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

instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market across the 7-run window from October 5–11, 2026, recording 14.95%.

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Market
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
Location
Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
Observed period
October 5–11, 2026
Run type
Period run · 7 comparable runs
Queries
104 queries per run
Search engine
Google
Device
Desktop
Source location
France
Reading
Ranking Top 5 · AI citation
“Three general-purpose platforms claim three of the top-5 AI Overview citation positions on Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur.”

Quick answer

clickandboat.com follows at 14.06%, sitting 0.89 percentage points behind instagram.com on AI citation share on this market.

Key reading

Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 5–11, 2026

instagram.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI Overview citation ranking for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, at 14.95% — a social platform, not a specialist operator. clickandboat.com sits 0.89 percentage points behind instagram.com on AI citation share on this market, at 14.06%. arthaudyachting.com records 11.68%, youtube.com records 10.20%, and facebook.com records 8.91%. The spread between the first and last positions is 6.04 percentage points across the 7-run window, and the top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined — pointing to a distributed citation surface where no single source has accumulated authority on this AI Overview rail over the observed period.

Core metric

Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 5–11, 2026

Observed metric

Citation share — top 5

October 5–11, 2026104 queries per run7 comparable runs
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · October 5–11, 2026 · 7 comparable runs · AI citation · 5 ranked rows
ActorRankAIO citation sharePresence
instagram.com#114.95% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
clickandboat.com#214.06% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
arthaudyachting.com#311.68% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
youtube.com#410.20% AI citation sharecited in 7/7 runs
facebook.com#58.91% 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 examines sources cited in Google's AI Overviews for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, observed on Google desktop from France 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.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 · October 5–11, 2026

instagram.com

instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 14.95%, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. As a social platform rather than a specialist operator, its rank-1 position on the AI Overview citation rail signals that AI Overviews draw on user-generated content when answering luxury yachting queries in France.

clickandboat.com

clickandboat.com records 14.06% AI citation share on this market, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 0.89 percentage points behind instagram.com on AI citation share on this market — a gap narrow enough that the two positions are nearly level across the period.

arthaudyachting.com

arthaudyachting.com records 11.68% AI citation share on this market, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 3.27 percentage points behind instagram.com on AI citation share on this market, occupying a mid-panel position on this AI Overview citation rail.

youtube.com

youtube.com records 10.20% AI citation share on this market, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. A general-purpose platform, it sits 4.75 percentage points behind instagram.com on AI citation share on this market — the second platform in the governed top-5 panel alongside instagram.com and facebook.com.

facebook.com

facebook.com records 8.91% AI citation share on this market, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 6.04 percentage points behind instagram.com on AI citation share on this market, completing a panel where three of five positions belong to social platforms.

Pattern on the observed surface

Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 5–11, 2026

The AI Overview citation surface for Luxury Yachting Côte d'

The AI Overview citation surface for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur is distributed rather than concentrated. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined, and the 4 sources behind instagram.com range from 14.06% down to 8.91%. Three of the five panel positions belong to social platforms, while two focused sources — clickandboat.com and arthaudyachting.com — sit among them. The panel composition is platform-heavy: AI Overviews on this market draw more often from general-purpose and user-generated platforms than from niche domains.

Why this reading matters

Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 5–11, 2026

instagram.com holds the rank-1 AI citation share on this market across the 7-run window — a social platform occupying the top position on a surface where one might expect specialist yachting sources to lead. The presence of clickandboat.com and arthaudyachting.com as the only non-platform sources in the governed top-5 panel underscores how few focused domains have accumulated meaningful AI Overview citation volume on this market over the observed period.

Market implication

Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · October 5–11, 2026

The observed AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur is fragmented across the 7-run window, with no actor accumulating authority on this surface over the period. The spread of 6.04 percentage points between the first and last positions, combined with a platform-heavy panel composition, suggests that AI Overviews on this market are drawing from a broad set of sources rather than converging on specialist references. For any operator monitoring AI citation visibility on this market, the observation signals that the citation surface remains open and unconsolidated.

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Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
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 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-5-11-2026
Scope: Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · Google · Desktop
Family: Ranking Top 5
Observed: October 5–11, 2026 (2026-10-05/2026-10-11)
Published: October 17, 2026
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instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market across the 7-run window from October 5–11, 2026, recording 14.95%.

Key facts:
• instagram.com: 15% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs
• clickandboat.com: 14% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs
• arthaudyachting.com: 12% 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. instagram.com — 14.95% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1
2. clickandboat.com — 14.06% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2
3. arthaudyachting.com — 11.68% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3
4. youtube.com — 10.20% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4
5. facebook.com — 8.91% 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 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 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 5–11, 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 (October 17, 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-5-11-2026

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— The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · Google · Desktop · October 5–11, 2026

Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier pr_1791723973858_5k3unv. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory.

FAQ

What does AI citation share on this market measure?
AI citation share on this market 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 AI Overview answers, nor does it reflect organic search ranking.
Can this card establish a longer-term trend?
No. This card observes 7 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period from October 5–11, 2026. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date. The observation captures a specific period and does not establish a multi-month trajectory.
Why do social platforms appear in the top-5 panel for a luxury yachting market?
The AI Overview citation rail reflects which domains AI Overviews cite as sources when answering queries on this market. Social platforms such as instagram.com, youtube.com, and facebook.com host user-generated content related to luxury yachting on the Côte d'Azur, and AI Overviews may draw on that content when composing answers.

Scope and limitations

Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · 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 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 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.

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

Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period, 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_1791723973858_5k3unv

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.

For the same observation window, October 5–11, 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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