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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Premium Education US Northeast, Boston / New York?
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education US Northeast market at 17.97%, accumulated across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026.
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- Market
- Premium Education US Northeast
- Location
- Boston / New York
- 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
- United States
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On the Premium Education US Northeast opening-control rail, platforms — not institutions — open AI answers for the top-10 panel.”
Quick answer
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education US Northeast market at 17.97%, accumulated across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026.
Key reading
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI Overview opening-control rail in the period-wide ranking, at 17.97% of all AI answer openings observed across the 7-run window. facebook.com and reddit.com follow at 10.68% and 10.16% respectively — the top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined. The 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 10.68% down to 4.17%, a spread of 13.80 percentage points between the panel's top and bottom. The surface is fragmented: no single actor accumulated even a fifth of the period's total openings, and the panel mixes general-purpose platforms with focused sources such as orieladmissions.com and boardingschoolreview.com.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 17.97% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #2 | 10.68% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| reddit.com | #3 | 10.16% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| orieladmissions.com | #4 | 9.11% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| en.wikipedia.org | #5 | 7.81% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| boardingschoolreview.com | #6 | 7.55% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| quora.com | #7 | 6.77% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| niche.com | #8 | 5.73% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| solomonadmissions.com | #9 | 4.17% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| thethinkacademy.com | #10 | 4.17% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in the period-wide ranking, at 17.97%. As a general-purpose platform, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, accumulating the highest opening volume on this surface across the window.
facebook.com records 10.68% AI opening share on this market and sits 7.29 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market. Another social platform rather than a specialist source, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
reddit.com records 10.16% AI opening share on this market, sitting 7.81 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market. A user-generated discussion platform, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — occupying the third position on the period-wide panel.
orieladmissions.com records 9.11% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.85 percentage points behind youtube.com. A focused source on this surface, it is the highest-ranked niche domain on the panel, opening AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
en.wikipedia.org records 7.81% AI opening share on this market, sitting 10.16 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, appearing as a non-operator platform on this opening-control rail.
boardingschoolreview.com records 7.55% AI opening share on this market and sits 10.42 percentage points behind youtube.com. A niche domain focused on this surface, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
quora.com records 6.77% AI opening share on this market, sitting 11.20 percentage points behind youtube.com. A discussion platform, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
niche.com records 5.73% AI opening share on this market and sits 12.24 percentage points behind youtube.com. A visible domain on this surface, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
solomonadmissions.com records 4.17% AI opening share on this market, sitting 13.80 percentage points behind youtube.com. A focused source on this opening-control rail, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
thethinkacademy.com records 4.17% AI opening share on this market, also sitting 13.80 percentage points behind youtube.com. A niche domain, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, sharing the same displayed opening share as solomonadmissions.com on this panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The panel is platform-heavy at the top and niche-domain-heav
The panel is platform-heavy at the top and niche-domain-heavy at the bottom. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 10.68% down to 4.17%. No single actor accumulated a commanding share of the period's total openings. The surface is dispersed rather than concentrated: platforms and focused sources coexist across the governed panel, with solomonadmissions.com and thethinkacademy.com tied at the same displayed opening share at the foot of the ranking. All 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs.
Why this reading matters
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI Overview opening-control rail, yet it is a general-purpose platform with no specialist education focus. The four focused sources on the panel — orieladmissions.com, boardingschoolreview.com, niche.com, solomonadmissions.com — each sit below it by wide margins, and the opening-control surface for Premium Education US Northeast is shaped more by platform reach than by domain specialization.
Market implication
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
This observation signals that the AI Overview opening-control surface for Premium Education US Northeast is fragmented across the 7-run window. The opening rail draws from a mix of general-purpose platforms and focused sources, with no actor accumulating a commanding share. For any operator monitoring AI opening visibility on this market, the surface remains dispersed — the gap between the rank-1 actor and the bottom of the governed panel is 13.80 percentage points, but even the rank-1 share sits at 17.97%.
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- Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York
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- Observed:
- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
- Published:
- September 8, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Premium Education US Northeast, Boston / New York? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-boston-new-york-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026 Scope: Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 (2026-08-31/2026-09-06) Published: September 8, 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/premium-education-boston-new-york-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-boston-new-york-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education US Northeast market at 17.97%, accumulated across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. Key facts: • youtube.com: 18% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • facebook.com: 11% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • reddit.com: 10% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. youtube.com — 17.97% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. facebook.com — 10.68% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. reddit.com — 10.16% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. orieladmissions.com — 9.11% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. en.wikipedia.org — 7.81% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. boardingschoolreview.com — 7.55% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. quora.com — 6.77% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. niche.com — 5.73% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #8 9. solomonadmissions.com — 4.17% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #9 10. thethinkacademy.com — 4.17% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Premium Education US Northeast in the United States on Google desktop, across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's openings divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. 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 Premium Education US Northeast Boston / New York, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1788710775121_o917l8. 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 8, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Premium Education US Northeast, Boston / New York?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-boston-new-york-ai-overview-control-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: f972228198a668c7
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share' measure on this card?
- AI opening share measures which actor is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the source AI reaches for first. It is not general citation share and not organic search ranking. This card reads only the opening-control rail.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend in AI opening behavior?
- No. This card observes an observation period of 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 31 – September 6, 2026). AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend.
- Why do platforms appear at the top of the panel rather than education-focused domains?
- The card observes which sources AI Overviews reach for first when answering 105 education queries in this market. Across this 7-run window, general-purpose platforms accumulated more opening volume than focused sources. The card does not explain why — it records what was observed on the surface.
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Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 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 Premium Education US Northeast Boston / New York, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Premium Education US Northeast in the United States on Google desktop, across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's openings divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market.
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Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 31 – September 6, 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.
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The Premium Education US Northeast room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026, Premium Education US Northeast is also read in the AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 table, the Organic Ranking — Top 5 table and the Query Spotlight table; each keeps its own reading basis.
The Dubai Abu Dhabi reading and Geneva / Lausanne / Zurich reading examine the same AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 for Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
