B
Evidence Grade B
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25%
25% -- share of us searches showing aio for Google AI Overviews (2026)
Google AI Overviews appear on between 25% and 60% of US search results depending on the tracker.
- Prevalence varies across tracking tools due to query sample differences (commercial vs navigational/head queries)
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Value
25%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Multiple trackers
Primary
Tier B
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Original Research
Multiple trackers
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Methodology
Range 25-60% across trackers (Xponent21 60.32%, Conductor 25.11%, BrightEdge 48%, Google ~50%); midpoint extracted
Methodology documented
Segmentation
IndustryMedia
RegionUS
RoleSEO Specialist
Channelsearch
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Google AI Overviews: 25% share of us searches showing aio. Source: Multiple trackers (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/aio-us-search-prevalence
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