AI Feature Trigger Rates

Track how often AI providers trigger web search, shopping, local business, and social citation features.

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Web Search trigger rate measures how often a provider performs a real-time web search before responding. Higher rates indicate more up-to-date information.
Shopping trigger rate tracks how often product recommendations, price comparisons, or shopping links appear in responses to relevant queries.
Local Business trigger rate measures how often location-based results (maps, business listings) are included. Social trigger rate tracks citations from platforms like Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube.

Web Search

Percentage of AI responses that trigger web search features.

Trigger Rate Over Time

#	Provider	Trigger Rate
1	Perplexity	100%
2	Grok	100%
3	ChatGPT	46.2%

Shopping

Percentage of AI responses that trigger shopping features.

Trigger Rate Over Time

#	Provider	Trigger Rate
1	ChatGPT	0.8%

Local Business

Percentage of AI responses that trigger local business features.

Trigger Rate Over Time

#	Provider	Trigger Rate
1	ChatGPT	1.2%

Social Citations

Percentage of AI responses that trigger social citations features.

Social Citations are sources from social networks or forums (YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn…)

Trigger Rate Over Time

#	Provider	Trigger Rate
1	Grok	73.6%
2	AI Mode	47.3%
3	Perplexity	44.7%
4	AI Overview	40%
5	ChatGPT	19.2%
6	Gemini	4.9%
7	Copilot	3.4%

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