What a 0–100 AI citability score actually measures
An AI citability score is a probability proxy, not a promise: it estimates how quotable your page is for Google’s AI Overviews and other answer engines, based on properties you control. Here is exactly what our free checker looks at and how to read the result.
What goes into the score
The checker fetches your page and rates the eight citation signals, each with its own weight in the 100-point total. Every signal is also labeled: present when you earn at least 70% of its points, partial from 30%, absent below that. A few of the concrete thresholds behind the labels:
- An opening answer paragraph of 40–320 characters scores full points; longer openings only half.
- Substantial text (600+ words) plus at least one list or table raises extractability.
- Two or more external references and five or more concrete figures max out the citations signal.
- Pages served without HTTPS lose points outright.
The hard caps
Two robots directives override everything else, so the score is capped no matter how good the content is: with nosnippet the score cannot exceed 35, and with noindex it cannot exceed 15 — a page that cannot be indexed or quoted cannot be cited.
Reading your result
75 or higher means your page is well positioned to be cited. 45–74 means the foundations are there but specific signals hold you back — fix the listed quick wins first. Below 45 usually indicates structural problems: thin text, no answer-shaped writing, or missing trust signals. The practical checklist walks through each fix.
From score to action plan
The checker evaluates your page in isolation. Whether you actually get cited also depends on who else is competing: a full SerpTune analysis benchmarks your page against the ranking competitors for your real query and returns a prioritized plan — semantic gaps, UX gaps and AI-Overviews readiness side by side.