social platform rather than a specialist operator, it accumulated the highest citation volume across the October 12–18, 2026 window — cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs.
arthaudyachting.com records 13.41% AI citation share on this market, sitting 0.34 percentage points behind instagram.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it is the closest contender to the rank-1 position by cumulative AI citation volume over the period.
clickandboat.com records 13.24% AI citation share on this market and sits 0.51 percentage points behind instagram.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it occupies a position on the AI Overview citation panel for this market within a tightly grouped leading cluster.
youtube.com records 10.53% AI citation share on this market and sits 3.23 percentage points behind instagram.com. A general-purpose platform cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it holds a measurable but lower share than the three actors above it in the period ranking.
facebook.com records 9.42% AI citation share on this market and sits 4.33 percentage points behind instagram.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it appears on the AI Overview citation surface for this market as another social platform in the governed top-5.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 12–18, 2026
The panel splits between platforms and focused domains
The panel splits between platforms and focused domains. Three of the five actors are social or general-purpose platforms; the other two are focused sources. Despite this mix, the surface is remarkably flat: the 4 sources behind instagram.com range from 13.41% down to 9.42%, and the full spread is 4.33 percentage points. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 2 combined, but no single actor commands a decisive share. The shape is contested rather than concentrated — a surface where citation volume is distributed broadly across the governed top-5.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 12–18, 2026
instagram.com holds rank 1 in the period-wide AI citation ranking, yet it is a social platform rather than a specialist operator on this market. The fact that a non-operator platform accumulated the highest AI citation volume on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur surface — by a margin of 0.34 percentage points over arthaudyachting.com — signals that AI Overviews draw from user-generated and aggregator content as readily as from focused yachting sources on this market.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 12–18, 2026
The near-even distribution of AI citation share across the governed top-5 panel suggests that no single domain has built a structural citation advantage on this AI Overview surface over the observed period. The 4 sources behind instagram.com sit between 0.34 and 4.33 percentage points behind it — a compressed range that leaves the citation hierarchy open to reordering in future observation windows.
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- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Surface:
- AI citation · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- October 12–18, 2026
- Published:
- October 24, 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-october-12-18-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 5 Observed: October 12–18, 2026 (2026-10-12/2026-10-18) Published: October 24, 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-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-most-cited-by-ai-october-12-18-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-most-cited-by-ai-october-12-18-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market across the 7-run window October 12–18, 2026, at 13.75%. Key facts: • instagram.com: 14% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • arthaudyachting.com: 13% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • clickandboat.com: 13% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs Published table — Citation share — top 5 (October 12–18, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share 1. instagram.com — 13.75% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1 2. arthaudyachting.com — 13.41% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2 3. clickandboat.com — 13.24% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3 4. youtube.com — 10.53% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4 5. facebook.com — 9.42% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #5 Reading basis: This card examines sources cited in Google's AI Overviews for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, observed on Google desktop from France 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 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 Yachting Côte d'Azur Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · Google · Desktop · October 12–18, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1792333151307_bs71cx. 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 24, 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-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: 0a387094f33bb2a4
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— The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · Google · Desktop · October 12–18, 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 panel. It does not measure who opens those AI answers or how actors rank in organic search results.
- Can this card establish a longer-term trend?
- No. This reading covers 7 comparable scheduled runs over a one-week window (October 12–18, 2026). The citation shares are consistent across those runs, but structural conclusions require a longer observation period.
- Why do platforms appear alongside focused domains on this panel?
- AI Overviews cite any domain that carries relevant content for the observed queries. On this market, social platforms and focused sources both accumulated citation volume, reflecting the breadth of sources AI draws from when answering luxury yachting queries on the Côte d'Azur.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 12–18, 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 Yachting Côte d'Azur Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card examines sources cited in Google's AI Overviews for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, observed on Google desktop from France 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 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 2026-10-24 · Governed capture ID · pr_1792333151307_bs71cx
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For the same observation window, October 12–18, 2026, Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur is also read in the AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 table, the Organic Ranking — Top 5 table and the Query Spotlight table; each keeps its own reading basis.
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