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38% -- click through rate decline for Google search results with AI Overviews (Seer Interactive study) (2025)
Google AI Overviews lead to a 38% decline in click-through rates according to a Seer Interactive analysis of search queries.
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38%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Sample Size
5,470,000
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Seer Interactive
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https://seovendor.co/google-ai-overviews-cut-clicks-38-without-satisfaction-gain/ ↗
Source Article
Google AI Overviews Cut Clicks 38% Without Satisfaction Gain
Across Google search pages, AI Overviews have changed what your clicks look like. As a result, your traffic has dropped for many sites. New data shows these quick notes cut click through rates by 38%, even when you still have the same needs.
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Top ranking pages have seen a bigger hit…
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Seer Interactive
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Seer Interactive analysis of 5.47 million queries across 53 brands comparing CTR when AI Overviews appear vs. not; widely reported via Search Engine Land.
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IndustryMedia
RegionUS
RoleSEO Specialist
Channelsearch
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Google search results with AI Overviews (Seer Interactive study): 38% click through rate decline. Source: Seer Interactive (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/seer-ai-overviews-ctr-decline-38
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