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Safe rephrasing
Pew found that 18% of the Google searches made by its 900-person US panel in March 2025 produced an AI summary.
What the source says
Overall, around one-in-five Google searches in March 2025 produced an AI summary. Some 18% of all the Google searches in our study generated an AI summary as part of the search results.
Pew Research Center — Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears (July 22, 2025)
- Commonly cited as
- "One in five Google searches shows an AI Overview"
- True origin
- Pew Research Center — Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears (July 22, 2025)
- Type
- Stat check: A widely repeated statistic traced back to its origin.
- Year
- 2025
- Data as of
- Browsing data, March 2025
- Last checked
- Method & sample
- Tracked browsing of 900 US adults during March 2025; 88% of summaries cited three or more sources.
- Drift between quote and source
- Share of real user searches, not of keywords; AI Overview coverage has changed since
- Interest
- n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).