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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 this market in this ranking, at 27.11%.
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- Market
- Premium Education US West Coast
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles
- Observed period
- November 2–8, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- United States
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- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“The name that holds the largest AI opening share on Premium Education US West Coast is a platform.”
Quick answer
This card reads the top-10 actors on the AI Overview opening-control rail for Premium Education US West Coast across 7 comparable runs, November 2–8, 2026.
Key reading
Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · November 2–8, 2026
youtube.com, a platform, holds the largest AI opening share in this ranking on Premium Education US West Coast, ahead of the 4 domains on this panel that are not platforms. On this panel, the top 2 actors together hold more than the remaining 8 combined (45.18 percentage points against 41.87 percentage points). youtube.com leads facebook.com by 9.04 percentage points on AI opening share on this market. The widest step between two consecutive positions in this ranking is between positions 1 and 2: 9.04 percentage points (27.11% against 18.07%).
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · November 2–8, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube.com | #1 | 27.11% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #2 | 18.07% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| quora.com | #3 | 13.25% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| reddit.com | #4 | 9.64% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| en.wikipedia.org | #5 | 4.22% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #6 | 3.61% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| niche.com | #7 | 3% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| executivecourses.com | #8 | 3.01% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| boardingschoolreview.com | #9 | 2.71% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| usnews.com | #10 | 2.11% AI opening share | opening in 4/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · November 2–8, 2026
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youtube.com, a platform, holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this ranking, at 27.11%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, and it is one of 4 actors on the panel to open AI answers in all 7 comparable runs.
facebook.com, a platform, opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs and records 18.07% AI opening share on this market. It is one of 4 actors on the panel to open AI answers in all 7 comparable runs, and youtube.com leads it by 9.04 percentage points.
quora.com, a platform, records 13.25% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs. youtube.com leads it by 13.86 percentage points.
reddit.com, a platform, opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs; its AI opening share on this market is 9.64%. youtube.com leads it by 17.47 percentage points.
en.wikipedia.org, a platform, records 4.22% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs. youtube.com leads it by 22.89 percentage points.
instagram.com, a platform, opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs and records 3.61% AI opening share on this market. youtube.com leads it by 23.49 percentage points.
This actor records 3.31% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs. youtube.com leads it by 23.80 percentage points.
executivecourses.com opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs and records 3.01% AI opening share on this market. youtube.com leads it by 24.10 percentage points.
boardingschoolreview.com records 2.71% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs. youtube.com leads it by 24.40 percentage points.
usnews.com opened AI answers on 4 of 7 comparable runs and records 2.11% AI opening share on this market. youtube.com leads it by 25.00 percentage points.
Pattern on the observed surface
Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · November 2–8, 2026
6 of the 10 actors on this panel are platforms (social, discussion or general-purpose); the other 4 are domains that are not platforms. 4 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 6 opened AI answers in fewer runs. The spread between the first and last positions on this panel is 25.00 percentage points (27.11% against 2.11%).
Why this reading matters
Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · November 2–8, 2026
Presence on this panel is uneven from one source to the next.
Market implication
Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · November 2–8, 2026
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- Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles
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- Observed:
- November 2–8, 2026
- Published:
- November 10, 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-november-2-8-2026 Scope: Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: November 2–8, 2026 (2026-11-02/2026-11-08) Published: November 10, 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-november-2-8-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-san-francisco-bay-area-los-angeles-ai-overview-control-november-2-8-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms youtube.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this ranking, at 27.11%. Key facts: • youtube.com: 27% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • facebook.com: 18% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • quora.com: 13% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (November 2–8, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. youtube.com — 27.11% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. facebook.com — 18.07% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. quora.com — 13.25% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. reddit.com — 9.64% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. en.wikipedia.org — 4.22% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #5 6. instagram.com — 3.61% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #6 7. niche.com — 3% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #7 8. executivecourses.com — 3.01% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #8 9. boardingschoolreview.com — 2.71% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #9 10. usnews.com — 2.11% AI opening share · opening in 4/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card examines Google AI Overview openings for Premium Education US West Coast, observed on Google desktop from the United States during November 2–8, 2026. It draws on 7 of 7 comparable daily observations within a governed market panel of 105 observed queries, applying the relevant source-selection rules. 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 West Coast San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles, November 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 · November 2–8, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1794166035955_d06k9n. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory. Source footnote: Sourced from a published AAI Kernel Market Intelligence Board (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 (November 10, 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-november-2-8-2026 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: f09d717026724e00
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- What does AI opening share measure?
- AI opening share is an actor's share of the openings recorded for the sources in this ranking: each daily observation contributes its ranked sources, pooled over the window, and the opening excerpt can name several sources.
- What does this card not prove?
- This card does not measure general citation share or organic visibility, and it does not establish a longer-term trend.
- What does this card read?
- This card reads Premium Education US West Coast across 7 comparable runs, November 2–8, 2026.
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Premium Education US West Coast · San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles · AI Overview · November 2–8, 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 West Coast San Francisco Bay Area / Los Angeles, November 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card examines Google AI Overview openings for Premium Education US West Coast, observed on Google desktop from the United States during November 2–8, 2026. It draws on 7 of 7 comparable daily observations within a governed market panel of 105 observed queries, applying the relevant source-selection rules.
The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.
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This card does not measure general citation share or organic visibility, and it does not establish a longer-term trend.
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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.
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