B
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55%
55% -- click through rate reduction ai overviews max keywords for Certain Google keywords with AI Overviews present (2025)
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55%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
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60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Somebody Digital
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Somebody Digital
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Conditional finding: maximum CTR drop of 55% applies only 'on certain keywords' when an AI overview appears in results; no keyword list or original study attributed.
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Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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Certain Google keywords with AI Overviews present: 55% click through rate reduction ai overviews max keywords. Source: Somebody Digital (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ctr-drop-ai-overviews-certain-keywords
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