— 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 the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across the 7-run window from July 6–12, 2026, recording 15.45%.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Thailand
- Location
- Phuket / Koh Samui
- Observed period
- July 6–12, 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 the Luxury Yachting Thailand AI Overview citation rail, a general-purpose platform edges ahead of every focused source.”
Quick answer
YachtCharterFleet follows at 14.02%, sitting 1.44 percentage points behind.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 6–12, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position by cumulative AI citation share on this market across the 7-run window, yet its lead over YachtCharterFleet is narrow — 1.44 percentage points. The top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined, concentrating the surface around a platform and a focused source. asiaglobalyachting.com records 11.94%, while yacht-rental-phuket.com and Blue Voyage Thailand sit further back at 8.07% and 7.18% respectively. The spread from top to bottom is 8.27 percentage points — enough to separate the panel into a tighter upper pair and a wider trailing group, but not enough for any single name to pull decisively clear.
Core metric
Citation share — top 5 · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 6–12, 2026
Observed metric
Citation share — top 5
| Actor | Rank | AIO citation share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 15.45% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| YachtCharterFleet | #2 | 14.02% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| asiaglobalyachting.com | #3 | 11.94% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| yacht-rental-phuket.com | #4 | 8.07% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
| Blue Voyage Thailand | #5 | 7.18% AI citation share | cited in 7/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 6–12, 2026
youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on this market at 15.45%, accumulated across all 7 comparable runs. As a general-purpose platform rather than a specialist operator, its rank-1 position on the AI Overview citation rail signals that AI Overviews draw on video content when answering luxury yachting queries in Thailand.
YachtCharterFleet records 14.02% AI citation share on this market and sits 1.44 percentage points behind youtube.com. Cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs, it is the closest challenger to the rank-1 position on this surface across the observed period.
asiaglobalyachting.com records 11.94% and sits 3.52 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI citation share on this market. Its position in the middle of the governed top-5 panel places it between the tighter upper pair and the lower portion of the ranking.
yacht-rental-phuket.com records 8.07% AI citation share on this market, sitting 7.38 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 despite a sizable gap to the top.
Blue Voyage Thailand records 7.18% AI citation share on this market, the lowest value on the governed top-5 panel. It sits 8.27 percentage points behind youtube.com — the full width of the panel spread — yet was cited in 7 of 7 comparable runs across the window.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 6–12, 2026
The panel is top-heavy but not dominated
The panel is top-heavy but not dominated. The top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 3 combined, yet the gap between rank 1 and rank 2 is the narrowest on the panel. The 4 sources behind youtube.com range from 14.02% down to 7.18%, producing a gradual step-down rather than a sharp cliff. The mix of a general-purpose platform at the top and focused sources filling the rest of the panel gives the surface a distinctive shape — AI Overview citations on this market are not concentrated around a single type of domain.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 6–12, 2026
youtube.com — a general-purpose platform — holds the rank-1 position on the AI Overview citation rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand across this 7-run window. That a platform rather than a specialist domain accumulated the highest citation volume over the period reframes what kind of content AI Overviews reach for when answering luxury yachting queries in Thailand.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 6–12, 2026
The AI Overview citation surface for Luxury Yachting Thailand is distributed across the governed top-5 panel, with no actor pulling decisively clear across the 7-run window from July 6–12, 2026. The narrow 1.44 percentage-point gap between youtube.com and YachtCharterFleet at the top, combined with the 8.27 percentage-point spread across the full panel, signals that citation share on this surface remains contestable rather than locked in.
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- Scope:
- Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui
- Surface:
- AI citation · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- July 6–12, 2026
- Published:
- July 18, 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-6-12-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 5 Observed: July 6–12, 2026 (2026-07-06/2026-07-12) Published: July 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-most-cited-by-ai-july-6-12-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-most-cited-by-ai-july-6-12-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms youtube.com holds the strongest AI citation share on the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across the 7-run window from July 6–12, 2026, recording 15.45%. Key facts: • youtube.com: 15% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • YachtCharterFleet: 14% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs • asiaglobalyachting.com: 12% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs Published table — Citation share — top 5 (July 6–12, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · Citation share 1. youtube.com — 15.45% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #1 2. YachtCharterFleet — 14.02% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #2 3. asiaglobalyachting.com — 11.94% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #3 4. yacht-rental-phuket.com — 8.07% AI citation share · cited in 7/7 runs — #4 5. Blue Voyage Thailand — 7.18% 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 from July 6–12, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator. Per-actor values are aggregated from 105 observed queries. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market. 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 6–12, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791401468055_rirwd7. 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 18, 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-6-12-2026 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: 916f63ab2159ef01
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— The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · Google · Desktop · July 6–12, 2026
Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier pr_1791401468055_rirwd7. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory.
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 observed query set. It does not measure who opens those answers, nor does it reflect organic search ranking.
- Can this card establish a longer-term trend?
- No. This card aggregates 7 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period from July 6–12, 2026. AI Overview content varies by query, model, and date. A wider observation window would be needed to identify directional movement.
- Why does a general-purpose platform rank first on this surface?
- AI Overviews select cited sources based on the content they surface for each query. youtube.com accumulated the highest cumulative citation volume across the 105 observed queries over the 7-run window, which placed it at rank 1 by AI citation share on this market.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI citation · July 6–12, 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 from July 6–12, 2026. The panel ranks the top-5 actors by cumulative AI citation volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator. Per-actor values are aggregated from 105 observed queries. AI Overview citation evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window. The primary metric is AI citation share on this market.
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 an observation period. AI Overview citation evidence available on 7 of 7 runs. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. No claim about AI Overview 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 2026-07-18 · Governed capture ID · pr_1791401468055_rirwd7
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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 6–12, 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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