Reddit Mentions Impact AI Rankings: Real Test Results

What actually happens to your AI overview visibility when people mention your brand on Reddit? Andrew Shotland (Local SEO Guide) wanted to find out — so he hired a spam company, got access to 1,000 Reddit accounts, and ran a controlled experiment for a SaaS client. 100 brand mentions, 100 comments in relevant threads, over one month. The result: a 3x increase in AI overview citation rates within weeks. When they stopped, it dropped straight back down. In this clip he walks through exactly what they did, what the data showed, and what it means for how brand mentions influence AI search visib…