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AI search data studies

150 studies on how AI search, AI crawlers and AI answers are changing the web, each with its method, its limits and the data behind every chart. Written by Kriszta Grenyo.

• Wikipedia readership in the AI answer era26
• How the news covers AI search21
• Developer conversation on Hacker News17
• Downloads of the tools that read websites for AI15
• The open-source tooling around AI search13
• Niche schema types AI answers can read13
• Patents behind AI search9
• Entity markup machines use to identify a brand9
• llms.txt and AI instruction files8
• AI training opt-out signals6
• Snippet controls that also govern AI Overviews4
• Machine-readable doors for AI agents4
• What people search when it trends3
• How websites talk about AI2