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58% -- top result click through rate decline for Google search results with AI Overviews (2025-12)
Ahrefs measured a 58 percent lower top-result CTR when an AI Overview is present in Google search results.
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58%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025-12
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300,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ahrefs
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Tier B
https://queryscope.dev/blog/30-days-search-console-real-saas ↗
Source Article
30 days of Search Console on a real SaaS: what the dashboard buries · QueryScope
30 days of Search Console on a real SaaS: what the dashboard buries
We read AppScreenshotStudio's live Search Console for a month through QueryScope. Impressions doubled, clicks stayed near flat, and one page ranked seventh with zero clicks. Here is what the dashboard hides, and the honest limit on …
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Ahrefs
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Ahrefs analysis of 300,000 keywords comparing CTR with AI Overviews present vs absent
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Google search results with AI Overviews: 58% top result click through rate decline. Source: Ahrefs (2025-12). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ahrefs-ai-overviews-top-result-ctr-drop
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ahrefs-ai-overviews-top-result-ctr-drop" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>58%</strong> -- top result click through rate decline for Google search results with AI Overviews<br><small>Source: Ahrefs (2025-12) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ahrefs-ai-overviews-top-result-ctr-drop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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