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60%of Google searches that began with who, what, when or why produced an AI summary in March 2025

60% of Google searches that began with who, what, when or why produced an AI summary in March 2025 (Mar 2025, Pew Research Center)

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60% of Google searches that began with who, what, when or why produced an AI summary in March 2025 (Mar 2025).

60%

the latest figure (Mar 2025)

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type of source

Why you can trust it. Pew Research Center: survey, sampled survey with a published method. Web browsing data of 900 US adults (Ipsos KnowledgePanel Digital), 68,879 Google searches, 1-31 March 2025

Key facts

  • Period Mar 2025
  • Region USA
  • Company size All sizes
  • Next data Irregular

Source: Pew Research Center, Mar 2025

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How it was measured, and how to use it

How it was measured
Publisher
Pew Research Center
Source type
Survey: Sampled survey with a published method
What it measures
60% of Google searches that began with who, what, when or why produced an AI summary in March 2025
Data period
Mar 2025 (ends 31 Mar 2025)
Published by the source
22 Jul 2025
Who is counted
Web browsing data of 900 US adults (Ipsos KnowledgePanel Digital), 68,879 Google searches, 1-31 March 2025
In the source's words
60% of search queries that began with question words such as “who,” “what,” “when” or “why” resulted in an AI summary.
Checked at source
23 Oct 2026: Read on pewresearch.org.
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Free to quote with credit. American Trends Panel, a probability panel of US adults.
Next expected update
Irregular (Pew Research Center, irregular)
Original page
www.pewresearch.org: Pew Research Center
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No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.

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Pew Research Center. (2025). 60% of Google searches that began with who, what, when or why produced an AI summary in March 2025. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-search/question-searches-with-ai-overview

MLA

"60% of Google searches that began with who, what, when or why produced an AI summary in March 2025." Pew Research Center, Mar 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai-search/question-searches-with-ai-overview.

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60% of Google searches that began with who, what, when or why produced an AI summary in March 2025, for Mar 2025, according to Pew Research Center. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.

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