45% of AI Answers From ChatGPT, Gemini and Google Cite a Page Over Two Years Old

45% of answers from ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode cite at least one web page published more than two years earlier, and 57.8% cite one more than a year old. ChatGPT leans on old pages most, in 46.5% of its answers.

Answers citing a page 2+ years old by engine

ChatGPT

46.5%

Google AI Mode

44.5%

Gemini

40.8%

Source: Suff Digital analysis of 8,723 AI answers and 15,221 dated citations · answers from ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode, September 2026

Cite a page 1+ year old by answer group

All questions

57.8%

Questions about the latest

38%

Source: Suff Digital analysis of 8,723 AI answers and 15,221 dated citations · answers from ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode, September 2026

Source: 45% of AI Answers From ChatGPT, Gemini and Google Cite a Page Over Two Years Old - Suff Digital