Google Now Shows an AI Answer on 57.6% of Commercial Searches

    57.6% of Google searches for products and services now open with an AI Overview, the AI-written answer Google places above the regular results. On phones the rate is higher: 61.2% against 55.4% on a computer for the same keywords.

    Searches with an AI Overview by device
    Desktop (all 20,000 keywords)
    57.6%
    Desktop (first 10,000 keywords)
    55.4%
    Mobile (same 10,000 keywords)
    61.2%

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 20,000 desktop and 10,000 mobile Google searches across 24 industries · Google search results, September 2026

    Searches with an AI Overview by industry
    Software (SaaS)
    83.4%
    Real estate
    78.5%
    Mortgage
    72.4%
    Electrical
    70.9%
    Higher education
    70.2%
    Plastic surgery
    69.4%
    Pest control
    68.7%
    Banking and loans
    66.2%
    Plumbing
    49.3%
    Dental
    49%
    Auto dealers
    48.1%
    Home remodeling
    40.7%
    Personal injury law
    38.8%
    Senior care
    35.2%
    Moving companies
    34.4%

    Source: Suff Digital analysis of 20,000 desktop and 10,000 mobile Google searches across 24 industries · Google search results, September 2026

    Source: Google Now Shows an AI Answer on 57.6% of Commercial Searches - Suff Digital