— Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview —
Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui?
facebook.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across the 7-run window October 19–25, 2026, recording 21.96% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Thailand
- Location
- Phuket / Koh Samui
- Observed period
- October 19–25, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- Thailand
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“A social platform opens more AI answers than any specialist on the Luxury Yachting Thailand top-10 panel.”
Quick answer
facebook.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across the 7-run window October 19–25, 2026, recording 21.96% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026
facebook.com holds the rank-1 position on the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period October 19–25, 2026, at 21.96% AI opening share on this market. YachtCharterFleet sits 5.29 percentage points behind facebook.com on AI opening share on this market, recording 16.67%. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. The spread between the first and last positions on the panel is 18.78 percentage points, and the 9 sources behind facebook.com range from 16.67% down to 3.17%. The surface is structurally diffuse beyond the top two: no actor from position 3 onward exceeds youtube.com's 7.14%, and the panel mixes social platforms, niche domains, and aggregator domains without a single source type claiming a clear majority of openings.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| facebook.com | #1 | 21.96% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| YachtCharterFleet | #2 | 16.67% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #3 | 7.14% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Blue Voyage Thailand | #4 | 7.14% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| yacht-rental-phuket.com | #5 | 5.03% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| boatbookings.com | #6 | 4.76% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| tripadvisor.com | #7 | 4% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| asiaglobalyachting.com | #8 | 3.97% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #9 | 3.97% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #10 | 3.17% AI opening share | opening in 4/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026
facebook.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 21.96%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — one of 4 actors on the panel to do so. As a social platform rather than a specialist operator, its position at the top of the opening-control rail is the defining structural feature of this panel.
YachtCharterFleet records 16.67% AI opening share on this market and sits 5.29 percentage points behind facebook.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, matching facebook.com on presence frequency while occupying the second position by cumulative opening volume over the period.
youtube.com records 7.14% AI opening share on this market and sits 14.81 percentage points behind facebook.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — another general-purpose platform present on every observation in the window.
Blue Voyage Thailand records 7.14% AI opening share on this market, matching youtube.com on the metric while occupying the fourth position in the period-wide ranking. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs.
yacht-rental-phuket.com records 5.03% AI opening share on this market and sits 16.93 percentage points behind facebook.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
boatbookings.com records 4.76% AI opening share on this market and sits 17.20 percentage points behind facebook.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
tripadvisor.com records 4.50% AI opening share on this market. As a general-purpose platform, it sits 17.46 percentage points behind facebook.com and opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
asiaglobalyachting.com records 3.97% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — one of 4 actors on the panel to do so. It sits 17.99 percentage points behind facebook.com on AI opening share on this market.
instagram.com records 3.97% AI opening share on this market, matching asiaglobalyachting.com on the metric while occupying the ninth position in the period-wide ranking. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
Fraser Yachts records 3.17% AI opening share on this market and sits 18.78 percentage points behind facebook.com. It opened AI answers on 4 of 7 comparable runs — an intermittent signal on this surface across the window.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026
The opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand is top
The opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand is top-heavy but not monopolized. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 8 combined, yet the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined — placing the structural tipping point between positions 2 and 3. Below the top two, the panel flattens sharply: the 9 sources behind facebook.com range from 16.67% down to 3.17%. The panel mixes general-purpose platforms and niche domains without either source type capturing a governing share of openings. 4 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 6 opened AI answers in fewer runs — presence frequency is unevenly distributed across the panel.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026
facebook.com's position at the top of this opening-control rail is structurally notable: a social platform, not a specialist domain, is the source AI reaches for first on the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across this 7-run window. The gap between facebook.com and the rank-2 actor, YachtCharterFleet, is 5.29 percentage points — a meaningful separation on a panel where the spread from position 1 to position 10 is 18.78 percentage points.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026
The AI-answer layer on this market is structurally open. The opening-control rail distributes AI primacy across a mix of platforms and niche domains, with no single source type consolidating the surface. For any operator monitoring AI visibility on Luxury Yachting Thailand, the observation that a social platform holds the rank-1 opening share — ahead of every focused source on the panel — signals that AI Overview opening behavior on this market draws from general-purpose content alongside specialist sources.
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- Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui
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- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- October 19–25, 2026
- Published:
- October 27, 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-october-19-25-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: October 19–25, 2026 (2026-10-19/2026-10-25) Published: October 27, 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-october-19-25-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-october-19-25-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms facebook.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across the 7-run window October 19–25, 2026, recording 21.96% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period. Key facts: • facebook.com: 22% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • YachtCharterFleet: 17% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • youtube.com: 7% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (October 19–25, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. facebook.com — 21.96% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. YachtCharterFleet — 16.67% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. youtube.com — 7.14% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. Blue Voyage Thailand — 7.14% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #4 5. yacht-rental-phuket.com — 5.03% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #5 6. boatbookings.com — 4.76% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #6 7. tripadvisor.com — 4% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #7 8. asiaglobalyachting.com — 3.97% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #8 9. instagram.com — 3.97% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #9 10. Fraser Yachts — 3.17% AI opening share · opening in 4/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card examines Google AI Overview openings for Luxury Yachting Thailand, observed on Google desktop from Thailand during October 19–25, 2026. It draws on 7 of 7 comparable daily observations within a governed market panel of 105 observed queries, applying the relevant source-selection rules. Limitations and non-claims: — Observes the observed AI answer 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 Thailand Phuket / Koh Samui, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · October 19–25, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1792901329829_q3v7lv. 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 27, 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-october-19-25-2026 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: 92ee3d62d7acb5aa
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— The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · October 19–25, 2026
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure on this card?
- AI opening share measures which source is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the primacy slot. It captures who AI reaches for first when constructing an answer, not general citation frequency across the full answer and not search-result ranking.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend or measure general citation share?
- This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It reads the AI Overview opening-control rail across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period October 19–25, 2026. It does not measure general citation share, which is tracked by a separate family.
- Why does a social platform appear at the top of a luxury yachting panel?
- AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. The observation records what AI reached for first across the governed market panel during this window. It does not imply that facebook.com is a specialist source for luxury yachting — its governed role on this panel is social platform rather than specialist operator.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · October 19–25, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer 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 Thailand Phuket / Koh Samui, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card examines Google AI Overview openings for Luxury Yachting Thailand, observed on Google desktop from Thailand during October 19–25, 2026. It draws on 7 of 7 comparable daily observations within a governed market panel of 105 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 in the observation period October 19–25, 2026. AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 7 of 7 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 2026-10-27 · Governed capture ID · pr_1792901329829_q3v7lv
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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, October 19–25, 2026, Luxury Yachting Thailand is also read in the Organic Ranking — Top 5 table; each keeps its own reading basis. An earlier AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 table for Luxury Yachting Thailand provides additional context; it records October 12–18, 2026. An earlier Query Spotlight table for Luxury Yachting Thailand provides additional context; it records October 12–18, 2026.
The Bali / Komodo / Raja Ampat reading examines the same AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 for October 19–25, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion. An earlier AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading for Amalfi / Capri / Positano provides additional context; it records October 12–18, 2026.
