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  "id": "featured-snippets-appear-on-12-percent-of-queries",
  "slug": "featured-snippets-appear-on-12-percent-of-queries",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/featured-snippets-appear-on-12-percent-of-queries/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/featured-snippets-appear-on-12-percent-of-queries.json",
  "claim": "About 12.29% of search queries show a featured snippet",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"12% of searches have a featured snippet\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Ahrefs",
    "title": "Ahrefs' Study of 2 Million Featured Snippets (May 29, 2017)",
    "year": "2017"
  },
  "quote": "we had ~112 million keywords in our US database, almost ~14 million of which had featured snippets in their SERP. In other words, according to Ahrefs' data, ~12.29% of search queries have featured snippets",
  "method": "Share of keywords in Ahrefs' US database showing a featured snippet, 2017.",
  "drift": [
    "Age: 2017",
    "Share of keywords, not of search volume"
  ],
  "interest": "Ahrefs sells SEO software.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "In 2017, Ahrefs found featured snippets on about 12% of the 112 million US keywords it tracked; the share has shifted since AI Overviews launched.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Ahrefs — Featured snippets study (2017)",
      "url": "https://ahrefs.com/blog/featured-snippets-study/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Ahrefs US keyword database, 2017",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}