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61% -- organic click through rate drop for Google AI Overviews (2026)
Google AI Overviews cause a 61% drop in organic click-through rates on informational queries.
- Specifically applies to informational queries
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61%
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2026
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75
Source Trust
60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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https://genrank.io/blog/hybrid-search-journey ↗
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How We Search in 2026: The Hybrid Search Journey - Genrank
How We Search in 2026: The Hybrid Search Journey
Do you research the same way you did before ChatGPT? Most likely, the way you search for information online has significantly changed. You might ask ChatGPT some questions. At other times, you will quickly pull up Google.
This type of search behavior …
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2026-09-24
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Google AI Overviews: 61% organic click through rate drop. Source: Genrank (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai_overview_click_rate_drop
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai_overview_click_rate_drop" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>61%</strong> -- organic click through rate drop for Google AI Overviews<br><small>Source: Genrank (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai_overview_click_rate_drop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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