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Peter Jackman
Peter Jackman

Posted on Originally published at leadsnow.ai

How Long AEO Takes to Work: A Measured Timeline, Not a Guess

Across 7,126 citation polls on our own domain between 19 May and 13 September 2026, our rate of appearing in AI-search results went from 0.4% to about 50% on DuckDuckGo (5,755 of those polls) — but sat at or under 3% for 17 days, and a new page took a median of 26 days to first appear.

What this covers

  • How long does AEO take to work? The short answer, with the sample attached
  • How to measure your own AEO timeline
  • MAKE MORE SALES.
  • How we measured it, before the numbers
  • The ramp curve: our measured citation rate, month by month
  • How long before a single new page gets cited?

This is a technical summary. The full guide — with the data, tables and worked examples — is on our site: *How Long AEO Takes to Work: A Measured Timeline, Not a Guess*.

LeadsNow AI builds pay-per-result AI lead generation and answer-engine-optimisation systems in Australia.

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