{"id":19,"slug":"brightedge-ai-overviews-48pct-feb-2026","title":"BrightEdge (Feb 2026): AI Overviews now appear on 48% of tracked queries, up from ~30% a year prior","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","smb-owner","candid-team"],"topics":["ai-citation","measurement"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** BrightEdge's \"AI Overviews at the One-Year Mark\" tracking (February 2025 - February 2026) reports AI Overview presence grew from ~30% to **48%** of tracked queries — a **58% increase** year-over-year.\n\n**Source:** BrightEdge, \"AI Overviews at the One-Year Mark\" — <https://www.brightedge.com/resources/weekly-ai-search-insights/ai-overviews-one-year-presence-size-citing>\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Implication:** Citation eligibility is no longer a nice-to-have. Roughly half of informational queries now surface an AI Overview *above* the organic results. Combined with [[seer-cited-brands-35-91-ctr-lift-2025]] (cited brands earn +35%/+91% CTR), this is the strongest \"act on AI visibility now\" data point.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[],"incoming":[{"slug":"seer-cited-brands-35-91-ctr-lift-2025","title":"Seer (Sept 2025): brands cited inside AI Overviews earn 35% more organic CTR and 91% more paid CTR","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"research-brief-structured-content-as-competitive-advantage","title":"Research brief: Structured content as a competitive advantage (piece 2 of 15)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"research-brief-marketing-sites-that-do-something","title":"Research brief: What makes a marketing site do something (piece on brochure vs platform)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"dan-taylor-cwv-ai-citation-gate-not-signal-2026","title":"Dan Taylor (SE Land, Jan 13 2026, n=107,352): CWV is a gate for AI citation, not a growth lever","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T18:57:39.549Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T18:57:39.549Z"}