Listicles dominate LLM citations, with Gemini citing them 65% of the time and other models between 40-60%. But Google is already working to reduce listicles in its AI outputs, suggesting the trend may not last.
LLMs are citing listicles more than any other content type. So Evertoon AI ended up releasing a chart and the chart breaks down the 6,000 most cited URLs per model on each platform for both March and April 2026. You want to guess what percentage of the time Gemini shows listicles or cites them? 75%. 65%, close. Google AI mode, it's going down from here. Gemini was the highest, 65.1%. Okay, now we're talking about AI mode. 45%? 62.3%. Okay. Perplexity is at 60.4%. Google AI Overview is at 55.2%. ChatGPT is at 50.1%. Copilot's at 39.8%. Okay. Right? So it just goes to show, if you want to get cited by one of these LLM platforms, the listicles are your best approach, but Google's actually been making changes to listicles,
