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58% -- click through rate decline top search result for Google Search top organic results (2026)
Google AI Overviews cut top search result clicks by 58%.
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2026
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Astghik Nikoghosyan / PinMeTo cited analysis
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https://www.pinmeto.com/blog/what-are-ai-overviews/ ↗
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What Are AI Overviews? A Simple Explanation for Business Owners | PinMeTo
What Are AI Overviews? A Simple Explanation for Business Owners
- Local SEO
- AI Search
Quick take
- An AI Overview is the AI-generated summary Google shows at the top of many search results, above the traditional links.
- For local queries, that summary often pulls hours, ratings, and review snippe…
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Astghik Nikoghosyan / PinMeTo cited analysis
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Cited figure in PinMeTo blog referencing an external analysis of AI Overviews' impact on organic clicks; original methodology not stated.
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Google Search top organic results: 58% click through rate decline top search result. Source: Astghik Nikoghosyan / PinMeTo cited analysis (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-cut-top-result-clicks-58
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