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Most-Cited Sources in AI Search: Education in Spain (2026)

Which websites, videos and forums AI answers cite for education questions in Spain, overall and on each AI platform. From 92,079 answers dated 17 August 2026 to 14 November 2026.

The short answer

In 92,079 AI answers to education questions in Spain, the most-cited source is YouTube (32.3% of answers), then Facebook (11.2%) and Wikipedia (10.9%). The most-cited Spanish education site is micole.net (4.1%). Answers are dated 17 August 2026 to 14 November 2026.

Read this first: directional data, not a map of every search

These numbers come from the AI answers Ahrefs Brand Radar collected for education prompts in Spain, not from every question people ask, and AI answers change from one run to the next. Read them as a guide to where AI looks when people in Spain ask about education, on which platforms, and what they need.

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What does AI cite most for education questions in Spain?

Ranked by the share of answers that cite each source at least once, across 92,079 answers from Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini. YouTube leads; micole.net is the most-cited Spanish education site (4.1%).

In 92,079 AI answers about education in Spain, the most-cited source is YouTube (32.3% of answers), then Facebook (11.2%) and Wikipedia (10.9%).

Most-cited sources · % of answers citing

  1. 1YouTubeVideo32.3%
  2. 2FacebookSocial and creator11.2%
  3. 3WikipediaReference10.9%
  4. 4InstagramSocial and creator10.2%
  5. 5GoogleOther websites8.4%
  6. 6TikTokVideo6.1%
  7. 7micole.netEducation sites4.1%
  8. 8educaweb.comEducation sites4%
  9. 9juntadeandalucia.esGovernment3.4%
  10. 10unir.netSchools and universities3.1%
  11. 11universidadeuropea.comSchools and universities3%
  12. 12todofp.esGovernment2.8%
  13. 13comunidad.madridGovernment2.7%
  14. 14RedditForums and Q&A2.3%
  15. 15ScribdDocument sharing2.1%

Source mix

  • Education sites27.4%
  • Video34.9%
  • Forums and Q&A2.7%
  • Social and creator22.1%
  • Reference12.8%
  • Document sharing2.8%
  • Schools and universities16.9%
  • Government26.8%
  • Other websites88.5%

% of answers citing each type at least once.

#SourceType% of answers
1youtube.comVideo32.3%
2facebook.comSocial and creator11.2%
3wikipedia.orgReference10.9%
4instagram.comSocial and creator10.2%
5google.comOther websites8.4%
6tiktok.comVideo6.1%
7micole.netEducation sites4.1%
8educaweb.comEducation sites4.0%
9juntadeandalucia.esGovernment3.4%
10unir.netSchools and universities3.1%
11universidadeuropea.comSchools and universities3.0%
12todofp.esGovernment2.8%
13comunidad.madridGovernment2.7%
14reddit.comForums and Q&A2.3%
15scribd.comDocument sharing2.1%
The 15 most-cited sources, all platforms. % of answers citing each source at least once.
What each source type includes
  • ·Education sites: course and tutoring platforms, test-prep and cram schools, school and university guides, and the 33 anonymized international sites.
  • ·Video: YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, TED and other video hosts.
  • ·Forums and Q&A: Reddit, Quora, Yahoo! Chiebukuro, gutefrage.net, Brainly and other Q&A sites.
  • ·Social and creator: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Pinterest, note.com, blogs.
  • ·Reference: Wikipedia, Britannica, dictionaries.
  • ·Document sharing: Scribd, SlideShare, Studocu, Course Hero, ResearchGate.
  • ·Schools and universities: universities, colleges and school websites (.edu, .ac.jp, .edu.au and similar).
  • ·Government: government and public bodies (.gov, .go.jp, .gouv.fr, ministries, regions, employment agencies).
  • ·Other websites: everything else: publishers, news, software vendors, job boards, shops.

Which Spanish education sites does AI cite most?

Education sites (course and tutoring platforms, test-prep and cram schools, school and university guides) appear in 27.4% of answers. These are the ones AI cites most in Spain:

#Source% of answers
1micole.net4.1%
2educaweb.com4.0%
3superprof.es1.7%
4emagister.com1.6%
5ilerna.es1.6%
6notasdecorte.es1.6%
7rededuca.net1.4%
8cesurformacion.com1.3%
9davante.es0.8%
10formacioncarpediem.com0.8%
11cursosfemxa.es0.8%
12grupoaspasia.com0.8%
Most-cited education sites, all platforms. % of answers citing each site at least once.

Which sources does each AI platform cite in Spain?

The platform changes the answer. Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode cite video in up to 49.9% of answers; ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot and Gemini in at most 0.7%. Pick a platform to see its own ranking.

AI platform

In 92,079 AI answers about education in Spain, the most-cited source is YouTube (32.3% of answers), then Facebook (11.2%) and Wikipedia (10.9%).

Most-cited sources · % of answers citing

  1. 1YouTubeVideo32.3%
  2. 2FacebookSocial and creator11.2%
  3. 3WikipediaReference10.9%
  4. 4InstagramSocial and creator10.2%
  5. 5GoogleOther websites8.4%
  6. 6TikTokVideo6.1%
  7. 7micole.netEducation sites4.1%
  8. 8educaweb.comEducation sites4%
  9. 9juntadeandalucia.esGovernment3.4%
  10. 10unir.netSchools and universities3.1%
  11. 11universidadeuropea.comSchools and universities3%
  12. 12todofp.esGovernment2.8%
  13. 13comunidad.madridGovernment2.7%
  14. 14RedditForums and Q&A2.3%
  15. 15ScribdDocument sharing2.1%

Source mix

  • Education sites27.4%
  • Video34.9%
  • Forums and Q&A2.7%
  • Social and creator22.1%
  • Reference12.8%
  • Document sharing2.8%
  • Schools and universities16.9%
  • Government26.8%
  • Other websites88.5%

% of answers citing each type at least once.

