Study: Grok cites 65.4 sources per answer, Gemini just 2.0 with 28% citation rate
drrickio · x · 2026-10-15
A study of 8 AI engines (150 questions, 1,200 answers) shows stark citation gaps: Grok averages 65.4 sources per answer and cites in 100% of answers; Perplexity averages 10.0 (100%); Google AI Overview 8.7; Claude 4.0; ChatGPT 3.3; Gemini just 2.0 with citations in only 28% of answers. Takeaway: assistants are not interchangeable—testing one measures only that one.
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