B
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25%
25% -- search query volume decline for global search (2026)
Gartner projects a 25% drop in search query volume by 2026.
- Projection by Gartner
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Value
25%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Gartner
Primary
Tier C
https://anypost.ai/blog/content-decay-how-to-spot-and-reverse-declining-pages ↗
Source Article
Content Decay: How to Spot and Reverse Declining Pages
Original Research
Gartner
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Methodology
Gartner projection cited by vendor blog
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industryseo
RegionGlobal
RoleAll marketers
Channelsearch
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global search: 25% search query volume decline. Source: Gartner (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/gartner-search-query-volume-drop-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gartner-search-query-volume-drop-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>25%</strong> -- search query volume decline for global search<br><small>Source: Gartner (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gartner-search-query-volume-drop-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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