In 2026, "AI visibility benchmark" became its own content genre. Conductor, Semrush, Profound, Ahrefs and a long tail of agencies have published industry-average citation rates, and marketing teams are quietly turning those averages into targets. Someone reads that AI referral traffic sits near one per cent of sessions, and by the next board deck it is a number their team is accountable for.
What this covers
- What the 2026 benchmark wave actually published
- The scorecard: apply this to any benchmark report
- The volatility problem the scorecard exists to catch
- On who paid for it
- A worked trace: the "51% of B2B buyers" stat
This is a technical summary. The full guide — with the tables and worked examples — is on our site: *How to Read a 2026 AEO Benchmark Report Without Fooling Yourself*.
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