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60%

60% -- zero click search share for Web searches (Google search users) (2026)

2026  · Bain & Company

About 60% of searches end without the user navigating to an external website (zero-click searches).

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60%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Web searches (Google search users)
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Source Trust
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
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Freshness
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Bain & Company Primary Tier C
https://influxjuice.com/zero-click-search-and-web3-how-to-get-found-without-the-click/ ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
Zero-Click Search and Web3: How to Get Found Without the Click
If you’re not sure what zero-click search means, today’s blog will rectify that and what it means for your business. The old SEO story was simple. Rank, get clicks, get leads. Now the click is shrinking because Google answers more questions on the results page, and AI tools give people summaries bef…
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Web searches (Google search users): 60% zero click search share. Source: Bain & Company (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/zero-click-searches-share-60pct-bain
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/zero-click-searches-share-60pct-bain" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>60%</strong> -- zero click search share for Web searches (Google search users)<br><small>Source: Bain & Company (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/zero-click-searches-share-60pct-bain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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