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AI Search / GEO Optimization (February 2026)

Key Statistics

Metric
Value
Source

AI Overviews reach
1.5 billion users/month across 200+ countries
Google

AI Overviews query coverage
50%+ of all queries
Industry data

AI-referred sessions growth
527% (Jan-May 2025)
SparkToro

ChatGPT weekly active users
900 million
OpenAI

Perplexity monthly queries
500+ million
Perplexity

Critical Insight: Brand Mentions > Backlinks

Brand mentions correlate 3x more strongly with AI visibility than backlinks.
(Ahrefs December 2025 study of 75,000 brands)