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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Premium Education, Singapore?
Across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026, skoolopedia.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education Singapore market at 12.33%, leading a tightly packed top-10 panel of actors on the AI Overview opening-control rail.
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- Market
- Premium Education
- Location
- Singapore
- Observed period
- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 6 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- Singapore
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- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“Singapore's premium education AI opening surface is contested — skoolopedia.com holds the primacy slot across the 6-run window, but no actor pulls away.”
Quick answer
Across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026, skoolopedia.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education Singapore market at 12.33%, leading a tightly packed top-10 panel of actors on the AI Overview opening-control rail.
Key reading
Premium Education · Singapore · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
skoolopedia.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI opening-control ranking at 12.33%, but the gap to the rest of the panel is slim: the 9 sources behind skoolopedia.com range from 9.25% down to 4.45%. youtube.com sits in the second position at 9.25%, 3.08 percentage points behind skoolopedia.com on AI opening share on this market, while goodschoolsguide.co.uk and topuniversities.com both record 8.90%. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined — a clear signal that the opening-control rail is dispersed rather than concentrated at the top. This is a surface where AI reaches for a wide range of sources when opening answers to Singapore premium education queries, and no single actor accumulates a commanding share of openings across the 6-run window.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Premium Education · Singapore · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| skoolopedia.com | #1 | 12.33% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| youtube.com | #2 | 9.25% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| goodschoolsguide.co.uk | #3 | 8.90% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| topuniversities.com | #4 | 8.90% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| facebook.com | #5 | 8.56% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| reddit.com | #6 | 7.88% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| Australian International School Singapore | #7 | 6.51% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| globalindianschool.org | #8 | 5.48% AI opening share | opening in 4/6 runs |
| tutopiya.com | #9 | 5.14% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| theinternationalschools.com | #10 | 4.45% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Premium Education · Singapore · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
skoolopedia.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 12.33%. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, placing it among the 8 actors on the panel present across every observation in the window.
youtube.com records 9.25% AI opening share on this market, occupying the second position in the period-wide ranking. As a general-purpose platform, it sits 3.08 percentage points behind skoolopedia.com on AI opening share on this market — close enough to keep the primacy contest live.
goodschoolsguide.co.uk records 8.90% AI opening share on this market, tied on the metric with topuniversities.com. A niche domain with a .co.uk suffix appearing on a Singapore-focused surface, it sits 3.42 percentage points behind skoolopedia.com on AI opening share on this market.
topuniversities.com also records 8.90% AI opening share on this market, matching goodschoolsguide.co.uk on the metric. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs and sits 3.42 percentage points behind skoolopedia.com on AI opening share on this market.
facebook.com records 8.56% AI opening share on this market. A social platform rather than a specialist source, it sits 3.77 percentage points behind skoolopedia.com on AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
reddit.com records 7.88% AI opening share on this market, the third social platform in the top 10. It sits 4.45 percentage points behind skoolopedia.com on AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
Australian International School Singapore
Australian International School Singapore records 6.51% AI opening share on this market and sits 5.82 percentage points behind skoolopedia.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, making it one of 8 actors present across every observation in the window.
globalindianschool.org records 5.48% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 4 of 6 comparable runs — one of the two actors on the panel with fewer than full presence. It sits 6.85 percentage points behind skoolopedia.com on AI opening share on this market.
tutopiya.com records 5.14% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs. It sits 7.19 percentage points behind skoolopedia.com on AI opening share on this market, placing it in the lower portion of the panel.
theinternationalschools.com records 4.45% AI opening share on this market, the lowest on the governed top-10 panel. It sits 7.88 percentage points behind skoolopedia.com on AI opening share on this market, yet opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs.
Pattern on the observed surface
Premium Education · Singapore · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The opening-control rail for Premium Education Singapore is
The opening-control rail for Premium Education Singapore is notably dispersed. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the 9 sources behind skoolopedia.com range from 9.25% down to 4.45%. Three social platforms — youtube.com, facebook.com, and reddit.com — occupy positions alongside niche domains and a named institution, giving the surface a mixed composition of user-generated platforms and focused sources. 8 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 6 comparable runs; 2 opened AI answers in fewer runs. The panel is wide, flat, and contested rather than top-heavy.
Why this reading matters
Premium Education · Singapore · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
skoolopedia.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail, yet the surface it leads is one where platforms and niche domains share the opening slot almost evenly. The presence of goodschoolsguide.co.uk — a UK-based domain — on a Singapore-focused education surface underscores how AI opening behavior can pull from geographically distant sources when constructing answers.
Market implication
Premium Education · Singapore · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The dispersed shape of this opening-control rail across the 6-run window signals that AI Overviews draw from a broad set of sources when answering Premium Education Singapore queries. No single actor has accumulated a commanding share of openings over the period, and the top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined. For any institution or domain monitoring its AI opening visibility on this market, the observation reframes the contest: the opening slot is shared widely, and the gap between the rank-1 actor and the bottom of the panel spans only 7.88 percentage points.
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- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
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- September 8, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Premium Education, Singapore? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-singapore-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026 Scope: Premium Education · Singapore · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 (2026-08-31/2026-09-06) Published: September 8, 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-singapore-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-singapore-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms Across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026, skoolopedia.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Premium Education Singapore market at 12.33%, leading a tightly packed top-10 panel of actors on the AI Overview opening-control rail. Key facts: • skoolopedia.com: 12% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • youtube.com: 9% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • goodschoolsguide.co.uk: 9% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 6 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. skoolopedia.com — 12.33% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #1 2. youtube.com — 9.25% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #2 3. goodschoolsguide.co.uk — 8.90% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #3 4. topuniversities.com — 8.90% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #4 5. facebook.com — 8.56% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #5 6. reddit.com — 7.88% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #6 7. Australian International School Singapore — 6.51% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #7 8. globalindianschool.org — 5.48% AI opening share · opening in 4/6 runs — #8 9. tutopiya.com — 5.14% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #9 10. theinternationalschools.com — 4.45% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Premium Education Singapore in Singapore on Google desktop across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor values represent each actor's share of all AI answer openings observed across the full 6-run window, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs in the 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 (6 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share. — Scoped to Premium Education Singapore, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Premium Education · Singapore · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1788659415632_ddfkdm. 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 8, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Premium Education, Singapore?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/premium-education-singapore-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026 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: 06f902106c57b828
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share' measure?
- AI opening share captures how often a given actor is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the source AI reaches for first. It is distinct from general citation share (which counts all citations regardless of position) and from organic search ranking.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend in AI opening behavior?
- No. This card observes an observation period of 6 comparable scheduled runs from August 31 – September 6, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend.
- Why do goodschoolsguide.co.uk and topuniversities.com show the same percentage?
- Both actors record 8.90% AI opening share on this market across the 6-run window. They are tied on the metric but hold distinct governed ranks — goodschoolsguide.co.uk at position 3 and topuniversities.com at position 4 — reflecting the tie-break ordering applied by the ranking system.
Scope and limitations
Premium Education · Singapore · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 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 Singapore, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Premium Education Singapore in Singapore on Google desktop across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries. Per-actor values represent each actor's share of all AI answer openings observed across the full 6-run window, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs in the window. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market.
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Period observation across 6 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period. 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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Method & SourceContinue the reading
The Premium Education Singapore room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026, Premium Education Singapore 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 Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
