Linkedin is the second most cited domain in Google AI overview, Chatgpt and Perplexity.

Jesper Nissen SEO

01 Jun 2026 • 2 min read

According to a study by Semrush, Linkedin is being cited on average in 11% of all questions that they asked the LLMs.

They analyzed 325.000 prompts in the three LLMs, to see which domains are being used as citations the most.

Linkedin was cited 13.% in Google AI overview and 14.3% in ChatGPT.

Linkedin beat both Youtube, Facebook and Instagram, but these three were also cited in between 3.7 and 87.% of all queries.

This shows just how important it is to be active on all your social media platforms.

Posting to social media is more than marketing, its also about SEO, and its about effecting the LLMs.

Google AI is giving more and more weight to user generated content, and posting to your social media is a free ticket to being shown in Google AI overview and ChatGPT.

The Semrush study also gives specific advice on how to use LinkedIn to get cited in AI overview and Chatgpt.

The LLMs tends to prefer to cite LinkedIn articles rather than ordinary posts.

For articles the interval between 500-2000 words was the most cited, and for posts, the best length tends to be between 50-299 words.

That that means is the LLMs have an easier time understanding your content, if your content contain more words. As long as your posts dont get too long...

Read the entire study here:

https://www.semrush.com/blog/linkedin-ai-visibility-study/

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