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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 16.67%, accumulated across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 7–13, 2026.
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- Market
- Premium Education US Northeast
- Location
- Boston / New York
- Observed period
- September 7–13, 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
“Platforms, not schools, open AI answers on Premium Education US Northeast — and the top 10 panel proves it across a full week.”
Quick answer
The panel of 10 actors was derived from 105 observed queries on Google desktop in the United States.
Key reading
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · September 7–13, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI opening-control ranking at 16.67%, with facebook.com at 12.07% and orieladmissions.com at 10.63% completing the top three. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined. The 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 12.07% down to 3.45%, and the spread between the rank-1 and rank-10 actor is 13.22 percentage points. The non-obvious read: general-purpose platforms occupy three of the top five positions by cumulative opening volume, while focused education domains fill the remaining slots without any single specialist source approaching the rank-1 share. 7 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 3 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · September 7–13, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 16.67% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #2 | 12.07% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| orieladmissions.com | #3 | 10.63% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| boardingschoolreview.com | #4 | 9.20% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| reddit.com | #5 | 8.33% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| usnews.com | #6 | 7.47% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| niche.com | #7 | 6.61% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| quora.com | #8 | 5.46% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| en.wikipedia.org | #9 | 3.74% AI opening share | opening in 4/7 runs |
| eduavenues.com | #10 | 3.45% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · September 7–13, 2026
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 16.67%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, and sits at the top of the period-wide ranking as a general-purpose platform rather than a specialist education source.
facebook.com records 12.07% AI opening share on this market and sits 4.60 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, making it the second-ranked social platform on this opening-control rail over the period.
orieladmissions.com records 10.63% AI opening share on this market, the highest share among focused sources on this panel. It sits 6.03 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
boardingschoolreview.com records 9.20% AI opening share on this market and sits 7.47 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, occupying the rank-4 position in the period-wide ranking as a focused source.
reddit.com records 8.33% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.33 percentage points behind youtube.com. As a user-generated discussion platform, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — the third platform in the top five.
usnews.com records 7.47% AI opening share on this market and sits 9.20 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, holding the rank-6 position in the period-wide ranking.
niche.com records 6.61% AI opening share on this market and sits 10.06 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, one of the three actors on the panel with fewer-than-full presence over the period.
quora.com records 5.46% AI opening share on this market and sits 11.21 percentage points behind youtube.com. Despite its lower share, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs as a discussion platform on this opening-control rail.
en.wikipedia.org records 3.74% AI opening share on this market and sits 12.93 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 4 of 7 comparable runs, the lowest presence frequency on the governed panel.
eduavenues.com records 3.45% AI opening share on this market and sits 13.22 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, holding the rank-10 position in the period-wide ranking as a focused source.
Pattern on the observed surface
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · September 7–13, 2026
The opening-control rail for Premium Education US Northeast
The opening-control rail for Premium Education US Northeast is dispersed rather than concentrated: the top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined. The panel mixes general-purpose platforms and focused education sources without a single actor accumulating a commanding share. The 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 12.07% down to 3.45%, producing a gradual slope rather than a sharp cliff between the top and the tail. Presence across the period is broad — 7 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs, while the remaining 3 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · September 7–13, 2026
youtube.com, a general-purpose platform, accumulated the highest AI opening share on a market where the queries concern premium education in the US Northeast. The opening-control surface did not default to specialist education directories or institutional sources at the top of the period-wide ranking — it reached for platforms built around user-generated content and social interaction.
Market implication
Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · September 7–13, 2026
The dispersed shape of this opening-control rail signals that no single source has locked down the AI primacy slot for premium education queries in the US Northeast across this 7-run window. Operators monitoring AI visibility on this market should note that the surface distributes openings across a mix of platforms and focused domains, and that cumulative opening volume over the period did not concentrate behind any one actor.
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- Observed:
- September 7–13, 2026
- Published:
- September 15, 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-september-7-13-2026 Scope: Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: September 7–13, 2026 (2026-09-07/2026-09-13) Published: September 15, 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-september-7-13-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-boston-new-york-ai-overview-control-september-7-13-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education US Northeast market at 16.67%, accumulated across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 7–13, 2026. Key facts: • youtube.com: 17% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • facebook.com: 12% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • orieladmissions.com: 11% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (September 7–13, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. youtube.com — 16.67% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. facebook.com — 12.07% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. orieladmissions.com — 10.63% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. boardingschoolreview.com — 9.20% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. reddit.com — 8.33% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. usnews.com — 7.47% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. niche.com — 6.61% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #7 8. quora.com — 5.46% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #8 9. en.wikipedia.org — 3.74% AI opening share · opening in 4/7 runs — #9 10. eduavenues.com — 3.45% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 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 September 7–13, 2026. The panel ranks the top 10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor metric values reflect the sum of each actor's opening values across all comparable runs in the period, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window. 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 · September 7–13, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791427588536_dj51no. 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 15, 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-september-7-13-2026 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: d9eab357a4a84281
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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 primacy slot — the actor cited at the opening of the AI-generated response — not general citation frequency or organic search ranking.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend in AI opening behavior?
- This card observes an observation period of 7 comparable scheduled runs from September 7–13, 2026. It does not establish a longer-term trend. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates; future windows may produce different results.
- Why do platforms appear at the top of a premium education market panel?
- This card reads only the AI Overview opening-control rail. The panel reflects which sources AI Overviews selected to open answers for 105 premium education queries observed on Google desktop in the United States. It does not measure business-market position, institutional reputation, or organic search presence.
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Premium Education US Northeast · Boston / New York · AI Overview · September 7–13, 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 September 7–13, 2026. The panel ranks the top 10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor metric values reflect the sum of each actor's opening values across all comparable runs in the period, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market.
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Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs, September 7–13, 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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Method & SourceContinue the reading
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, September 7–13, 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 September 7–13, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
