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Is youtube.com cited by AI?

Yes. From February 2026 to September 2026, youtube.com was found 35,191 times across 20,145 AI responses analyzed by Mentionable. Perplexity cites it most often (15,447 times).

An engine lists more sources than it cites in its text. Here, 82% of citations appear in the answer itself: the rest sits in the list of sources, outside the text.

35,191
Citations
82%
Visible in answer
621
Pages cited
8
Engines

Which engines cite it

Engines do not lean on the same sources, and do not put them in their text the same way.

EngineCitationsVisible
Perplexity
Perplexity
15,447100%
Google AI Mode
Google AI Mode
9,63748%
Google AI OverviewAIO
Google AI Overview
7,968100%
Grok
Grok
1,0661%
ChatGPT
ChatGPT
51727%
Gemini
Gemini
371100%
Copilot
Copilot
184100%
Claude
Claude
1100%

What AI engines look for on youtube.com

621 distinct URLs from this domain were recorded. Citations concentrate on these sections.

/watch
95%
/shorts
5%
/channel
0%
/
0%
/c
0%
/user
0%

Month by month

50
Feb 26
188
Mar 26
2,640
Apr 26
6,953
May 26
5,315
Jun 26
10,294
Jul 26
6,914
Aug 26
2,837
Sep 26

In which markets

Beauty & cosmetics6,988AI tools & assistants4,107Education & training3,762E-commerce & online retail2,601Business consulting2,469Marketing & SEO agencies2,254Manufacturing & industry1,593B2B SaaS1,394Finance & banking1,259Media & publishing1,100Developer tools & software1,085IT services & cybersecurity839Fashion, jewelry & luxury769Nonprofits & NGOs668Construction & trades667Sports & fitness536Real estate518Travel & tourism407Food & beverage341Events & weddings311Health & medical306Logistics & transport258Insurance229Entertainment & music154HR & recruitment149Supplements & nutrition115Hospitality & restaurants96Automotive88

Frequently asked questions

Which AI engines cite youtube.com?
7 engines cite youtube.com over the period: Perplexity (15,447), Google AI Mode (9,637), Google AI Overview (7,968), ChatGPT (517), Gemini (371), Copilot (184), and Claude (1). Every tracked engine has cited it.
Do AI engines put youtube.com in the text of their answers?
82% of youtube.com citations appear in the text of the answer, the rest sits in the list of sources. Perplexity puts it in its text most often (100%).
Which pages of youtube.com do AI engines cite?
Citations cover 621 distinct URLs and concentrate on /watch (95%), /shorts (5%), and /channel (0%).
Where does youtube.com rank among the sources cited in Beauty & cosmetics?
youtube.com ranks 2nd of 1,547 domains recorded in Beauty & cosmetics, with 6,988 citations in this sector.

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Other sources cited in Beauty & cosmetics

#DomainCitations
1google.com24,881
2instagram.com4,677
3reddit.com3,884
4nhs.uk3,649
5apps.apple.com3,399
6pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov2,806
7play.google.com2,395
8pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov1,763
9facebook.com1,404
10yelp.com1,340

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