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15% -- ai overview citations from top 10 share for Google AI Overview citations (share sourced from top 10 organic results) (2025)
After Google's March 2025 core update, 15% of AI Overview citations came from top 10 organic search results.
- Original analysis source is unnamed in the text
- Reflects the period after Google's March 2025 core update
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15%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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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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sparkseo.net
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Tier C
https://sparkseo.net/how-much-traffic-are-ai-overviews-robbing-from-your-website/ ↗
Source Article
How Much Traffic are AI Overviews Robbing from Your Website? | Spark SEO
You’re ranking. Your SEO’s solid. But your traffic? It’s quietly tanking.
Sound familiar?
You’re not alone — and the culprit isn’t a competitor or a core update. It’s something newer. Smarter. And way more disruptive:
Google’s AI Overviews.
These AI-generated summaries now sit above the traditional …
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sparkseo.net
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Methodology
Measured after Google's March 2025 core update; implies roughly 85% of AI Overview citations come from pages outside the top 10. Original analysis source unnamed in article.
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 (current) | 15% | |
| Q1 2025 | 16% | +6.7% |
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Google AI Overview citations (share sourced from top 10 organic results): 15% ai overview citations from top 10 share. Source: sparkseo.net (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overview-citations-top10-after-march-2025
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