Report: Google AI Overviews Show Less Often For Breaking News

Mar 25, 2026 - 7:31 am 0 — by

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There is new data out from Newzdash that shows just how often AI Overviews appear within Google across new sections. And while AI Overviews shows 60%+ of the time for health queries, when it comes to breaking news and major headlines, it shows less than 6% of the time.

This data was shared by John Shehata on LinkedIn and here is the breakdown:

  • Health - 60.51%
  • Technology - 38.23%
  • Business - 36.58%
  • Entertainment - 24.19%
  • Sports - 21.51%
  • World - 16.86%
  • National - 14.40%
  • Breaking News & Major Headlines - 5.38%

Here is that chart:

Newzdash Ai Overviews Data

He broke it down by each channel within each section as well, here are more of the slides:

Forum discussion at LinkedIn.

 

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