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37% -- click through rate decline for Google queries with AI Overviews and featured snippets (2025)
Some Google search queries experience a 37% slump in CTR when AI Overviews and featured snippets are present, according to Amsive.
- Specifically when a featured snippet is also involved
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2025
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B
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60
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30
Methodology
45
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95
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Amsive
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https://digitalthoughtz.com/2025/07/01/how-googles-ai-overviews-are-killing-the-website-traffic/ ↗
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How Google’s AI Overviews Are Killing the Website Traffic in 2025
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If you’ve noticed a sudden drop in your website traffic, even though your content is ranking well on Google, you’re not imagining things. The culprit? Google’s new AI Overviews. These AI-generated summaries now appear at the top of many search results, …
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Google queries with AI Overviews and featured snippets: 37% click through rate decline. Source: Amsive (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/amsive-ctr-slump-featured-snippet-queries
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/amsive-ctr-slump-featured-snippet-queries" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>37%</strong> -- click through rate decline for Google queries with AI Overviews and featured snippets<br><small>Source: Amsive (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/amsive-ctr-slump-featured-snippet-queries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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