Peec AI analyzed 65 million+ Reddit citations across 20 countries and 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Google AI Overview, AI Mode, Gemini) and found something massive: Reddit's machine-translated English threads are dominating AI answers in non-English markets.
*The key numbers:
In Sweden and Norway, 70%+ of Reddit citations on Google AI Overview point to machine-translated English threads, not local content. In Germany it's 52%. In Spain, Google AI Mode hit 72% in early June. The language barrier that once protected local publishers is functionally gone on Google.
But the engines disagree. ChatGPT went the opposite direction, slashing its translated Reddit citation share from 6.14% to just 0.30% in six weeks. Perplexity cites zero translated Reddit pages. Gemini barely touches them. What you see depends entirely on which engine you're tracking.
Where it matters most: the commercial heart of the web. The most cited translated threads are about backpacks, refrigerators, soundbars, cars, and SaaS tools. These are the buying-intent queries that review sites and retailers depend on. One single Reddit thread can collect tens of thousands of citations across AI answers.
The GEO takeaway: if you publish in non-English markets, translated Reddit is already appearing next to you, or instead of you, in AI answers. Measure your citation share per engine and per market separately. Tracking one engine and assuming the others behave the same way will give you a completely misleading picture.
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