— 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 the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market across the 7-run observation period September 7–13, 2026, at 12.42%.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
- Location
- Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Observed period
- September 7–13, 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, a social platform leads and no actor pulls away.”
Quick answer
The top-5 panel is tightly compressed, with the spread between rank 1 and rank 5 at 3.65 percentage points.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 7–13, 2026
instagram.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI Overview citation ranking for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, at 12.42%. arthaudyachting.com and youtube.com each record 9.59%, while clickandboat.com records 8.86% and Fraser Yachts records 8.77%. The 4 sources behind instagram.com range from 9.59% down to 8.77%, and the top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined. The AI Overview citation surface for this market remains wide open as observed over these 7 runs — no actor has established a commanding foothold on AI citation share across the window.
Core metric
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 7–13, 2026
Observed metric
Citation share — top 5
| Actor | Rank | AIO citation share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| instagram.com | #1 | 12.42% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| arthaudyachting.com | #2 | 9.59% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #3 | 9.59% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| clickandboat.com | #4 | 8.86% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #5 | 8.77% 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 7–13, 2026
instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 12.42%, and was 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 user-generated content surfaces ahead of focused domains on this market's observed queries.
arthaudyachting.com records 9.59% AI citation share on this market and sits 2.83 percentage points behind instagram.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it occupies a position on the AI Overview citation panel as a focused source that AI Overviews draw on consistently across the window.
youtube.com records 9.59% AI citation share on this market, matching arthaudyachting.com exactly and sitting 2.83 percentage points behind instagram.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it is the second general-purpose platform on this panel — reinforcing the presence of non-specialist domains on the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur.
clickandboat.com records 8.86% AI citation share on this market and sits 3.56 percentage points behind instagram.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it appears on the AI Overview citation surface as a visible domain within the tightly grouped trailing cluster.
Fraser Yachts records 8.77% AI citation share on this market, the lowest on the governed panel, and sits 3.65 percentage points behind instagram.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it closes the panel at a distance from the lead that is narrower than the gap between many rank-1 and rank-5 actors on other observed markets.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 7–13, 2026
The panel is remarkably flat
The panel is remarkably flat. The spread between rank 1 and rank 5 is 3.65 percentage points — a compressed structure where the top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined. Two general-purpose platforms (instagram.com and youtube.com) share the surface with three focused sources (arthaudyachting.com, clickandboat.com, Fraser Yachts), and all 5 actors on the panel were cited in all 7 comparable runs. The shape is one of broad distribution rather than concentration: no single domain type or actor class commands the AI Overview citation rail for this market.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 7–13, 2026
instagram.com holds rank 1 by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, yet it is a social platform — not a domain focused on luxury yachting. That a user-generated content platform accumulates the highest AI citation share on a niche market like Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur is itself a structural observation about how AI Overviews source their answers on this surface.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 7–13, 2026
The AI Overview citation surface for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur remains wide open as observed over these 7 runs — no actor has established a meaningful foothold in AI-generated responses on this market. The flat distribution across the governed panel, combined with the presence of general-purpose platforms at the top, suggests that AI Overviews are drawing from a broad set of sources rather than converging on specialist domains for this market's queries.
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- Scope:
- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Surface:
- AI citation · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- September 7–13, 2026
- Published:
- September 19, 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-7-13-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 5 Observed: September 7–13, 2026 (2026-09-07/2026-09-13) Published: September 19, 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-7-13-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-most-cited-by-ai-september-7-13-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms instagram.com holds the strongest AI citation share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market across the 7-run observation period September 7–13, 2026, at 12.42%. Key facts: • instagram.com: 12% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • arthaudyachting.com: 10% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • youtube.com: 10% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs Published table — Citation share — top 5 (September 7–13, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share 1. instagram.com — 12.42% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1 2. arthaudyachting.com — 9.59% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2 3. youtube.com — 9.59% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3 4. clickandboat.com — 8.86% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4 5. Fraser Yachts — 8.77% 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 7–13, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, aggregated from 104 observed queries per run. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's citations across all 7 comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. 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 7–13, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1789304757411_cmr4j9. 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 19, 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-7-13-2026 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: c95d43bcdf4fcc48
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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 Overview answers, nor does it reflect organic search ranking.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur AI Overview citation rail?
- No. This card observes a 7-run observation period from September 7–13, 2026. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date. The period aggregation widens the evidence base beyond a single run but does not establish a multi-month trajectory.
- Why does a social platform hold the top position 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 12.42% of AI citations across the period — the highest cumulative volume on the governed panel — reflecting the content AI selected, not a business-market position.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI citation · September 7–13, 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 7–13, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, aggregated from 104 observed queries per run. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's citations across all 7 comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. 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 7–13, 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 7–13, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
