GLOSSARY
Cited Source Mix
IN ONE SENTENCE
Cited source mix is the distribution of source types cited across a batch of answers.
Cited source mix is the distribution of source types cited across a batch of answers.
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In detail
It determines where to invest: when a question's citations come almost entirely from communities and review sites, more owned content will not enter the answer. The Chinese and English mixes differ entirely — the Chinese side splits across ByteDance properties, WeChat, Zhihu, CSDN and Baijiahao.
Updated 2026-08-06