B
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1%
1% -- ai overview citation click rate for US users clicking links cited inside Google AI Overviews (2026)
Only 1% of users click on links cited inside Google AI Overviews.
- Tracking real browsing from 900 US adults across 68,879 Google searches
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1%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Pew Research Center
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Tier C
https://www.reachgiant.com/blog-post/ai-seo-impact-ranking-statistics-in-usa ↗
Source Article
AI SEO Impact and Ranking Statistics in the US
July 22, 2026
Luke Griffin
Most AI SEO statistics articles hand you a wall of numbers and leave you to sort out what matters. The numbers are real, but they contradict each other more than anyone admits. At ReachGiant, we track this data because it changes what we build for clients, so here is what …
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Pew Research Center real-browsing study of click behavior on links cited within Google AI Overview answers.
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US users clicking links cited inside Google AI Overviews: 1% ai overview citation click rate. Source: Pew Research Center (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/pew-ai-overview-citation-click-rate
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