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20% -- predicted click reduction for Google AI Overviews (impact on organic search clicks) (2025-03)
Google AI Overviews are expected to reduce clicks by 20% to 40%.
- Presented as a forecast/prediction by Rand Fishkin during an SMX München keynote
- Reported originally as a range (20–40%)
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20%
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2025-03
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
SparkToro / Rand Fishkin (SMX München 2025 keynote)
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https://digitalike.de/recap-smx-muenchen-2025/ ↗
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Recap SMX München 2025: Meine Highlights von Europas größter Suchmarketing-Konferenz - digitalike
Am 18. und 19. März 2025 war es so weit: In München fand wieder die SMX statt und ich war zum ersten Mal dabei. Die Konferenz gilt als Highlight in der SEO-Branche und wer sich das Programm anschaut, versteht auch warum. Pro Tag zwei Keynotes und fünf bis sechs Tracks mit bis zu sechs parallel laufe…
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SparkToro / Rand Fishkin (SMX München 2025 keynote)
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Methodology
Source reports a range of 20–40% (midpoint 30 used); presented as a prediction in Rand Fishkin's (SparkToro) opening keynote at SMX München, held March 18–19, 2025
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Google AI Overviews (impact on organic search clicks): 20% predicted click reduction. Source: SparkToro / Rand Fishkin (SMX München 2025 keynote) (2025-03). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-ai-overviews-click-reduction-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-ai-overviews-click-reduction-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>20%</strong> -- predicted click reduction for Google AI Overviews (impact on organic search clicks)<br><small>Source: SparkToro / Rand Fishkin (SMX München 2025 keynote) (2025-03) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-ai-overviews-click-reduction-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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