ChatGPT · OpenAI · ~60% of AI search queries
How to get cited on ChatGPT
ChatGPT pulls citations from its training data, the Bing index, and live browsing. We track every mention of your brand across the queries that matter — so you stop guessing whether you're being cited.
How ChatGPT picks what to cite
- •Pulls from training data (cutoff varies by model) for stable, well-cited entities
- •Pulls from Bing's index when browsing is enabled — recent content with strong domain signals wins
- •Pulls from sites with structured Organization, Product, and FAQ schema
- •Prefers Wikipedia, Wikidata, and authoritative wikis as anchor sources
What GetCited tracks for ChatGPT
- + Citation rate across 5+ ChatGPT query archetypes per keyword
- + Source-of-citation: which domain ChatGPT pulled from for each mention
- + Sentiment and accuracy of citations (when ChatGPT misrepresents your brand)
- + Competitor citation share alongside yours, sampled weekly
Common gaps brands have for ChatGPT
No Wikipedia/Wikidata anchor
ChatGPT prefers entities it can cross-reference against an authoritative wiki. Without one, your brand is invisible to half the model's retrieval paths.
Schema gaps on owned content
Most brands have basic page schema but no Organization, sameAs, or Product structured data. ChatGPT can't connect the dots without it.
Stale or thin top-of-funnel content
ChatGPT prioritizes content that answers the question directly and recently. Long, dated explainers without modern Q&A structure get skipped.
ChatGPT vs other AI engines
vs Perplexity
ChatGPT is more forgiving of older content; Perplexity strongly prefers fresh, indexed, cite-able sources.
vs Google AI Overview
AI Overview surfaces SERP-adjacent sources — ChatGPT is decoupled from Google rank, so SEO and AEO partially diverge here.
vs Gemini
Gemini ties more tightly to Google's index and YouTube; ChatGPT casts a broader, less SERP-dependent net.
See your brand's ChatGPT citation rate in 30 seconds
Free AEO Scanner — no credit card. We sample ChatGPT for 5 brand queries and return your citation rate, source domains, and the top 3 fixes.