Neil Patel shares data showing LLMs cite listicles over 60% of the time, with Gemini at 65.1% and ChatGPT at 50.1%. Google is starting to crack down on how its models treat list-style articles, signaling a shift in what gets cited.
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.
