LLM Top Sources

**Country-level.** These numbers come from mention tables, which are scoped to a country. A city in `location` resolves to its country and the response reports `location_scope: "country"` with the country in `location_used`. For city-level AI results use /v1/ai/scraper or /v1/serp/ai-mode. See which domains are most frequently cited by ChatGPT and Google AI for your keywords. Understand which websites AI platforms trust in your market.

When to use this

You want to know which websites ChatGPT and Google AI trust the most for your keywords. If Yelp and HomeAdvisor are the sources AI cites most for "plumber Austin," getting listed there becomes a priority.

POST/v1/ai/top-sources

Cost: 81 credits ($0.405)

Rate Limit: Varies by plan

Response: ~3-8 seconds

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
keyword	string	Yes	Keyword to analyze
location	string	No	Location (e.g. "Austin, TX"). Default: United States
platforms	string[]	No	Any of ["chat_gpt", "claude", "gemini", "perplexity", "google"]. Default: all five.
limit	integer	No	Number of top domains to return (1-20, default: 10)
language	string	No	ISO 639-1 code or language name ("fr", "French"). Defaults to the language we hold AI data for in that country. Asking for one we have no data for returns a 400 listing what we do have.

Example Request

curl -X POST https://api.localseodata.com/v1/ai/top-sources \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_your_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keyword": "plumber Austin", "location": "Austin, Texas", "limit": 10}'

Example Response

JSON

{
  "status": "success",
  "credits_used": 81,
  "data": {
    "keyword": "plumber Austin",
    "top_domains": [
      { "domain": "yelp.com", "mentions": 45, "ai_search_volume": 1200 },
      { "domain": "homeadvisor.com", "mentions": 38, "ai_search_volume": 1200 },
      { "domain": "abcplumbing.com", "mentions": 12, "ai_search_volume": 1200 },
      { "domain": "bbb.org", "mentions": 9, "ai_search_volume": 1200 }
    ]
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
domain	string	Domain frequently cited by AI platforms
mentions	integer	How many times this domain is cited in AI responses
ai_search_volume	integer	Total AI search volume for this keyword

Notes

Domains that AI platforms cite frequently are high-authority sources — prioritize getting listed/linked there.
If a competitor's domain appears here and yours doesn't, that's a visibility gap to close.
Combine with /v1/backlinks/gap to find link building opportunities on AI-trusted domains.