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58.5%
58.5% -- zero click search rate for U.S.-based Google searches (2024)
According to a SparkToro study, 58.5% of U.S.-based Google searches have ended without users clicking any links.
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58.5%
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Data Vintage
2024
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B
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75
Source Trust
60
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60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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SparkToro
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https://digital.marketing/blog/zero-click-search-and-ai ↗
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U.S.-based Google searches: 58.5% zero click search rate. Source: SparkToro (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/zero-click-searches-2024
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/zero-click-searches-2024" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>58.5%</strong> -- zero click search rate for U.S.-based Google searches<br><small>Source: SparkToro (2024) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/zero-click-searches-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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