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54.6% -- organic click through rate decline for AI Overview queries (2025-02-04)
A study showed a 54.6% decline in organic click-through rates for AI Overview queries.
- Decline reaches up to 54.6% for certain query types
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54.6%
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Data Vintage
2025-02-04
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95
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50
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
86
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Unnamed research firm
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https://ppc.land/google-discover-dominates-news-traffic-as-search-declines/ ↗
Source Article
Google Discover dominates news traffic as search declines
Google Discover has become the dominant traffic source for news and media websites, accounting for two-thirds of Google referrals according to exclusive research published on August 7, 2025. The study analyzed traffic patterns across 2,000 global news and media websites, revealing a fundamental shif…
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Study shows decline in organic CTR for AI Overview queries
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Channelcommon_crawl
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AI Overview queries: 54.6% organic click through rate decline. Source: Unnamed research firm (2025-02-04). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-organic-ctr-decline
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