{
 "captured_on": "2026-08-02",
 "method": "Hand-recorded while reading roughly 180 pages in the AI-visibility category, each on the publisher's own page rather than via a roundup. Figures are reported as published; we have not audited anyone's underlying sample.",
 "kinds": {
  "contradiction": "Different values for a quantity with one true value at a point in time - at most one can be right.",
  "undated": "Quantity genuinely moves over time (user counts, prices). Cited without a date, so unusable rather than false.",
  "our-measurement": "GetIntel's own probe run, included for comparison."
 },
 "row_convention": "One row per SOURCE for every cluster except the three pricing clusters, where the audit recorded the set of distinct prices seen across pages without attributing each price to a specific page - so those are one row per vendor listing all values found. Unbundled to the same convention as the rest, the corpus would hold roughly a dozen more individually published figures. This affects the '33 figures' and '3 of 33 disclose a sample size' framing but NOT the 17-of-24 wrong-count, which is computed only over contradiction clusters and excludes pricing entirely.",
 "clusters": {
  "sources-per-perplexity-answer": {
   "quantity": "Sources cited per Perplexity answer",
   "kind": "contradiction",
   "figures": [
    {
     "source": "Wellows",
     "figure": "4.82",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "804,000 answers",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "Omnia",
     "figure": "7.5",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "42,000,000 citations",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "Siftly",
     "figure": "~22",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "KIME",
     "figure": "3-8",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "fifteenthmeridian",
     "figure": "3-7",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "GetIntel (measured 2026-08-02)",
     "figure": "7.61",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "100 Perplexity answers",
     "kind": "our-measurement"
    }
   ]
  },
  "ai-overviews-prevalence": {
   "quantity": "Share of searches showing an AI Overview",
   "kind": "contradiction",
   "figures": [
    {
     "source": "HubSpot",
     "figure": "25%",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "SE Ranking",
     "figure": "nearly half",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "Rankability",
     "figure": "over 60% of U.S. searches",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "cloro",
     "figure": "~98% commercial / ~52% travel / ~3% local",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "BrightEdge",
     "figure": "48%",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    }
   ]
  },
  "chatgpt-user-counts": {
   "quantity": "ChatGPT user count",
   "kind": "undated",
   "figures": [
    {
     "source": "cloro",
     "figure": "400M weekly",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "undated"
    },
    {
     "source": "HubSpot",
     "figure": "800M",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "undated"
    },
    {
     "source": "SE Ranking",
     "figure": "900M",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "undated"
    },
    {
     "source": "getairefs",
     "figure": "900M",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "undated"
    },
    {
     "source": "Search Engine Land",
     "figure": "almost 1 billion",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "undated"
    },
    {
     "source": "frase",
     "figure": "2 billion monthly",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  "chatgpt-bing-overlap": {
   "quantity": "Overlap between ChatGPT citations and Bing/Google results",
   "kind": "contradiction",
   "figures": [
    {
     "source": "keyword.com",
     "figure": "~87% match with Bing",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "KIME",
     "figure": "~12% match with Google page 1",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "llmrefs (citing Brandlight)",
     "figure": "70% falling to under 20%",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "Discovered Labs (citing Ahrefs)",
     "figure": "76% falling to 38%",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    }
   ]
  },
  "brand-owned-vs-third-party": {
   "quantity": "Share of AI citations that are brand-owned",
   "kind": "contradiction",
   "figures": [
    {
     "source": "Otterly (via Slate)",
     "figure": "52.5% brand-owned",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "Discovered Labs",
     "figure": "82.9% third-party",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "Foglift",
     "figure": "92.7% first-party (tech SaaS)",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    }
   ]
  },
  "ai-conversion-rate": {
   "quantity": "Conversion rate from AI referrals",
   "kind": "contradiction",
   "figures": [
    {
     "source": "Otterly",
     "figure": "Perplexity 10.5% vs Google organic 1.76%",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "ZipTie",
     "figure": "AI recommendations 14.2% vs 2.8%",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "12M visits / 347 companies",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    }
   ]
  },
  "peec-ai-pricing": {
   "quantity": "Peec AI list price",
   "kind": "undated",
   "figures": [
    {
     "source": "seven separate competitor pages",
     "figure": "EUR 85 / 89 / 199 / 205 / 245 / 425 / 499, USD 49, and 'not published'",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  "profound-pricing": {
   "quantity": "Profound list price",
   "kind": "undated",
   "figures": [
    {
     "source": "four separate competitor pages",
     "figure": "$99 / $399, ~$499/mo, $1,500+/mo, 'custom, demo only'",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  "ahrefs-brand-radar-pricing": {
   "quantity": "Ahrefs Brand Radar price",
   "kind": "undated",
   "figures": [
    {
     "source": "two pages in the same month",
     "figure": "$129/mo and $398/mo",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  "ziptie-self-contradiction": {
   "quantity": "Organic CTR decline caused by AI Overviews",
   "kind": "contradiction",
   "figures": [
    {
     "source": "ZipTie stats table (citing CMO Alliance)",
     "figure": "~70% decline",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "ZipTie body copy",
     "figure": "17-61% depending on query type",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "ZipTie body copy",
     "figure": "up to 58%",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    }
   ]
  },
  "reddit-vs-brand-sources": {
   "quantity": "Which sources AI search relies on most",
   "kind": "contradiction",
   "figures": [
    {
     "source": "Search Engine Land headline A",
     "figure": "cites Reddit, YouTube and LinkedIn most",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    },
    {
     "source": "Search Engine Land headline B",
     "figure": "relies on brand-controlled sources, not Reddit",
     "sample_size_disclosed": "",
     "kind": "contradiction"
    }
   ]
  }
 }
}