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20% -- relative click through rate decline for Paid search results on queries with AI Overviews (2025)

2025  · statdigital.io

Early data indicates a 20% to 40% relative CTR drop for paid clicks as AI Overviews / generative answers appear on more commercial queries.

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  • Reported as a range (20 to 40%)
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Paid search results on queries with AI Overviews
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statdigital.io Primary Tier B
https://statdigital.io/what-b2b-marketers-can-learn-from-a-dj-on-youtube/ ↗
Confidence: 28/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Source reports a range of 20-40% relative CTR drop as generative answers appear on commercial queries; midpoint (30%) extracted. Described as early data.

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Paid search results on queries with AI Overviews: 20% relative click through rate decline. Source: statdigital.io (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-ctr-decline
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