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We asked 7 AI engines 150 buying questions and logged every source they cited (1,200 answers).
• Blogs and best-of lists: 93% of answers with sources
• Reddit: 10%, and 89% of those Reddit citations came from Gemini + Google AI Overview
• ChatGPT, Claude, and Meta Muse Spark: 0 Reddit citations
Your AI visibility depends on the engine.
The 8 AI engines in our study behave very differently.
@grok cited an average of 65.4 sources per answer.
@Gemini cited 2.0.
@perplexity_ai and Grok cited sources in 100% of answers.
Gemini did in 28%.
If you only check one assistant, you are measuring that one assistant.
Full data, method and limits, free: appearsin.com/research/ai-so…
The sources AI cites change with what you sell.
For business software, 22.6% of answers with sources cited a review site like G2.
For everyday products: 1.6%.
Everyday products lean on publications (51.9% vs 30.3%) and YouTube (14.3% vs 6.4%).
Same engines, same method, different places to show up.
Work out which side you are on before you pick a channel.
What AI engines cite when you ask a "best X for Y" question.
Out of 928 answers that cited sources:
37.6% cited a tech or business publication.
15.5% cited a review or comparison site.
10.1% cited Reddit.
9.1% cited YouTube.
92.8% cited at least one blog or list-style page.
The most cited domains:
- @Forbes (107 answers).
- @techradar (97).
- toolradar (96).
- @tomsguide (95).
- @Reddit (94).
The page that ranks for "best X for Y" is the page the assistant reads.
I asked 8 AI engines 150 buying questions and logged every source they cited.
1,200 answers.
928 cited at least one source.
Reddit showed up in 10.1% of those.
The average hides the story.
Google AI Overview cited Reddit in 44.3% of its answers with sources.
Gemini, 52.4%.
ChatGPT, Claude, and Muse Spark: 0%.
Those two Google engines produced 89% of every Reddit citation in the study.
So whether Reddit is worth your time for AI visibility depends on which assistant your buyers use.
Full report below
Full data, method, and limits, free: appearsin.com/research/ai-so…
People now ask AI what to buy.
If you're not in the answer, you're not on the shortlist.
AppearsIn tracks whether 7 AI engines name you and helps you get on the shortlist.
appearsin.com
Nanobot just dropped a banger for everyone who wants a private AI agent without the bloat!
@openclaw is great, but Nanobot is now fully available and 98% smaller while delivering the same core functionality.
Most AI agents are heavy, complex, and hard to audit.
Nanobot just solved this by staying under small but still acting as a full-featured personal assistant.
Here is everything you need to know to build a secure, auditable agent in under 2 minutes:
Why Nanobot is a Game Changer
Massively Lightweight: 98% smaller than OpenClaw, easy to inspect the entire codebase.
Model Agnostic: Use OpenAI, Anthropic, or run 100% local models via Ollama for total privacy.
Stateful Memory: It builds a local graph of your history.
If you work on a project today, it remembers the context next week.
Instant UI: Connects directly to Telegram, WhatsApp, or Discord so you can run terminal commands from your phone.
The Power of "Small" by the Numbers
24,000+: GitHub stars and counting.
98%: Reduction in size compared to OpenClaw.
5 Mins: Total setup time from pip install to Telegram bot.
20+: Max tool iterations for complex multi-step tasks.
How to Build Your "Research Agent"
Install: Run pip install nanobot-ai to get the core engine.
Onboard: Use nanobot onboard to auto-create your workspace and "Soul" files.
Connect: Add your API keys (or local endpoint) to ~/.nanobot/config.json.
Interface: Get a token from BotFather on Telegram to control your machine via chat.
Level Up: Add the Brave Search MCP tool to give your agent real-time internet access.
The takeaway?
AI doesn't need to be a resource hog to be powerful.
Nanobot is the perfect "sandbox-first" agent for devs who value privacy and speed.
I have shared a link to the full tutorial and GitHub repo in the next post!
Nanobot Tutorial: A Lightweight OpenClaw Alternative by @DataCamp
Link: datacamp.com/tutorial/nanobo…
GitHub: github.com/HKUDS/nanobot
GPT-5 gave me wild KPIs.
I asked if it made them up.
It said:
“Good catch, I couldn’t open your CSV.”
AI’s gone from confident liar to polite confessor
This might be controversial, but…
AI-generated code could kill your startup.
Everyone’s obsessed with how fast AI can ship features.
But the faster you move, the less you actually understand your own product.
@ArvidKahl breaks it all in the current podcast:
Most people don’t know this secret about exits…
Buyers don’t just buy your code, they buy your comprehension of it.
If you can’t prove you (or anyone) actually understand the system, every future acquirer will mark you down.
Fast code isn’t an asset if no one can safely touch it.
The smartest founders in 2025 will sell clarity, not speed.
I hope you've found this post insightful.
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This might be controversial, but…
AI-generated code could kill your startup.
Everyone’s obsessed with how fast AI can ship features.
But the faster you move, the less you actually understand your own product.
@ArvidKahl breaks it all in the current podcast:










