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43% -- expected search traffic decline for Global publishers (2026)
Media organisations / surveyed media executives expect an average 43% decline in Google search traffic over the next three years.
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43%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Geography
EMEA
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B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Reuters Institute
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https://vantageagency.co.uk/insights/google-zero-publishers-warned-they-could-lose-43-of-search-traf… ↗
Source Article
Google Zero! Publishers Warned They Could Lose 43% of Search Traffic by 2029 - Vantage Agency
AI‑generated answers are increasingly diverting clicks away from publishers, and media organisations are sounding the alarm. Google’s Overviews and conversational search experiences are accelerating an already‑visible decline in referral traffic, according to a new report from the Reuters Institute.…
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Reuters Institute
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Reuters Institute survey of media executives (forecast/prediction)
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IndustryMedia
RegionEMEA
Channelsearch
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Global publishers: 43% expected search traffic decline. Source: Reuters Institute (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/publishers-expected-search-traffic-decline-2026
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