
Social Media and GEO: What the Research Actually Shows
Social media posts account for 0-0.3% of AI search citations. But that number hides three mechanisms where social activity does move the needle on AI visibility.

Social media posts account for 0-0.3% of AI search citations. But that number hides three mechanisms where social activity does move the needle on AI visibility.

YouTube appears in 16% of LLM answers and holds a 29.5% citation share in Google AI Overviews. It generates 18x more AI citations than Instagram and 50x more than TikTok.

AI models systematically favor earned media over brand-owned content. Press releases generate that earned media. Bain, Gartner, and academic research all point in the same direction.

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