— Ranking Top 5 · AI citation —
Who does AI cite most for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui?
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 13.39%, observed across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Thailand
- Location
- Phuket / Koh Samui
- Observed period
- August 17–23, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 5-actor panel
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- Thailand
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- Ranking Top 5 · AI citation
“No single source controls what AI Overview cites on Luxury Yachting Thailand — the top-5 panel is contested.”
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youtube.com follows at 13.14%, just 0.25 percentage points behind.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · August 17–23, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in the period-wide ranking at 13.39%, but even that lead falls well short of concentrated control on this AI Overview citation rail. youtube.com sits 0.25 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet, making the gap between the top two positions negligible. asiaglobalyachting.com records 10.61%, yacht-rental-phuket.com records 9.92%, and Blue Voyage Thailand records 7.93% — the 4 sources behind YachtCharterFleet range from 13.14% down to 7.93%. The panel is distributed: the top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined, which means the lower half of this governed top-5 panel collectively outweighs the top pair on cumulative AI citation volume across the window.
Core metric
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · August 17–23, 2026
Observed metric
Citation share — top 5
| Actor | Rank | AIO citation share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| YachtCharterFleet | #1 | 13.39% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #2 | 13.14% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| asiaglobalyachting.com | #3 | 10.61% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| yacht-rental-phuket.com | #4 | 9.92% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| Blue Voyage Thailand | #5 | 7.93% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · August 17–23, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 13.39% across the 7-run window. It was cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, yet its lead over the next-ranked actor is a slim 0.25 percentage points — a margin that offers position without commanding distance.
youtube.com records 13.14% AI citation share on this market and sits 0.25 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. As a general-purpose platform rather than a specialist operator, its near-parity with the rank-1 actor is the sharpest structural feature of this panel — a platform matching a niche domain citation-for-citation across the period.
asiaglobalyachting.com records 10.61% AI citation share on this market, cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 2.78 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet, occupying a middle position on the panel where the gap to the lead is modest but measurable.
yacht-rental-phuket.com records 9.92% AI citation share on this market and sits 3.47 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. Its position in the lower portion of the panel places it within the cluster of sources that collectively outweigh the top two.
Blue Voyage Thailand records 7.93% AI citation share on this market, the lowest on the governed top-5 panel. It sits 5.45 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet, yet was cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs — present on every observation despite holding the smallest cumulative share.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · August 17–23, 2026
The panel is notably flat
The panel is notably flat. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined, which means citation volume on this AI Overview surface is not concentrated at the top but dispersed across the governed top-5 panel. The 4 sources behind YachtCharterFleet sit between 0.25 and 5.45 percentage points behind it — a compressed trailing structure where no actor is dramatically distant from the lead. A general-purpose platform sits alongside niche domains, and the mix of actor types suggests AI Overview citations on this market draw from structurally different source categories rather than converging on one kind.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · August 17–23, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the rank-1 position by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, yet the near-parity with youtube.com — a general-purpose platform — reframes what citation leadership means on this surface. The lead is positional, not structural: it rests on a margin so thin that a small shift in citation behavior across the 105 observed queries could reorder the top two without any actor gaining or losing meaningful share.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · August 17–23, 2026
The distributed shape of this AI Overview citation panel across the 7-run window signals that no single source has accumulated a controlling citation position on Luxury Yachting Thailand. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 2 combined, but even that concentration is moderate. For any actor monitoring AI citation visibility on this surface, the observation suggests that citation share on this market is contested across the governed top-5 panel rather than locked behind one reference source.
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- Scope:
- Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui
- Surface:
- AI citation · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- August 17–23, 2026
- Published:
- August 29, 2026
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Who does AI cite most for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-most-cited-by-ai-august-17-23-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 5 Observed: August 17–23, 2026 (2026-08-17/2026-08-23) Published: August 29, 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-most-cited-by-ai-august-17-23-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-most-cited-by-ai-august-17-23-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 13.39%, observed across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. Key facts: • YachtCharterFleet: 13% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • youtube.com: 13% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • asiaglobalyachting.com: 11% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs Published table — Citation share — top 5 (August 17–23, 2026 · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share 1. YachtCharterFleet — 13.39% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1 2. youtube.com — 13.14% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2 3. asiaglobalyachting.com — 10.61% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3 4. yacht-rental-phuket.com — 9.92% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4 5. Blue Voyage Thailand — 7.93% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #5 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand in Thailand on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market, aggregated as the sum of each actor's citation values across all comparable runs using one single period-wide denominator. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative citation volume over the period. The observation is drawn from 105 queries. 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 Thailand Phuket / Koh Samui, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Google · Desktop · August 17–23, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787900500217_qajqhy. 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 29, 2026), Who does AI cite most for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-most-cited-by-ai-august-17-23-2026 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: dd8ef0a190bb272f
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— The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Google · Desktop · August 17–23, 2026
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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 confirm a longer-term trend?
- No. This analysis covers 7 comparable scheduled runs over a single week (August 17–23, 2026). Current standings reflect this short window only — no multi-week trajectory is available to confirm whether these positions are shifting. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date.
- Why does a general-purpose platform appear on a luxury yachting citation panel?
- youtube.com records 13.14% AI citation share on this market across the period. AI Overview citations draw from whatever sources the model surfaces for each query — platform type does not determine eligibility, and the citation rail may reference video, editorial, or user-generated content alongside specialist domains.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · August 17–23, 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 Thailand Phuket / Koh Samui, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand in Thailand on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market, aggregated as the sum of each actor's citation values across all comparable runs using one single period-wide denominator. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative citation volume over the period. The observation is drawn from 105 queries. 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 (August 17–23, 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 2026-08-29 · Governed capture ID · pr_1787900500217_qajqhy
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The Luxury Yachting Thailand room places this AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, August 17–23, 2026, Luxury Yachting Thailand 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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