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4.5% -- ai generated article share food category for Food category articles in Google Search (2025-06)
In June 2025, 4.5% of Food category articles ranking in the first two Google SERPs were classified as high-confidence AI-generated.
- Only includes articles classified as 'AI: high confidence' (>90% AI) using Surfer's AI detector
- Limited to English articles/listicles from the first two Google SERPs
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4.5%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025-06
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B
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95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Graphite
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Tier A
https://graphite.io/five-percent/research/ai-content-in-search-and-llms ↗
Source Article
How Does AI-Generated Content Perform in Search and Answer Engines?
How Does AI-Generated Content Perform in Search and Answer Engines?
Key Takeaways
Companies are publishing millions of AI-generated articles in an attempt to drive traffic from Google Search and answer engines such as ChatGPT. Many case studies claim that this is an effective strategy. In a separate…
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Methodology
Share of articles classified 'AI: high confidence' (>90% AI) by Surfer's AI detector within the Food category
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Food category articles in Google Search: 4.5% ai generated article share food category. Source: Graphite (2025-06). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-food-category-ai-article-share
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-food-category-ai-article-share" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>4.5%</strong> -- ai generated article share food category for Food category articles in Google Search<br><small>Source: Graphite (2025-06) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-food-category-ai-article-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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