One in four quotes in AI chatbot responses comes from journalism, Muckrack study finds

Muckrack evaluated 15 million quotes from AI responses across multiple services.

The study examined responses from Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and ChatGPT.

One in four quotes generated by these AI systems comes from journalistic sources.

Reuters is the top publication globally; The Guardian leads in the UK and Homes & Gardens appears among top UK outlets.

Henry Blodget is the most cited journalist; Muckrack added a three-tier AI visibility rating, and a Google AI Overviews analysis found Facebook and Reddit highly cited.