PlatformAnswersMost-cited sourceVideoForums and Q&AEducation sitesGovernment
All platforms92,079YouTube32.3%34.9%2.7%27.4%26.8%
AI Overviews60,717YouTube46.3%49.9%3.8%32.6%28.1%
AI Mode23,514Google21.0%7.6%0.7%20.2%27.4%
ChatGPT1,962boe.es7.6%0.0%0.1%7.5%35.1%
Perplexity1,834Wikipedia5.2%0.5%0.1%13.5%15.0%
Copilot2,029Wikipedia7.0%0.3%0.0%9.0%7.5%
Gemini2,023Wikipedia1.7%0.7%1.3%4.7%2.6%
Each platform at a glance. % of that platform's answers citing each type at least once.

What do people in Spain ask AI about education?

The education searches with the highest monthly search volume in this data (Ahrefs). Each one triggered an AI answer that was collected.

SearchIn EnglishMonthly searches
aula virtual501,000
¿Qué tipo de contenido puedo crear en Genially?What kind of content can I create on Genially?134,000
aeol cloud131,000
educamosclm117,000
raices108,000
¿Qué es Steam en la educación?What is STEAM in education?88,000
¿Qué es el enfoque Steam en educación?What is the STEAM approach to education?85,000
educamadrid75,000
campus70,000
¿Qué es el canvas?What is the canvas?69,000
campus virtual69,000
genially67,000

How does Spain compare with other countries?

The same measure in every country of the study, all platforms. See all countries side by side.

CountryAnswersVideoEducation sitesForums and Q&AGovernment
United States1,456,74333.1%12.4%18.3%13.6%
India629,88025.7%41.9%11.3%14.1%
Japan274,06816.5%42.7%13.1%11.6%
United Kingdom222,18425.5%26.7%9.0%28.2%
Indonesia170,99337.8%18.5%5.3%22.2%
Brazil161,57045.6%25.3%3.9%19.6%
Mexico141,63447.4%18.4%3.1%24.9%
Canada131,41433.1%24.1%18.0%18.3%
Australia128,84525.2%20.9%9.8%31.7%
France111,95932.8%27.1%2.2%37.3%
Germany109,80432.1%29.2%4.9%19.1%
Philippines93,03540.2%31.0%14.5%16.5%
Spain92,07934.9%27.4%2.7%26.8%
The United States row is measured the same way as the others. The US study page it links to uses an earlier, narrower pull, so its figures differ.

How was this measured?

  • ·Data: Ahrefs Brand Radar, AI responses, Spain, data date 14 November 2026: every answer whose prompt Ahrefs files under Jobs and Education > Education (including its subcategories), with no site filter. 92,079 rows exported in slices under Ahrefs' row cap, each checked against the count Ahrefs showed.
  • ·Answers: 92,079 unique answers after removing duplicates (same platform, prompt, opening text and date), dated 17 August 2026 to 14 November 2026.
  • ·Platforms: Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini. Grok was paused in Ahrefs during this period.
  • ·Measure: the share of answers that cite a source, or a source type, at least once.
  • ·Source types: each cited page is assigned one type by fixed rules (domain lists and suffixes such as .gov or .ac.jp), the same rules in every country.
  • ·Anonymized sites: the 33 international education sites of the US study are shown as Brand 1 to Brand 33, numbered by how many answers cite them across all countries.
  • ·Platform mix: Google AI Overviews are 65.9% of the answers here, so all-platform figures lean toward Google.
  • ·One snapshot: this is one pull, not a trend.

How to cite this study

Suggested citation

Pagadala, V. (2026). Most-Cited Sources in AI Search: Education in Spain. 92,079 AI answers, Ahrefs Brand Radar (Spain), answers dated 17 August 2026 to 14 November 2026. https://venkatapagadala.com/ai-retrieval-citations-research/education-industry/spain

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Sources & further reading

Go deeper

→ Buscadores con IA y educación: las fuentes más citadas en España (Español)→ AI search citations in education, country by country→ AI search citations in education: the US study→ AI Retrieval & Citations Research

Which source does AI cite most for education questions in Spain?

YouTube. It is cited in 32.3% of 92,079 AI answers to education questions in Spain, ahead of Facebook (11.2%) and Wikipedia (10.9%).

Which Spanish education sites does AI cite most?

micole.net (4.1% of answers), educaweb.com (4.0%) and superprof.es (1.7%). Education sites as a group appear in 27.4% of answers in Spain.

Does ChatGPT cite different sources than Google AI Overviews in Spain?

Yes. On Google AI Overviews the most-cited source is YouTube (46.3% of its answers); on ChatGPT it is boe.es (7.6%). Video appears in 49.9% of AI Overviews answers and 0.0% of ChatGPT answers.

How often does AI cite YouTube for education questions in Spain?

YouTube is cited in 32.3% of AI answers to education questions in Spain, all platforms combined.

How should I cite this study?

Pagadala, V. (2026). Most-Cited Sources in AI Search: Education in Spain. 92,079 AI answers, Ahrefs Brand Radar (Spain), answers dated 17 August 2026 to 14 November 2026. https://venkatapagadala.com/ai-retrieval-citations-research/education-industry/spain

Why are some education sites anonymized?

The study is about where AI answers get their sources, not about any one company. The 33 international education sites of the US study are shown as Brand 1 to Brand 33; local sites are named.

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