{"id":"claim-1","claim":"ChatGPT generated 18 visible 7-day referral visits to Konabayev.com in the latest PostHog source table, compared with 29 from Google and 10 from Bing.","source":"Konabayev PostHog snapshot","source_url":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/","article_anchor":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/#claim-1"}
{"id":"claim-2","claim":"Measured AI referring domains generated 28 visible 7-day visits for Konabayev.com, equal to 15.1% of 7-day pageviews if compared against total pageviews.","source":"Konabayev PostHog snapshot","source_url":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/","article_anchor":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/#claim-2"}
{"id":"claim-3","claim":"ChatGPT represented 64.3% of Konabayev.com's measured AI referral visits in the latest 7-day source table.","source":"Konabayev PostHog snapshot","source_url":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/","article_anchor":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/#claim-3"}
{"id":"claim-4","claim":"Trakkr reported a 66.2% 30-day increase in its AI Search Traffic Index across 1,429 anonymized GA4 properties.","source":"Trakkr AI Search Traffic Index","source_url":"https://trakkr.ai/ai-search-traffic","article_anchor":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/#claim-4"}
{"id":"claim-5","claim":"Trakkr reported ChatGPT at 90.7% of measured AI referral share, far ahead of Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity.","source":"Trakkr AI Search Traffic Index","source_url":"https://trakkr.ai/ai-search-traffic","article_anchor":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/#claim-5"}
{"id":"claim-6","claim":"Trakkr reported Technology and Finance AI referral traffic up 73.6% over 30 days.","source":"Trakkr AI Search Traffic Index","source_url":"https://trakkr.ai/ai-search-traffic","article_anchor":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/#claim-6"}
{"id":"claim-7","claim":"Search Engine Land reported Seer Interactive data showing organic CTR for informational queries with AI Overviews down 61% since mid-2024.","source":"Search Engine Land","source_url":"https://searchengineland.com/google-ai-overviews-drive-drop-organic-paid-ctr-464212","article_anchor":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/#claim-7"}
{"id":"claim-8","claim":"Search Engine Land reported that paid CTR on informational queries with AI Overviews fell 68% in the same Seer Interactive analysis.","source":"Search Engine Land","source_url":"https://searchengineland.com/google-ai-overviews-drive-drop-organic-paid-ctr-464212","article_anchor":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/#claim-8"}
{"id":"claim-9","claim":"Search Engine Land reported that brands cited in Google AI Overviews earned 35% more organic clicks and 91% more paid clicks than non-cited brands.","source":"Search Engine Land","source_url":"https://searchengineland.com/google-ai-overviews-drive-drop-organic-paid-ctr-464212","article_anchor":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/#claim-9"}
{"id":"claim-10","claim":"AI referral traffic and AI citation visibility should be benchmarked separately because referrals measure clicks, while citations measure answer inclusion and assisted demand.","source":"Konabayev analysis","source_url":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/","article_anchor":"https://konabayev.com/blog/ai-search-referral-traffic-benchmarks-2026/#claim-10"}