Google slips in AI search race, Reddit takes lead with share of…
Reddit has become the most-cited source in large language model (LLM)-related searches, surpassing Wikipedia and Google, according to June 2025 data from Statista. As per the data, the platform accounted for 40.1% of all AI-related search citations. Wikipedia ranked second with 26.3% share, while YouTube stood at third with 23.5%. Google, once the go-to platform for accessing information, dropped to fourth place with 23.3%, the data shows.
Jeremy Stoppelman-led Yelp (21%) and Meta’s Facebook (20%) also made the list, showing the growing role of community-driven and social content in training AI models.
