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58% -- organic ctr decline for Page ranked #1 in Google organic results for informational queries (with AI Overview present) (2026)
The presence of an AI Overview is correlated with an average 58% decline in click-through rate for pages ranked in position 1 for studied informational queries.
- correlation observed for studied informational queries
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58%
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2026
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Ahrefs
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Ça y est ! Elles sont apparues sans crier gare, pendant l’été, prenant pas mal de SEO de cours. Le AI Overviews sont arrivées officiellement en France le 22 juillet 2026, soit plus d’un an après leur déploiement dans plusieurs pays voisins. En mars 202…
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Ahrefs analysis of informational queries; presence of an AI Overview correlated with an average 58% decline in click-through rate for the first-position organic page
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Page ranked #1 in Google organic results for informational queries (with AI Overview present): 58% organic ctr decline. Source: Ahrefs (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ahrefs-aio-position1-ctr-decline
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