— Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview —
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 across the 5-run observation period (June 15–21, 2026), recording 26.00% of all AI answer openings observed over the period.
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- Market
- Premium Education US Northeast
- Location
- Boston / New York
- Observed period
- June 15–21, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 5 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- United States
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- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On Premium Education US Northeast, no single source controls where AI answers begin.”
Quick answer
The top-10 panel is drawn from 105 observed queries on Google desktop in the United States.
Key reading
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 15–21, 2026
youtube.com accumulated 26.00% of AI answer openings across the 5-run window, placing it at rank 1 by cumulative opening volume over the period. niche.com sits 11.33 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market, at 14.67%, while reddit.com records 12.00%. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, yet the surface remains fragmented: the 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 14.67% down to 2.00%, and no position on the panel appears locked in given how compressed the values are across the lower ranks. 5 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 5 comparable runs; 5 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 15–21, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 26.00% AI opening share | opening in 5/5 runs |
| niche.com | #2 | 14.67% AI opening share | opening in 5/5 runs |
| reddit.com | #3 | 12.00% AI opening share | opening in 5/5 runs |
| usnews.com | #4 | 10.67% AI opening share | opening in 5/5 runs |
| en.wikipedia.org | #5 | 7.33% AI opening share | opening in 5/5 runs |
| boardingschoolreview.com | #6 | 5.33% AI opening share | opening in 4/5 runs |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | #7 | 2.67% AI opening share | opening in 4/5 runs |
| facebook.com | #8 | 2.67% AI opening share | opening in 3/5 runs |
| executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu | #9 | 2.00% AI opening share | opening in 2/5 runs |
| ivycoach.com | #10 | 2.00% AI opening share | opening in 2/5 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 15–21, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI opening-control ranking, at 26.00% of observed openings across the 5-run window. As a general-purpose platform, it opened AI answers on 5 of 5 comparable runs, accumulating the highest opening volume on this surface.
niche.com records 14.67% AI opening share on this market, placing it at rank 2 in the period-wide ranking. It sits 11.33 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 5 of 5 comparable runs.
reddit.com records 12.00% AI opening share on this market and sits 14.00 percentage points behind youtube.com. A user-generated discussion platform, it opened AI answers on 5 of 5 comparable runs — one of 5 actors on the panel to open AI answers in all 5 comparable runs.
usnews.com records 10.67% AI opening share on this market, sitting 15.33 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 5 of 5 comparable runs, anchoring the middle tier of the panel.
en.wikipedia.org records 7.33% AI opening share on this market and sits 18.67 percentage points behind youtube.com. A non-operator platform, it opened AI answers on 5 of 5 comparable runs.
boardingschoolreview.com records 5.33% AI opening share on this market and sits 20.67 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 4 of 5 comparable runs, placing it in the lower portion of the panel.
Phillips Exeter Academy records 2.67% AI opening share on this market and sits 23.33 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 4 of 5 comparable runs.
facebook.com records 2.67% AI opening share on this market, matching Phillips Exeter Academy on the metric. A social platform, it opened AI answers on 3 of 5 comparable runs.
executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu
executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu records 2.00% AI opening share on this market and sits 24.00 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 2 of 5 comparable runs.
ivycoach.com records 2.00% AI opening share on this market, matching executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu at the bottom of the governed panel. It opened AI answers on 2 of 5 comparable runs.
Pattern on the observed surface
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 15–21, 2026
The panel is top-heavy but not captured
The panel is top-heavy but not captured. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, yet the spread from rank 1 to rank 10 is 24.00 percentage points — wide enough to separate the surface into a clear lead tier and a compressed trailing group. The 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 14.67% down to 2.00%. 5 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 5 comparable runs; 5 opened AI answers in fewer runs. The mix of general-purpose platforms and focused domains across the panel means AI is not defaulting to a single source type when opening answers on this market.
Why this reading matters
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 15–21, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail, yet it is a general-purpose platform — not an education-specific source. The highest-ranked focused domain, niche.com, sits at rank 2, and the only named institution on the panel, Phillips Exeter Academy, appears at rank 7 with 2.67% opening share. The surface reveals that AI reaches for broad platforms and aggregator-style domains before it reaches for institutional sources on this market.
Market implication
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 15–21, 2026
The fragmented opening-control surface on Premium Education US Northeast signals that no single institution or advisory source has built enough accumulated opening presence to anchor AI answers across the observed query set. With the 9 sources behind youtube.com ranging from 14.67% down to 2.00%, small shifts in opening volume could reorder positions below the top tier. Monitoring this surface over successive windows will clarify whether the current platform-led structure persists or whether education-focused sources begin to accumulate opening share.
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- Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York
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- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- June 15–21, 2026
- Published:
- June 23, 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-june-15-21-2026 Scope: Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: June 15–21, 2026 (2026-06-15/2026-06-21) Published: June 23, 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-june-15-21-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-boston-new-york-ai-overview-control-june-15-21-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education US Northeast market across the 5-run observation period (June 15–21, 2026), recording 26.00% of all AI answer openings observed over the period. Key facts: • youtube.com: 26% AI opening share · opening in 5/5 runs • niche.com: 15% AI opening share · opening in 5/5 runs • reddit.com: 12% AI opening share · opening in 5/5 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (June 15–21, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 5 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. youtube.com — 26.00% AI opening share · opening in 5/5 runs — #1 2. niche.com — 14.67% AI opening share · opening in 5/5 runs — #2 3. reddit.com — 12.00% AI opening share · opening in 5/5 runs — #3 4. usnews.com — 10.67% AI opening share · opening in 5/5 runs — #4 5. en.wikipedia.org — 7.33% AI opening share · opening in 5/5 runs — #5 6. boardingschoolreview.com — 5.33% AI opening share · opening in 4/5 runs — #6 7. Phillips Exeter Academy — 2.67% AI opening share · opening in 4/5 runs — #7 8. facebook.com — 2.67% AI opening share · opening in 3/5 runs — #8 9. executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu — 2.00% AI opening share · opening in 2/5 runs — #9 10. ivycoach.com — 2.00% AI opening share · opening in 2/5 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 5 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period June 15–21, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's opening volume across all 5 comparable runs, divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 5 of 5 runs in the window. Limitations and non-claims: — Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window. — A period aggregate (5 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share. — Scoped to Premium Education US Northeast Boston / New York, June 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · June 15–21, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787935210061_gmnrcx. 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 (June 23, 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-june-15-21-2026 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: 7c9ed096fae6ce2e
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure?
- AI opening share captures which source AI Overviews reach for first when constructing an answer. It measures the opening slot — the primacy position — not general citation frequency across the full AI answer.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend in AI opening behavior?
- This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It aggregates 5 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period from June 15–21, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates; future windows may produce different rankings.
- Why do some actors appear in fewer runs than others?
- Presence frequency reflects how many of the 5 comparable runs each actor opened at least one AI answer. Actors with lower presence counts carried opening signal on fewer runs, which affects their cumulative share. This is a count of observed opening activity, not an eligibility threshold.
Scope and limitations
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 15–21, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window.
- A period aggregate (5 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
- Scoped to Premium Education US Northeast Boston / New York, June 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 5 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period June 15–21, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's opening volume across all 5 comparable runs, divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 5 of 5 runs in the window.
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Period observation across 5 comparable scheduled runs (June 15–21, 2026). AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 5 of 5 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, June 15–21, 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 June 15–21, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
