Destination Source Control · Edition 1, 2027 travel year
What AI cites about California, USA
California, USA's own official sites supply 12.1% of the sources AI cites for it; official sites of any kind, including other tourism boards and government sites, supply 21.2%. That is rank 28 of 63 ranked destinations. Based on 481 citations in 263 answers with web search on.
This destination in the other indexes: AI Shortlist · Itinerary Share
Who gets cited
Share of citations from each kind of source, averaged so each platform counts equally.
| Tourism boards | Government | Editorial | News | Forums | Blogs | Booking sites | Social media | Search, maps and reviews | Reference | Weather and flight tools | Travel companies | Unclassified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California, USA | 14.4% | 6.9% | 13.9% | 3.5% | 0.5% | 16.7% | 1.5% | 6.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 9.7% | 4.9% | 20.5% |
By platform
| Platform | Sources recorded as | Control | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | links the model wrote | 0.5% | 185 |
| ChatGPT | links the model wrote | 47.1% | 99 |
| Gemini | sources from the search tool | 0.0% | 81 |
| Grok | sources from the search tool | 0.9% | 116 |
Most cited sites
| Site | Kind of source | Citations | Official |
|---|---|---|---|
| visitcalifornia.com | Tourism boards | 34 | California, USA's own |
| travel.usnews.com | Editorial | 20 | |
| youtube.com | Social media | 20 | |
| nps.gov | Government | 15 | |
| currentresults.com | Weather and flight tools | 13 | |
| weatherspark.com | Weather and flight tools | 13 | |
| going.com | Editorial | 11 | |
| abroadwithash.com | Blogs | 9 | |
| outsiderodyssey.com | Travel companies | 9 | |
| sandiego.org | Tourism boards | 9 | California, USA's own |
| travelandleisure.com | Editorial | 9 | |
| forbes.com | News | 8 |
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