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Google AI Mode locale variance tracking

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AI Mode's market coverage lags AI Overviews, so locale variance here is partly about availability. We report where the surface is live and where a market has no AI Mode to measure.

How it renders

Repeated collection per market with country egress and language set.

Sampling

Each locale is its own sample set. A cross-market comparison at n=30 per market costs what it says on the tin, which is why we surface the arithmetic before you commit.

Gotcha

Absence of AI Mode in a market is data, not an error. We flag unavailable rather than returning an empty result that looks like zero visibility.

What the API returns

A single collection call against Google AI Mode for the locale variance field, sampled n times and returned as one object per prompt.

{
  "engine": "google_ai_mode",
  "field": "locale_variance",
  "prompt": "best ai visibility tracking tool",
  "country": "GB",
  "language": "en",
  "n": 30,
  "locales": [
    {
      "country": "GB",
      "language": "en",
      "share": 0.34,
      "divergence": 0.02,
      "unique_domains": 4
    },
    {
      "country": "DE",
      "language": "de",
      "share": 0.19,
      "divergence": 0.15,
      "unique_domains": 11
    }
  ]
}
GET /v1/collect?engine=google_ai_mode&field=locale_variance

Response fields

KeyTypeNotes
countrystringISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country of the egress used.
languagestringISO 639-1 language the prompt was issued in.
sharefloatBrand share within that locale.
divergencefloatDistance from the global mean for this prompt.
unique_domainsintegerDomains cited in this locale and nowhere else.

What it costs

Each locale multiplies the collection count. Two markets at n=30 is 60 credits per prompt.

See credit pricing →

Google AI Mode locale variance FAQ

Is AI Mode available in every market?
No. Coverage is narrower than AI Overviews, and we return an explicit availability flag per locale.
How do you handle non-English prompts?
The prompt is written in the target language and the request egresses from that country — no machine translation of your prompt list unless you ask for it.

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