The State of GEO
A live, aggregate view of where websites stand on Human, Search, and AI citation readiness - drawn from every 3LA audit ever run.
At a glance
The four numbers that summarize the dataset.
Overall score distribution
How many audits land in each score band.
The L3 gap over time
Monthly average score for Human, Search, and AI citation readiness across all audits.
- AI (L3)
- Human (L1)
- Search (L2)
Where sites fail - month by month
Share of audits scoring below 50 on each layer.
- L1 fail %
- L2 fail %
- L3 fail %
Structural elements most often missing
Top issues surfaced across recent L2/L3 recommendations.
Market presence by TLD
Geographic signal from audited domains.
Methodology
All numbers are computed on demand from anonymized 3LA audit metadata (no URLs, no user data, no PII). Data is aggregated in 15-minute caches.
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