— 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 the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across the 7-run window, at 12.89%.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Thailand
- Location
- Phuket / Koh Samui
- Observed period
- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- Thailand
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- Ranking Top 5 · AI citation
“On Luxury Yachting Thailand, AI Overview citations spread across niche domains and social platforms with no single actor commanding the surface.”
Quick answer
youtube.com follows at 11.88%, sitting 1.02 percentage points behind.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 12.89%, but the gap to the next actor is narrow: youtube.com sits 1.02 percentage points behind at 11.88%. The 4 sources behind YachtCharterFleet range from 11.88% down to 6.98%, and the top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined. The surface is structurally distributed across the August 31 – September 6, 2026 window, with no single actor accumulating a commanding share of AI Overview citations across 105 observed queries. Two social platforms — youtube.com and facebook.com — appear alongside three niche domains, splitting the citation rail between general-purpose platforms and focused sources.
Core metric
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Observed metric
Citation share — top 5
| Actor | Rank | AIO citation share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| YachtCharterFleet | #1 | 12.89% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #2 | 11.88% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| asiaglobalyachting.com | #3 | 9.36% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| yacht-rental-phuket.com | #4 | 8.82% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #5 | 6.98% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in this card scope, at 12.89%. It was cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs across the window, accumulating the highest citation volume on the panel — yet its lead over the next actor is only 1.02 percentage points.
youtube.com records 11.88% AI citation share on this market, operating as a social platform rather than a specialist operator. It sits 1.02 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet and was cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, making it the closest challenger on the citation rail.
asiaglobalyachting.com records 9.36% AI citation share on this market and sits 3.54 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it occupies a position in the middle of the governed panel as a niche domain on this surface.
yacht-rental-phuket.com records 8.82% AI citation share on this market, sitting 4.07 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It was cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, holding a position just above the bottom of the top-5 panel.
facebook.com records 6.98% AI citation share on this market, the lowest on the governed panel. As a social platform, it sits 5.91 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet — the widest gap on the panel — yet it was cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The panel is distributed rather than concentrated
The panel is distributed rather than concentrated. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 3 combined, which means no pair of sources controls the AI Overview citation rail on this market. The 4 sources behind YachtCharterFleet sit between 1.02 and 5.91 percentage points behind it, forming a gradual slope rather than a sharp drop-off. The mix of niche domains and social platforms across the top-5 panel means AI Overviews draw on both focused sources and general-purpose platforms when answering Luxury Yachting Thailand queries.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the period-wide lead on AI citation share, yet the spread across the full top-5 panel is only 5.91 percentage points. The surface reads as an open field where focused sources and general-purpose platforms coexist at comparable citation levels — a structure worth monitoring in future windows.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The AI Overview citation surface for Luxury Yachting Thailand is structurally distributed across the observed period, with no single actor commanding the field. For any operator monitoring AI visibility on this market, the observation signals that citation share is spread thinly across both niche domains and social platforms. The narrow 1.02-percentage-point gap between the top two actors suggests that small shifts in AI citation behaviour could rearrange the top of the panel.
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- Scope:
- Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui
- Surface:
- AI citation · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
- Published:
- September 12, 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-31-to-september-6-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 5 Observed: Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 (2026-08-31/2026-09-06) Published: September 12, 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-31-to-september-6-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-most-cited-by-ai-august-31-to-september-6-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI citation share on the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across the 7-run window, at 12.89%. Key facts: • YachtCharterFleet: 13% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • youtube.com: 12% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • asiaglobalyachting.com: 9% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs Published table — Citation share — top 5 (Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share 1. YachtCharterFleet — 12.89% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1 2. youtube.com — 11.88% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2 3. asiaglobalyachting.com — 9.36% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3 4. yacht-rental-phuket.com — 8.82% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4 5. facebook.com — 6.98% 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, aggregated across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator across 105 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 window. AI Overview content is volatile by nature — results may vary by query, model reformulation, and date. 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, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Google · Desktop · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1788667564627_7lin7w. 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 12, 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-31-to-september-6-2026 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: 977a84ec320e4718
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— The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Google · Desktop · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 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 observation confirm a longer-term trend?
- This card draws on 7 comparable scheduled runs in the August 31 – September 6, 2026 window — enough to map the current citation layout, but not enough to confirm whether the distributed structure seen here is settled or still shifting. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date.
- Why do social platforms appear on a luxury yachting citation panel?
- AI Overviews cite the sources they surface for each query. youtube.com and facebook.com appeared as cited sources across all 7 comparable runs, reflecting the content AI models drew on when answering Luxury Yachting Thailand queries during this window.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 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, September 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, aggregated across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator across 105 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 window. AI Overview content is volatile by nature — results may vary by query, model reformulation, and date.
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 31 – September 6, 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 2026-09-12 · Governed capture ID · pr_1788667564627_7lin7w
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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, Aug 31 – Sep 6, 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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