Can businesses outside the US expect the same numbers?

Not directly. The underlying data is US- and English-centric, and each market's citation source pool differs — in Korea, the Naver ecosystem is a major variable. What transfers is the mechanism: measure with local-language prompts, publish citable answers, re-measure.

What has actually been proven in overseas AEO case studies?

The pattern validated across published AEO case studies is a loop: measure your AI visibility with a prompt set, publish question-and-comparison content, then re-measure. Per Profound's published case study, fintech company Ramp grew its AI visibility from 3.2% to 22.2% this way, and Ahrefs' analysis of 1.4 million ChatGPT prompts found that only about half of the URLs AI retrieves actually get cited.

Updated 2026-07-12

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What has actually been proven in overseas AEO case studies?: Not a secret trick, but a working loop: measure AI visibility with a prompt set, publish question-targeted and comparison content, then re-measure. Per Profound's case study, Ramp grew AI visibility from 3.2% to 22.2%; Ahrefs found only about half of retrieved URLs get cited.
Can businesses outside the US expect the same numbers?: Not directly. The underlying data is US- and English-centric, and each market's citation source pool differs — in Korea, the Naver ecosystem is a major variable. What transfers is the mechanism: measure with local-language prompts, publish citable answers, re-measure.