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58% -- click through rate decrease for Google Search queries triggering AI Overviews (2025)
Google Search queries that trigger AI Overviews see an average 58% decrease in clicks to traditional organic results.
- Represents an average decrease across queries triggering AI Overviews
- Informational queries experienced drops as high as 78%
- Secondary citation of BrightEdge study
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58%
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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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BrightEdge
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Tier C
https://battlebridge.com/blog/why-ai-overviews-reduce-clicks-58-and-what-brands-should-do-about-it/ ↗
Source Article
How AI Overviews Can Reduce Clicks by Up to 58% and What Brands Should Do About It | BattleBridge
Google's AI Overviews are fundamentally changing how users interact with search results by providing direct answers within the search interface. According to a BrightEdge study, queries that trigger AI Overviews can see an average 58% decrease in clicks to traditional organic results, with some info…
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Secondary citation of a BrightEdge study on AI Overview impact on organic clicks; exact study date, sample size, and methodology not detailed in the article. Vintage reflects article publication year.
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Google Search queries triggering AI Overviews: 58% click through rate decrease. Source: BrightEdge (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-58-percent-click-decrease
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-58-percent-click-decrease" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>58%</strong> -- click through rate decrease for Google Search queries triggering AI Overviews<br><small>Source: BrightEdge (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-58-percent-click-decrease" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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