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11% -- click through rate position 3 for Google organic search results (2026)

2026  · n=4,000,000  · Backlinko

According to a Backlinko study of 4 million search queries/results, position #3 in Google organic search achieves an average click-through rate of 11.0%.

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11%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Google organic search results
Sample Size
4,000,000
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Independence
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Methodology
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Freshness
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Backlinko Primary Tier B
https://inclick.pl/audyt-meta-title-description-ctr/ ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
Audyt meta title i meta description – jak poprawić CTR w SERP [2026]
Pozycja w Google to dopiero połowa sukcesu — jeśli Twój snippet nie zachęca do kliknięcia, tracisz ruch, który już masz. Według danych First Page Sage (2026) trzy pierwsze wyniki organiczne zbierają łącznie 68,7% wszystkich kliknięć, ale różnica między dobrze a źle zoptymalizowanym snippetem na tej …
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Google organic search results: 11% click through rate position 3. Source: Backlinko (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ctr-position3-backlinko
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