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title: "Where the mentions sit"
description: "How ChatGPT and Google split mention volume. AI search citation data from ShoutRank."
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# Where the mentions sit

How ChatGPT and Google split mention volume. AI search citation data from ShoutRank.
Google carries almost all of the mention volume. ChatGPT is the smaller slice.

Updated October 8, 2026. United States.

This data is accumulated from multiple sources and internal training data, which helps us get the client cited.

## This chart

| Engine | Share | Mentions |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Google | 95.6% | 5.2M |
| ChatGPT | 4.4% | 241k |

Perplexity and Gemini are not in this ranking. An AI Overview coverage rate is not published here as if it were measured.



## Questions on ChatGPT and Google

### Is this how often Google shows an AI Overview?

No. This chart is mention volume between Google and ChatGPT. It does not measure how often Google shows an AI Overview.

### Where are Perplexity and Gemini?

This ranking covers ChatGPT and Google. Perplexity and Gemini are not in the split.

### How often does this update?

The date on the page is the day this ranking was last updated.