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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Premium Education US West Coast, San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles?
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education US West Coast market at 17.31%, observed across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period June 22–28, 2026.
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- Market
- Premium Education US West Coast
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles
- 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 West Coast, AI reaches for platforms before institutions when opening its answers.”
Quick answer
niche.com follows at 16.15%, sitting 1.15 percentage points behind.
Key reading
Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
youtube.com holds the rank-1 position on the period-wide AI opening-control ranking at 17.31%, but niche.com sits 1.15 percentage points behind at 16.15% — a gap narrow enough that the order is not structurally locked in. reddit.com, the third actor on this rail, records 13.46%. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. Below that tier, the 9 sources behind youtube.com range from 16.15% down to 2.69%, and the panel splits between general-purpose platforms and focused or niche domains — with no single institutional domain claiming the opening-control surface outright across the 6-run window.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 17.31% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| niche.com | #2 | 16.15% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| reddit.com | #3 | 13.46% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| executive.berkeley.edu | #4 | 8.46% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| boardingschoolreview.com | #5 | 7.69% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| usnews.com | #6 | 7.69% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| facebook.com | #7 | 3.85% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| linkedin.com | #8 | 3.08% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| topuniversities.com | #9 | 3.08% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| en.wikipedia.org | #10 | 2.69% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 17.31%. As a general-purpose platform, it opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, accumulating the highest opening volume on the period-wide ranking across the June 22–28, 2026 window.
niche.com records 16.15% AI opening share on this market, sitting 1.15 percentage points behind youtube.com. A focused source rather than a general-purpose platform, it opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs — matching the rank-1 actor on presence frequency while trailing narrowly on cumulative opening volume.
reddit.com records 13.46% AI opening share on this market, a user-generated and discussion platform that sits 3.85 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, placing it firmly inside the top tier of this opening-control rail.
executive.berkeley.edu records 8.46% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.85 percentage points behind youtube.com. It is the highest-ranked domain on this rail that carries an institutional subdomain, and it opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
boardingschoolreview.com records 7.69% AI opening share on this market, a niche domain that sits 9.62 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, holding a position just below executive.berkeley.edu on cumulative opening volume.
usnews.com records 7.69% AI opening share on this market, matching boardingschoolreview.com on the displayed metric while sitting 9.62 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
facebook.com records 3.85% AI opening share on this market, a social platform that sits 13.46 percentage points behind youtube.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs despite accumulating a share far below the top tier.
linkedin.com records 3.08% AI opening share on this market and sits 14.23 percentage points behind youtube.com. A social platform, it opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs — one of the three actors on the panel with fewer than full-window presence.
topuniversities.com records 3.08% AI opening share on this market, matching linkedin.com on the displayed metric while sitting 14.23 percentage points behind youtube.com. A niche domain, it opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs.
en.wikipedia.org records 2.69% AI opening share on this market, the lowest cumulative opening volume on the governed panel. It sits 14.62 percentage points behind youtube.com and opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs.
Pattern on the observed surface
Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
The panel is top-heavy
The panel is top-heavy: the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. Platforms occupy four of the governed top-10 positions — youtube.com, reddit.com, facebook.com, and linkedin.com — while focused and niche domains fill the rest. The spread from rank 1 to rank 10 is 14.62 percentage points, and the lower portion of the panel compresses into a tight band. 7 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 6 comparable runs; 3 opened AI answers in fewer runs. The mix of general-purpose platforms and specialist or niche domains gives this opening-control surface a distinctly hybrid shape.
Why this reading matters
Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
youtube.com's rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail is notable because it is a general-purpose platform, not an education-focused domain. When AI Overviews open answers on Premium Education US West Coast queries, they reach for video and community content before reaching for institutional or specialist education sources — a structural feature of this surface that any education operator monitoring AI visibility should register.
Market implication
Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · June 22–28, 2026
The middle of this panel is tightly packed: boardingschoolreview.com and usnews.com both record 7.69%, and the gap between the rank-4 and rank-6 actors is narrow. A short extension of the observation window could shift the current order in this mid-tier. For any institution tracking its AI opening-control visibility on this market, the observation signals that the opening surface is contested between platforms and focused sources — and that no single institutional domain has converted its presence into a commanding share of AI answer openings over the period.
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- Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles
- Surface:
- 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 West Coast, San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-san-francisco-bay-area-los-angeles-ai-overview-control-june-22-28-2026 Scope: Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · 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-san-francisco-bay-area-los-angeles-ai-overview-control-june-22-28-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-san-francisco-bay-area-los-angeles-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 West Coast market at 17.31%, observed across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period June 22–28, 2026. Key facts: • youtube.com: 17% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • niche.com: 16% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • reddit.com: 13% 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 — 17.31% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #1 2. niche.com — 16.15% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #2 3. reddit.com — 13.46% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #3 4. executive.berkeley.edu — 8.46% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #4 5. boardingschoolreview.com — 7.69% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #5 6. usnews.com — 7.69% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #6 7. facebook.com — 3.85% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #7 8. linkedin.com — 3.08% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #8 9. topuniversities.com — 3.08% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #9 10. en.wikipedia.org — 2.69% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Premium Education US West Coast in United States on Google desktop, aggregated across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period June 22–28, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period (one single period-wide denominator), drawn from 105 observed queries. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs in the comparable window. 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 West Coast San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles, June 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · June 22–28, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791405983590_fry6ju. 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 West Coast, San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-san-francisco-bay-area-los-angeles-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: f127140daacc92db
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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 and not organic search ranking.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend?
- No. This observation covers 6 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period (June 22–28, 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 so prominently on an education market surface?
- This card observes which sources AI Overviews select to open answers. It does not measure educational quality, institutional reputation, or business-market standing. Platforms such as youtube.com and reddit.com carry user-generated content that AI models may reach for when opening answers to education-related queries.
Scope and limitations
Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · 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 West Coast San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles, June 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Premium Education US West Coast in United States on Google desktop, aggregated across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period June 22–28, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period (one single period-wide denominator), drawn from 105 observed queries. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs in the comparable window.
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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 West Coast 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 West Coast 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 June 22–28, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
