Google's AI Overviews Cite Reddit 176x More Often Than ChatGPT

Google's AI Overviews cite Reddit in 23.5% of their answers, while ChatGPT cites it in 0.1%, a 176-fold gap. Across five AI engines, Reddit appears in 11.8% of answers to everyday questions, about one in eight.

Answers citing Reddit by AI engine

Google AI Overviews

23.5%

Google AI Mode

19.2%

Perplexity

15.5%

Gemini

4.2%

ChatGPT

0.1%

All engines

11.8%

Source: Suff Digital analysis of 25,940 AI answers to 2,984 general questions · answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI features, September 2026

Everyday questions citing Reddit by AI engine

Google AI Overviews

23.5%

Google AI Mode

19.2%

Perplexity

15.5%

Gemini

4.2%

ChatGPT

0.1%

Source: Suff Digital analysis of 25,940 AI answers to 2,984 general questions · answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI features, September 2026

AI Overviews by topic

Pets

41.7%

Beauty

41.3%

Home

37.1%

Careers

36.4%

Software

36.2%

Shopping

32.8%

Real estate

29.7%

Parenting

29.4%

Food

16.5%

Mental health

12.3%

Sleep

10.6%

Weather

Fitness

8.5%

Health

Taxes

4.3%

Source: Suff Digital analysis of 25,940 AI answers to 2,984 general questions · answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI features, September 2026

Source: Google's AI Overviews Cite Reddit 176x More Often Than ChatGPT - Suff Digital