— Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview —
Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui?
YachtCharterFleet holds the highest AI opening share on this market across the 6-run window August 10–16, 2026, recording 16.17% of all AI answer openings observed over the period.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Thailand
- Location
- Phuket / Koh Samui
- Observed period
- August 10–16, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 6 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- Thailand
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“The AI-answer layer on Luxury Yachting Thailand is active but fragmented — multiple names appear, yet none has locked it down.”
Quick answer
asiaglobalyachting.com follows at 12.77%, with Blue Voyage Thailand close behind at 12.55%.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the top position on this AI Overview opening-control surface across the 6-run window, but the gap to the second-placed actor is narrow — asiaglobalyachting.com sits 3.40 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet on AI opening share on this market, and Blue Voyage Thailand sits 3.62 percentage points behind. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, which means the opening rail is not concentrated at the top. The 9 sources behind YachtCharterFleet range from 12.77% down to 3.40%, a graduated field with no sharp cliff between mid-panel and tail. 8 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 6 comparable runs; 2 opened AI answers in fewer runs — confirming that the surface draws from a broad, recurring pool of sources.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| YachtCharterFleet | #1 | 16.17% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| asiaglobalyachting.com | #2 | 12.77% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| Blue Voyage Thailand | #3 | 12.55% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| yacht-rental-phuket.com | #4 | 10.00% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine | #5 | 8.30% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| Faraway Yachting | #6 | 8.09% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| youtube.com | #7 | 5.74% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| Burgess Yachts | #8 | 4.47% AI opening share | opening in 4/6 runs |
| charteranddreams.com | #9 | 3.40% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #10 | 3.40% AI opening share | opening in 4/6 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 16.17%. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, placing it among the most persistent sources on this rail over the observed period.
asiaglobalyachting.com records 12.77% AI opening share on this market and sits 3.40 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, matching the rank-1 actor on presence frequency.
Blue Voyage Thailand records 12.55% AI opening share on this market, sitting 3.62 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. The gap between it and asiaglobalyachting.com is minimal, keeping the contest for the second position tight across the window.
yacht-rental-phuket.com records 10.00% AI opening share on this market and sits 6.17 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, anchoring the upper-middle tier of the panel.
Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine
Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine records 8.30% AI opening share on this market, sitting 7.87 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
Faraway Yachting records 8.09% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.09 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, holding a position immediately below Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine on the panel.
youtube.com is the only platform on this panel, recording 5.74% AI opening share on this market. It sits 10.43 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet and opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs — a general-purpose platform surfacing alongside specialist domains.
Burgess Yachts records 4.47% AI opening share on this market and sits 11.70 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 4 of 6 comparable runs, one of the two actors on the panel with intermittent presence over the window.
charteranddreams.com records 3.40% AI opening share on this market and sits 12.77 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. Despite its low share, it opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
Fraser Yachts records 3.40% AI opening share on this market, matching charteranddreams.com at the bottom of the panel. It opened AI answers on 4 of 6 comparable runs, the other actor with intermittent presence in this window.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
The panel is distributed rather than top-heavy
The panel is distributed rather than top-heavy. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the 9 sources behind YachtCharterFleet range from 12.77% down to 3.40% — a graduated descent with no sharp concentration break. The spread between the rank-1 and rank-10 actors is 12.77 percentage points. A single general-purpose platform, youtube.com, appears among otherwise specialist or niche domains, but it sits in the lower half of the panel. 8 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 6 comparable runs; 2 opened AI answers in fewer runs, placing the panel's presence base broadly across the window.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the period-wide rank-1 position on this AI Overview opening-control rail, yet the surface it leads is fragmented: the top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 8 combined. For a market observed across 105 queries and 6 comparable runs, the absence of any concentrated opening authority suggests the AI-answer layer in Luxury Yachting Thailand draws from a wide and contested source pool.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
The AI-answer layer on this market is active but fragmented — multiple names appear, yet none has locked it down over the observed window. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the graduated shape of the panel signals that the opening-control surface is open to movement. For any actor monitoring AI visibility on Luxury Yachting Thailand, the observation reframes the surface as a contested space rather than one with an entrenched reference source.
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- Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui
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- Observed:
- August 10–16, 2026
- Published:
- August 18, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-august-10-16-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: August 10–16, 2026 (2026-08-10/2026-08-16) Published: August 18, 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-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-august-10-16-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-august-10-16-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms YachtCharterFleet holds the highest AI opening share on this market across the 6-run window August 10–16, 2026, recording 16.17% of all AI answer openings observed over the period. Key facts: • YachtCharterFleet: 16% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • asiaglobalyachting.com: 13% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • Blue Voyage Thailand: 13% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 10–16, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 6 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. YachtCharterFleet — 16.17% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #1 2. asiaglobalyachting.com — 12.77% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #2 3. Blue Voyage Thailand — 12.55% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #3 4. yacht-rental-phuket.com — 10.00% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #4 5. Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine — 8.30% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #5 6. Faraway Yachting — 8.09% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #6 7. youtube.com — 5.74% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #7 8. Burgess Yachts — 4.47% AI opening share · opening in 4/6 runs — #8 9. charteranddreams.com — 3.40% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #9 10. Fraser Yachts — 3.40% AI opening share · opening in 4/6 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand in Thailand on Google desktop across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 10–16, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share on this market, aggregated from 105 observed queries. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs. Per-actor values reflect the sum of each actor's openings across all comparable runs, divided by one single period-wide denominator. Limitations and non-claims: — Observes the observed AI answer 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 Thailand Phuket / Koh Samui, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · August 10–16, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787899765413_xgn5k7. 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 (August 18, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-august-10-16-2026 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: 09f95abcb87de7a8
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure?
- AI opening share captures how often a given source is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the primacy slot. It does not measure general citation share, and it does not reflect organic search rankings.
- How was this panel aggregated across the window?
- Per-actor AI answer openings were summed across all 6 comparable scheduled runs in the window August 10–16, 2026, and each actor's share was calculated against one single period-wide denominator. The ranking reflects cumulative opening volume over the period, not an average of daily values.
- Does this card establish a longer-term trend?
- No. This observation covers an observation period of 6 comparable runs. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend.
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Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer 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 Thailand Phuket / Koh Samui, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand in Thailand on Google desktop across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 10–16, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share on this market, aggregated from 105 observed queries. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs. Per-actor values reflect the sum of each actor's openings across all comparable runs, divided by one single period-wide denominator.
The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.
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Period observation across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 10–16, 2026. AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 6 of 6 runs. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. No claim about general citation share 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 2026-08-18 · Governed capture ID · pr_1787899765413_xgn5k7
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Method & SourceContinue the reading
The Luxury Yachting Thailand room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, August 10–16, 2026, Luxury Yachting Thailand is also read in the AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 table, the Organic Ranking — Top 5 table and the Query Spotlight table; each keeps its own reading basis.
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