B
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34.5%
34.5% -- ai overview query appearance rate for Google AI Overviews (2025-12)
Google AI Overviews appeared on 34.5% of all search queries in December 2025.
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Value
34.5%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025-12
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Semrush
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Tier C
https://www.answermaniac.ai/blog/how-to-show-up-in-ai-overviews ↗
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How to Show Up in Google AI Overviews...
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Semrush
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Google AI Overviews: 34.5% ai overview query appearance rate. Source: Semrush (2025-12). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-query-coverage-dec-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-query-coverage-dec-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>34.5%</strong> -- ai overview query appearance rate for Google AI Overviews<br><small>Source: Semrush (2025-12) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-overviews-query-coverage-dec-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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