B
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83%
83% -- zero click rate for Google AI Overview queries (2026)
Searches that trigger Google AI Overviews see zero-click rates of approximately 83%.
- Described as 'around 83%'
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83%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
indexthread.com
Primary
Tier B
https://indexthread.com/newsletter/reddit-and-ai-answers ↗
Source Article
Reddit and AI Answers: How to Get Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews | Index & Thread
Something unusual happened to the way people find information on the internet, and most marketers haven't caught up to it yet. The ten blue links that defined online discovery for two decades are losing ground to something entirely different: AI-generated answers. When someone asks ChatGPT for a pro…
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indexthread.com
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Methodology
Traditional query zero-click rate ~60%
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01 | 45% | |
| 2025-10 | 38% | -15.6% |
| 2026 (current) | 83% | +118.4% |
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Google AI Overview queries: 83% zero click rate. Source: indexthread.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overview-zero-click-83pct
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