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Warsaw, Poland–(Newsfile Corp. – March 3, 2026) – Searcherries today announced the publication of its new report, “AI Search Statistics: Survey, Research & Trends<\/a>,” outlining how AI search tools are changing information-seeking behavior and how citations appear in AI-generated answers.<\/p>\n Photo: Zulfugar Karimov \/ Unsplash<\/p>\n To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit: Key findings<\/b><\/p>\n What users do after getting an AI answer<\/b><\/p>\n When asked about post-answer behaviour, the most common response was opening one or two links (34.9%) to verify or learn more. Another 17.4% said they cross-check using traditional search, while 10.1% continue the conversation with follow-up questions. A smaller share (7.3%) save or copy answers to notes, and 27.5% say they do not click sources at all.<\/p>\n How sources show up in AI search results<\/b><\/p>\n The research team also summarized patterns from a citations dataset covering 24,069 multi-turn sessions across 13 AI search models, spanning 72 languages and over 171,000 citations. In that dataset, 71.2% of answers included at least one citation, with 3.7 citations per answer on average, while roughly 29% included none. The analysis also found a strong “long-tail” effect: 64.3% of cited domains appeared only once, even as a small set of domains attracted a disproportionate share of citations.<\/p>\n Methodology<\/b><\/p>\n The U.S. survey polled 1,090 respondents in February 2026. Questions covered usage frequency, tasks, motivations, post-answer behaviour, and impact on traditional search habits. The accompanying citations analysis is based on a compiled dataset of multi-turn AI search sessions and observed citations within AI-generated answers.<\/p>\n About Searcherries<\/b><\/p>\n Searcherries is a company that builds an AI visibility platform to help brands measure and improve how they appear in AI-generated answers.<\/p>\n Media contact<\/b><\/p>\n Eduard Mur, Founder of Searcherries![\"Cannot](\"https:\/\/images.newsfilecorp.com\/files\/8871\/285917_search1.jpg\")
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![https:\/\/images.newsfilecorp.com\/files\/8871\/285917_search1en.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nKey findings<\/b><\/p>\n\n78.0% of respondents say they use AI search multiple times per week (including 54.1% daily).<\/li>\n58.7% report that AI search has reduced or replaced their use of traditional search engines.<\/li>\n27.5% say they never open source links after receiving an AI answer.<\/li>\nTop use cases include quick fact-checking (67.0%) and deep research\/topic synthesis (52.3%).<\/li>\nThe top reason for choosing AI search is speed (68.8%), followed by personalized advice (40.4%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nWhat users do after getting an AI answer<\/b><\/p>\nWhen asked about post-answer behaviour, the most common response was opening one or two links (34.9%) to verify or learn more. Another 17.4% said they cross-check using traditional search, while 10.1% continue the conversation with follow-up questions. A smaller share (7.3%) save or copy answers to notes, and 27.5% say they do not click sources at all.<\/p>\nHow sources show up in AI search results<\/b><\/p>\nThe research team also summarized patterns from a citations dataset covering 24,069 multi-turn sessions across 13 AI search models, spanning 72 languages and over 171,000 citations. In that dataset, 71.2% of answers included at least one citation, with 3.7 citations per answer on average, while roughly 29% included none. The analysis also found a strong “long-tail” effect: 64.3% of cited domains appeared only once, even as a small set of domains attracted a disproportionate share of citations.<\/p>\nMethodology<\/b><\/p>\nThe U.S. survey polled 1,090 respondents in February 2026. Questions covered usage frequency, tasks, motivations, post-answer behaviour, and impact on traditional search habits. The accompanying citations analysis is based on a compiled dataset of multi-turn AI search sessions and observed citations within AI-generated answers.<\/p>\nAbout Searcherries<\/b><\/p>\nSearcherries is a company that builds an AI visibility platform to help brands measure and improve how they appear in AI-generated answers.<\/p>\n\nMedia contact<\/b><\/p>\nEduard Mur, Founder of Searcherries\nEmail: hello@searcherries.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nTo view the source version of this press release, please visit https:\/\/www.newsfilecorp.com\/release\/285917<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warsaw, Poland–(Newsfile Corp. – March 3, 2026) – Searcherries today announced the publication of its new report, “AI Search Statistics: Survey, Research & Trends,” outlining how AI search tools are changing information-seeking behavior and how citations appear in AI-generated answers. Photo: Zulfugar Karimov \/ Unsplash To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":106422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54732],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/images.newsfilecorp.com\/files\/8871\/285917_search1en.jpg\"){kind=link}