— Ranking Top 5 · AI citation —
Who does AI cite most for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui?
youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in the period-wide ranking at 15.23%, observed across 7 comparable scheduled runs from July 13–19, 2026.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Thailand
- Location
- Phuket / Koh Samui
- Observed period
- July 13–19, 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 actor has locked down the AI Overview citation surface for Luxury Yachting Thailand across this 7-run window.”
Quick answer
YachtCharterFleet follows closely at 14.86%, sitting just 0.37 percentage points behind.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 13–19, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI citation ranking for Luxury Yachting Thailand, yet its 15.23% share sits only 0.37 percentage points ahead of YachtCharterFleet at 14.86%. The 4 sources behind youtube.com range from 14.86% down to 6.84%, and the spread between the top and bottom of the governed panel is 8.39 percentage points. Across the 7-run window, no actor on this AI Overview citation surface has established clear authority on the Luxury Yachting Thailand panel — the surface remains structurally open. The top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined, but even that concentration leaves the rank-1 actor well short of a commanding position.
Core metric
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 13–19, 2026
Observed metric
Citation share — top 5
| Actor | Rank | AIO citation share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 15.23% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| YachtCharterFleet | #2 | 14.86% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| asiaglobalyachting.com | #3 | 9.46% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| yacht-rental-phuket.com | #4 | 7.38% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| Faraway Yachting | #5 | 6.84% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 13–19, 2026
youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 15.23% across the 7-run window, a general-purpose platform rather than a specialist operator. It was cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, yet its margin over the next actor is only 0.37 percentage points — a gap that offers no structural cushion on this surface.
YachtCharterFleet records 14.86% AI citation share on this market, sitting 0.37 percentage points behind youtube.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it occupies a position on the AI Overview citation panel for this market that is functionally level with the rank-1 actor across the period.
asiaglobalyachting.com records 9.46% AI citation share on this market and sits 5.77 percentage points behind youtube.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it marks the point where the panel drops away from the near-tied pair at the top.
yacht-rental-phuket.com records 7.38% AI citation share on this market and sits 7.86 percentage points behind youtube.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it appears on the AI Overview citation surface for this market as a focused source with a narrower citation footprint than the top three.
Faraway Yachting records 6.84% AI citation share on this market, the lowest on the governed panel, and sits 8.39 percentage points behind youtube.com. It was cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 13–19, 2026
The panel splits into two tiers
The panel splits into two tiers. The top two actors — youtube.com and YachtCharterFleet — sit nearly level, separated by only 0.37 percentage points, and the top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined. Below them, the 4 sources behind youtube.com range from 14.86% down to 6.84%. The mix is notable: a general-purpose platform holds rank 1, while the remaining positions belong to focused sources and niche domains. All 5 actors on the panel were cited in all 7 comparable runs, yet no single actor has accumulated enough citation volume to separate decisively from the rest.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 13–19, 2026
youtube.com — a platform rather than a specialist operator — holds the rank-1 position by cumulative AI citation volume on the Luxury Yachting Thailand panel. That a general-purpose platform sits at the top of a specialist market's AI Overview citation rail, ahead of focused sources, is the structural read worth noting: the AI Overview surface for this market is not yet shaped by domain specialization alone.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 13–19, 2026
Despite some AI-answer presence from the top two names, the AI Overview citation layer in this market remains structurally open — no actor has converted that presence into established authority on this observed surface over the 7-run window. The near-parity between youtube.com and YachtCharterFleet at the top, combined with the compressed trailing group, signals that the citation surface for Luxury Yachting Thailand has not consolidated around any single source.
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- Scope:
- Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui
- Surface:
- AI citation · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- July 13–19, 2026
- Published:
- July 25, 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-july-13-19-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 5 Observed: July 13–19, 2026 (2026-07-13/2026-07-19) Published: July 25, 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-july-13-19-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-most-cited-by-ai-july-13-19-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market in the period-wide ranking at 15.23%, observed across 7 comparable scheduled runs from July 13–19, 2026. Key facts: • youtube.com: 15% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • YachtCharterFleet: 15% 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 (July 13–19, 2026 · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share 1. youtube.com — 15.23% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1 2. YachtCharterFleet — 14.86% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2 3. asiaglobalyachting.com — 9.46% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3 4. yacht-rental-phuket.com — 7.38% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4 5. Faraway Yachting — 6.84% 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 July 13–19, 2026. The top-5 panel is ranked by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, with each actor's share calculated against one single period-wide denominator. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market. The observation aggregates 105 queries per run. 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, July 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Google · Desktop · July 13–19, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791429997526_zapsqu. 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 (July 25, 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-july-13-19-2026 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: 9c9d312b8ec66835
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— The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Google · Desktop · July 13–19, 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 105 queries observed for Luxury Yachting Thailand. It does not measure who opens those AI answers, nor does it reflect organic search ranking.
- Can this card prove a longer-term trend?
- No. This card aggregates AI Overview citation evidence across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the July 13–19, 2026 window. It captures a period observation, not a multi-month trajectory. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date; future windows may produce different results.
- Why does a general-purpose platform hold the top position?
- youtube.com holds 15.23% of AI citations accumulated across the 7-run window. This card observes what AI Overviews cite, not why. The citation surface may draw on video content, user-generated material, or other signals — but this card does not measure those factors.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 13–19, 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, July 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 July 13–19, 2026. The top-5 panel is ranked by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, with each actor's share calculated against one single period-wide denominator. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market. The observation aggregates 105 queries per run. 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, July 13–19, 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 2026-07-25 · Governed capture ID · pr_1791429997526_zapsqu
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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, July 13–19, 2026, Luxury Yachting Thailand is also read in the AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 table and the Query Spotlight table; each keeps its own reading basis. A further Organic Ranking — Top 5 table for Luxury Yachting Thailand provides additional context; it records October 5–11, 2026.
The Bali / Komodo / Raja Ampat reading and Maldives / Seychelles reading examine the same AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 for July 13–19, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
