— 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 at 13.01%, observed across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 14–20, 2026.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
- Location
- Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Observed period
- September 14–20, 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 the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur AI Overview citation rail, no actor has pulled away — the surface is tightly contested.”
Quick answer
The top-5 panel is drawn from 104 queries on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market in France.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 14–20, 2026
instagram.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI Overview citation ranking for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur at 13.01%, but the 4 sources behind instagram.com range from 9.50% down to 9.13% — a spread of only 3.87 percentage points separating the top from the bottom of the governed panel. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined, which means the citation surface is distributed rather than concentrated at the top. All 5 actors on the panel were cited in all 7 comparable runs, confirming that each source carried signal across the full window. The non-obvious read: a social platform — not a focused domain — accumulated the highest AI citation volume on a luxury yachting market over this period.
Core metric
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 14–20, 2026
Observed metric
Citation share — top 5
| Actor | Rank | AIO citation share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| instagram.com | #1 | 13.01% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| arthaudyachting.com | #2 | 9.50% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| clickandboat.com | #3 | 9.32% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| samboat.fr | #4 | 9.13% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #5 | 9.13% 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 · September 14–20, 2026
instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 13.01%. As a social platform rather than a specialist operator, its rank-1 position on the AI Overview citation rail signals that Google's AI answers drew on user-generated content more than any single focused source across the 7-run window.
arthaudyachting.com records 9.50% AI citation share on this market and sits 3.51 percentage points behind instagram.com on AI citation share on this market. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it is the highest-ranked focused source on this panel.
clickandboat.com records 9.32% AI citation share on this market, sitting 3.69 percentage points behind instagram.com. Its position in the middle of the panel places it within a tightly compressed trailing group where fractions of a percentage point separate one source from the next.
samboat.fr records 9.13% AI citation share on this market and sits 3.87 percentage points behind instagram.com on AI citation share on this market. It shares the same cumulative AI citation share as youtube.com, forming a tied pair at the bottom of the governed panel.
youtube.com records 9.13% AI citation share on this market and sits 3.87 percentage points behind instagram.com. A general-purpose platform, it mirrors samboat.fr at the base of the panel — two very different source types arriving at an identical share of AI Overview citations over the period.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 14–20, 2026
The panel is remarkably flat
The panel is remarkably flat. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined, which is unusual for a citation surface — it means the trailing cluster carries more cumulative weight than the lead pair. The 4 sources behind instagram.com sit between 3.51 and 3.87 percentage points behind it, compressing the entire trailing group into a narrow corridor. The mix of source types is also notable: two general-purpose platforms (instagram.com and youtube.com) bracket three focused domains, producing a panel where platform content and niche-domain content share the AI Overview citation rail almost evenly.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 14–20, 2026
instagram.com's rank-1 position on this AI Overview citation rail raises a structural question for the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market: when AI answers cite a social platform more than any focused source, the citation surface is shaped by content format as much as by domain expertise.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 14–20, 2026
The distribution observed across this 7-run window suggests that AI Overview citations on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market are not concentrating around a single authoritative source. The surface remains open and dispersed, with no actor accumulating a decisive share. For any operator monitoring AI citation visibility on this market, the structural reading is that the citation rail is contested territory where small shifts in cumulative volume could rearrange the panel.
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- Scope:
- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Surface:
- AI citation · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- September 14–20, 2026
- Published:
- September 26, 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-september-14-20-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 5 Observed: September 14–20, 2026 (2026-09-14/2026-09-20) Published: September 26, 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-september-14-20-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-most-cited-by-ai-september-14-20-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 13.01%, observed across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 14–20, 2026. Key facts: • instagram.com: 13% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • arthaudyachting.com: 10% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • clickandboat.com: 9% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs Published table — Citation share — top 5 (September 14–20, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share 1. instagram.com — 13.01% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1 2. arthaudyachting.com — 9.50% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2 3. clickandboat.com — 9.32% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3 4. samboat.fr — 9.13% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4 5. youtube.com — 9.13% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #5 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur in France on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 14–20, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, aggregated from 104 observed queries. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window. 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, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · Google · Desktop · September 14–20, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1789910562939_8cir7s. 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 (September 26, 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-september-14-20-2026 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: c0d55c6e18088fc6
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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.
- Can this card establish a longer-term trend?
- No. This card observes an observation period of 7 comparable scheduled runs from September 14–20, 2026. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date. A single window does not establish whether citation shares are rising or falling over a longer horizon.
- Why does a social platform lead the AI Overview citation panel on a luxury yachting market?
- AI Overviews cite sources based on the content they surface for each query, not on the domain's industry classification. instagram.com accumulated the highest cumulative citation volume across the 104 queries and 7 runs observed in this window, at 13.01%.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 14–20, 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, September 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 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 14–20, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, aggregated from 104 observed queries. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window.
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 in an observation period. 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.
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Method & SourceContinue the reading
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, September 14–20, 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.
The Amalfi / Capri / Positano reading and Athens / Mykonos / Santorini / Corfu reading examine the same AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 for September 14–20, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
