B
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74.2%
74.2% -- share of new webpages with ai generated content for Newly created webpages (2025-04)
In April 2025, 74.2% of newly created webpages contained some form of AI-generated text.
- Includes both fully AI-written and human-AI mixed content
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Evidence graded
Value
74.2%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025-04
Entity
Sample Size
900,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ahrefs
Primary
Tier C
https://atlasmarketing.ai/ai-on-search-visibility-and-seo-in-2026/ ↗
Source Article
AI on search visibility and SEO in 2026
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Ahrefs
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Methodology
Ahrefs study of 900,000 newly created webpages; 74.2% contained some form of AI-generated content, implying 25.8% purely human-written.
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Newly created webpages: 74.2% share of new webpages with ai generated content. Source: Ahrefs (2025-04). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ahrefs-new-webpages-ai-content-share
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ahrefs-new-webpages-ai-content-share" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>74.2%</strong> -- share of new webpages with ai generated content for Newly created webpages<br><small>Source: Ahrefs (2025-04) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ahrefs-new-webpages-ai-content-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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