B
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85%
85% -- share of informational queries with ai overview for Google Search (2026)
Google AI Overviews appear on over 85% of informational search queries.
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85%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
BrightEdge
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Tier B
https://asquaresolution.com/blog/google-ai-overviews-and-your-traffic-the-data-backed-analysis-april… ↗
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Google AI Overviews Are Stealing Your Traffic
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BrightEdge
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Attributed to BrightEdge data tracking of Google AI Overviews appearance rates
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Google Search: 85% share of informational queries with ai overview. Source: BrightEdge (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-informational-query-share-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-informational-query-share-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>85%</strong> -- share of informational queries with ai overview for Google Search<br><small>Source: BrightEdge (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-informational-query-share-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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