# Zero-click search

> Definition, current numbers (68% of Google searches end without a click) and why fewer clicks need not mean fewer customers.

Synonyms: Zero click search, no-click search, Zero-Click

The trend is measurable and accelerating: in 2024, according to [SparkToro/Similarweb](https://sparktoro.com/blog/in-2026-less-than-one-third-of-google-searches-still-send-a-click/), around 60% of all US Google searches ended without a single click to an external website; by early 2026 it was 68%. Once Google shows an AI overview, click-through to the top organic result drops by around 58% — and in Google's AI Mode, around 93% of sessions end without a visit to an external website.

For businesses this sounds threatening, but the picture is more nuanced: the clicks that remain can be worth more. Someone who reaches a website after an AI recommendation has often already compared — whether AI-referred visitors also buy more often depends heavily on the offer, according to studies so far: they do better for complex products than for simple ones. The new math: fewer visitors, often further along. The precondition is appearing in the AI answer at all — otherwise you get neither.

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Source: https://btlabs.dev/en/glossary/zero-click-search
Last-Modified: 2026-09-25T13:07:41.568Z
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