— 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 6-run window from June 22–28, 2026, recording 28.29% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period.
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- Market
- Premium Education US Northeast
- Location
- Boston / New York
- Observed period
- June 22–28, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 6 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- United States
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On Premium Education US Northeast, a general-purpose platform opens more AI answers than any focused source on the panel.”
Quick answer
The top-10 panel spans a 25.85 percentage-point spread from youtube.com down to executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu at 2.44%.
Key reading
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI opening-control ranking for Premium Education US Northeast, accumulating 28.29% of all AI Overview openings observed across 6 comparable scheduled runs from June 22–28, 2026. The 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 10.73% down to 2.44%. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, concentrating the opening surface around a small cluster. The panel is split evenly on presence: 5 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 6 comparable runs, while 5 opened AI answers in fewer runs. No single focused education domain approaches youtube.com's accumulated opening volume — niche.com, the highest-ranked focused source, sits 17.56 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 28.29% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| niche.com | #2 | 10.73% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| usnews.com | #3 | 9.76% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| reddit.com | #4 | 9.27% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| boardingschoolreview.com | #5 | 6.83% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| quora.com | #6 | 4.88% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| en.wikipedia.org | #7 | 4.39% AI opening share | opening in 4/6 runs |
| facebook.com | #8 | 3.90% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| cardinaleducation.com | #9 | 2.93% AI opening share | opening in 3/6 runs |
| executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu | #10 | 2.44% AI opening share | opening in 4/6 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 28.29%. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, and as a general-purpose platform it accumulated more opening volume than any focused source or niche domain on the panel.
niche.com records 10.73% AI opening share on this market, placing it as the highest-ranked focused source on the panel. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, yet sits 17.56 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market.
usnews.com records 9.76% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs. It sits 18.54 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market, occupying a position just behind niche.com in the period-wide ranking.
reddit.com records 9.27% AI opening share on this market. As a user-generated / discussion platform, it opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs and sits 19.02 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market.
boardingschoolreview.com records 6.83% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs. It sits 21.46 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market, the highest-ranked niche domain with fewer than full-window presence.
quora.com records 4.88% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs. As a user-generated / discussion platform, it sits 23.41 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market.
en.wikipedia.org records 4.39% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 4 of 6 comparable runs. It sits 23.90 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market, appearing less frequently than the top-four actors across the window.
facebook.com records 3.90% AI opening share on this market despite opening AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs — one of the five actors present across the full window. It sits 24.39 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market.
cardinaleducation.com records 2.93% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 3 of 6 comparable runs. It sits 25.37 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market, appearing in the lower portion of the panel with intermittent presence.
executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu
executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu records 2.44% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 4 of 6 comparable runs. It sits 25.85 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market, holding the final position on the governed top-10 panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
The opening-control surface for Premium Education US Northea
The opening-control surface for Premium Education US Northeast is top-heavy and platform-dominated. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. Platforms — youtube.com, reddit.com, quora.com, en.wikipedia.org, and facebook.com — occupy five of the ten governed positions, while focused sources and niche domains fill the other five. The 9 sources behind youtube.com sit between 17.56 and 25.85 percentage points behind it, producing a long tail that stretches across a 25.85 percentage-point spread from rank 1 to rank 10. Presence is split evenly: 5 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 6 comparable runs, while 5 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
youtube.com's rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail is structurally distinct from the rest of the panel: it is a general-purpose platform accumulating opening volume on an education market where the remaining nine actors include a mix of niche domains, discussion platforms, and focused sources. The surface reads as one where AI reaches for broad, user-generated content first — ahead of any domain specializing in premium education in the US Northeast.
Market implication
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
This observation signals that the AI Overview opening-control surface for Premium Education US Northeast is not anchored by any focused education source across the 6-run window from June 22–28, 2026. The concentration at the top around a general-purpose platform, combined with the even split in presence frequency across the panel, suggests that the opening rail draws from a wide pool of sources rather than converging on specialized domains. For any operator monitoring AI opening-control visibility on this market, the governed panel structure reframes the question: the contest is not between education specialists but between platforms and niche domains for the primacy slot.
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- Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York
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- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- June 22–28, 2026
- Published:
- June 30, 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-22-28-2026 Scope: Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: June 22–28, 2026 (2026-06-22/2026-06-28) Published: June 30, 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-22-28-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-boston-new-york-ai-overview-control-june-22-28-2026/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 6-run window from June 22–28, 2026, recording 28.29% of all AI Overview openings observed over the period. Key facts: • youtube.com: 28% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • niche.com: 11% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • usnews.com: 10% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (June 22–28, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 6 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. youtube.com — 28.29% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #1 2. niche.com — 10.73% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #2 3. usnews.com — 9.76% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #3 4. reddit.com — 9.27% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #4 5. boardingschoolreview.com — 6.83% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #5 6. quora.com — 4.88% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #6 7. en.wikipedia.org — 4.39% AI opening share · opening in 4/6 runs — #7 8. facebook.com — 3.90% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #8 9. cardinaleducation.com — 2.93% AI opening share · opening in 3/6 runs — #9 10. executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu — 2.44% AI opening share · opening in 4/6 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Premium Education US Northeast in United States on Google desktop, aggregated from 105 observed queries across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period from June 22–28, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 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 (6 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 22–28, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791343515133_ge9oie. 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 30, 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-22-28-2026 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: 9b536d75f07ef2ab
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share on this market' measure?
- It measures which domain is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the source AI reaches for first when answering a query. It is not general citation share and it is 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 observation covers 6 comparable scheduled runs across June 22–28, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend.
- Why does a general-purpose platform lead an education market panel?
- AI opening share reflects which source AI Overviews reach for first — it does not measure educational quality, business-market position, or organic search ranking. youtube.com accumulated the highest opening volume across the 105 observed queries over the 6-run window, which is a surface-visibility observation, not a business-market claim.
Scope and limitations
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window.
- A period aggregate (6 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 United States on Google desktop, aggregated from 105 observed queries across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period from June 22–28, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market.
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Period observation across 6 comparable scheduled runs, June 22–28, 2026. AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 6 of 6 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 22–28, 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 22–28, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
