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Google AI Overviews Appear in Nearly Half of All Searches, Up From 15% Last Year

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AI Overviews now appear in roughly 43–48% of Google searches, climbing sharply from 15% a year earlier, with informational queries seeing even higher adoption.

SERoundtable reports that AI Overviews have reached near-ubiquity in Google search results, with data from Similarweb showing 43% query coverage and Semrush reporting 48%. The growth has been dramatic—both sources tracked prevalence at only 13–20% a year prior—and adoption is climbing fastest in informational query categories.
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