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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Premium Education France /, Paris?
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education France / Paris market across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 17–23, 2026), recording 17.86% of all AI answer openings observed over the period.
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- Market
- Premium Education France /
- Location
- Paris
- Observed period
- August 17–23, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- France
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- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On Premium Education France, a platform opens more AI answers than any specialist domain across the 7-run window.”
Quick answer
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education France / Paris market across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 17–23, 2026), recording 17.86% of all AI answer openings observed over the period.
Key reading
Premium Education France / · Paris · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position on the AI Overview opening-control rail for Premium Education France / Paris across the observation period of August 17–23, 2026, at 17.86%. Ministère de l Éducation nationale sits 5.80 percentage points behind youtube.com on AI opening share on this market, recording 12.05%. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined — a structure that distributes opening volume broadly rather than concentrating it at the top. The 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 12.05% down to 3.13%, and the spread between rank 1 and rank 10 is 14.73 percentage points. The surface is open: no single actor accumulated a commanding share of AI answer openings over the period.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Premium Education France / · Paris · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 17.86% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Ministère de l Éducation nationale | #2 | 12.05% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| letudiant.fr | #3 | 8.48% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| etudiant.lefigaro.fr | #4 | 8.04% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| groupe-reussite.fr | #5 | 8.04% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| fr.wikipedia.org | #6 | 6.70% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| Sciences Po | #7 | 6.70% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| icsparis.fr | #8 | 4.91% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| edhec.edu | #9 | 3.57% AI opening share | opening in 4/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #10 | 3.13% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Premium Education France / · Paris · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 17.86%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, making it one of 5 actors on the panel to open AI answers in all 7 comparable runs.
Ministère de l Éducation nationale
Ministère de l Éducation nationale records 12.05% AI opening share on this market and sits 5.80 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, present across every observation in the window.
letudiant.fr records 8.48% AI opening share on this market, sitting 9.38 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, one of the focused sources that maintained opening presence throughout the window.
etudiant.lefigaro.fr records 8.04% AI opening share on this market and sits 9.82 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, matching letudiant.fr in presence frequency.
groupe-reussite.fr records 8.04% AI opening share on this market, identical to etudiant.lefigaro.fr on the primary metric. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, completing the group of 5 actors present across every run.
fr.wikipedia.org records 6.70% AI opening share on this market and sits 11.16 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — a general-purpose platform appearing alongside the education-focused domains.
Sciences Po records 6.70% AI opening share on this market, matching fr.wikipedia.org on the primary metric. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs, a lower presence frequency than the top-5 actors on the panel.
icsparis.fr records 4.91% AI opening share on this market and sits 12.95 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
edhec.edu records 3.57% AI opening share on this market and sits 14.29 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 4 of 7 comparable runs, the lowest presence frequency among the governed top-10 panel.
facebook.com records 3.13% AI opening share on this market and sits 14.73 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs — a social platform occupying the last position on the governed panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Premium Education France / · Paris · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
The opening-control rail for Premium Education France / Pari
The opening-control rail for Premium Education France / Paris is dispersed rather than concentrated. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 8 combined, and the top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined. The panel splits evenly on presence: 5 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs, while 5 opened AI answers in fewer runs. Two general-purpose platforms — youtube.com and fr.wikipedia.org — sit alongside focused education domains and a social platform, giving the surface a mixed composition rather than a specialist-only field.
Why this reading matters
Premium Education France / · Paris · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI Overview opening-control rail, yet its 17.86% share means the surface is wide open — the 9 sources behind youtube.com sit between 5.80 and 14.73 percentage points behind it, and no single actor accumulated a decisive concentration of AI answer openings over the 7-run window. For an education market, the presence of platforms rather than specialist operators at both the top and bottom of the panel is a structural feature worth monitoring.
Market implication
Premium Education France / · Paris · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
The AI Overview opening-control surface for Premium Education France / Paris across this 7-run window signals a fragmented opening landscape. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the spread of 14.73 percentage points between rank 1 and rank 10 is modest enough that small shifts in AI answer behavior could rearrange the panel. Monitoring this surface over subsequent windows will clarify whether the current dispersion persists or whether any actor begins to accumulate a larger share of AI answer openings.
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- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- August 17–23, 2026
- Published:
- August 25, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Premium Education France /, Paris? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-paris-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026 Scope: Premium Education France / · Paris · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: August 17–23, 2026 (2026-08-17/2026-08-23) Published: August 25, 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-paris-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-paris-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education France / Paris market across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 17–23, 2026), recording 17.86% of all AI answer openings observed over the period. Key facts: • youtube.com: 18% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • Ministère de l Éducation nationale: 12% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • letudiant.fr: 8% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 17–23, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. youtube.com — 17.86% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. Ministère de l Éducation nationale — 12.05% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. letudiant.fr — 8.48% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. etudiant.lefigaro.fr — 8.04% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. groupe-reussite.fr — 8.04% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. fr.wikipedia.org — 6.70% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #6 7. Sciences Po — 6.70% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #7 8. icsparis.fr — 4.91% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #8 9. edhec.edu — 3.57% AI opening share · opening in 4/7 runs — #9 10. facebook.com — 3.13% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Premium Education France / Paris in France on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor values reflect the sum of each actor's openings across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the window. 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 France / Paris, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Premium Education France / · Paris · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · August 17–23, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787895812246_1o910s. 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 (August 25, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Premium Education France /, Paris?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-paris-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026 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: 9c18e38257263e7a
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure on this card?
- AI opening share captures which actor is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the source AI reaches for first. It is not the same as general citation share (which counts all citations regardless of position) and it is not an organic search ranking.
- How were the values on this card calculated?
- Each actor's raw AI answer openings were summed across all 7 comparable scheduled runs in the August 17–23, 2026 window, then divided by a single period-wide denominator. The result is a cumulative opening share over the full period, not a daily average. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs.
- Does this card prove a longer-term pattern or trend?
- This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It reads a 7-run observation period. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates; future windows may produce different panel compositions and share distributions.
Scope and limitations
Premium Education France / · Paris · AI Overview · August 17–23, 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 France / Paris, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Premium Education France / Paris in France on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 17–23, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor values reflect the sum of each actor's openings across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the window.
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Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 17–23, 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.
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 2026-08-25 · Governed capture ID · pr_1787895812246_1o910s
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Method & SourceContinue the reading
The Premium Education France / Paris room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, August 17–23, 2026, Premium Education France / Paris 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 Boston / New York reading and Dubai Abu Dhabi reading examine the same AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 for August 17–23, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
