Profound's AI citation tracking tool gives you a clear view of every source AI pulls from, how you and your competitors rank for citations, and where to act to improve your presence across answer engines.
See which answer engines cite your content, how often, and across which prompts.
Understand which types of pages answer engines cite and how much authority each source carries.
Identify the top-cited publishers and authors driving AI citations in your category.
Use citation data to direct which pages to create, update, or optimize for answer engine retrieval.
Connect
Add your domain and import your prompt set. Profound begins collecting citation data across every answer engine you track immediately-without dev support on your end.
Classify
Every cited source gets a category: Owned, Competitor, Earned Media, PR Wire, Social, or Institution. Owned, Competitor, and Custom are yours to define; the rest are auto-assigned and can be overridden.
Analyze
Drill into citation share by platform, topic, or prompt. See where your content earns citations, where competitors are taking them, and which third-party sources carry the most weight with answer engines.
Act
Take findings directly into content workflows. Create briefs for underperforming pages, build outreach lists from top-cited publishers, and track the impact of your actions.
Citation Tracking
Monitor when ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and other answer engines cite your content or competitors' across every prompt you track.
Citation Category Filters
Classify every cited source as Owned, Competitor, Earned Media, PR Wire, Social, or Institution, then filter to any category for focused analysis.
Citation Share Analysis
Compare your citation share against competitors by platform, topic, and prompt to see where your content earns the most and fewest references.
Earned Media Opportunities
Filter citation data to Earned Media sources to identify the publishers and authors most frequently cited in AI responses about your category.
Content Workflow Integration
Export citation data as CSV or JSON, or connect it to Profound Agents to generate citation-worthy content.
Watched Pages
Track how citation volume changes to individual pages over time to measure the AEO impact of new or updated content.
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Natalie G.
SEO Copywriter
“The competitor visibility, citation and link tracking, and agent/workflow performance give us a clearer picture of where we're showing up, where we're not, and what to prioritize next. It helps turn LLM visibility into something more actionable.”
Aubrey T
“I really like the citation level clarity that Profound provides, as it allows us to see which URLs are referenced in AI responses across different platforms with precision.”
Jennifer G.
Web Marketing Sr. Manager
“The sentiment and hallucination detection, along with AI mentions and citation analytics, are standout features for me. These tools help me track brand perception, see trending topics, and analyze demand around keywords, which aids in shaping our content strategy effectively.”
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