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ChatGPT citations shift toward primary sources, Ahrefs data shows
Key points
- PubMed rose from 64th to fourth among most-cited U.S. ChatGPT domains; WebMD fell from 18th to 79th, March to September.
- Health and finance explainers lost ground, while government health sites, regulators, and hands-on product testers climbed.
- Reddit's share of U.S. ChatGPT answers fell from 19.1% in March to 2.3% in September; Wikipedia fell from 14.1% to 2.9%.
- Only 14.4% of logged-out free responses in August and September involved a web search, per Ahrefs.
Why it matters for marketers: Content teams relying on explainer pages may lose ChatGPT visibility, so checking which sources it cites for core topics matters, since rankings may shift with model updates.
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