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50.33%
50.33% -- zero click search rate for Google (2019)
In 2019, 50.33% of Google searches ended without a click to any web property in the search results.
- Data was US-only and browser-based traffic only
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Value
50.33%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2019
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
SparkToro
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Tier A
https://www.seobility.net/en/blog/zero-click-searches/ ↗
Source Article
Zero-Click Searches: What You Need to Know
On March 22, Rand Fishkin published data at SparkToro that sent shockwaves through the SEO world. His conclusion: zero-click searches surged in 2020, now making up two-thirds of all Google searches.
In his analysis of recent data from SimilarWeb, Fishkin explains:
“In August of 2019, I published res…
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SparkToro
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Methodology
Jumpshot clickstream data, US-only, browser-based traffic
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 (current) | 50.33% | |
| 2020 | 64.8% | +28.8% |
| 2025 | 60% | -7.4% |
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Industrymarketing
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Google: 50.33% zero click search rate. Source: SparkToro (2019). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/google-zero-click-searches-2019
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