Free Google AI Overviews Tracker
See how Google’s AI Overviews show up for your brand, which of your pages they cite, and which sources they pull in instead. No signup required. Results in seconds.
What are Google AI Overviews?
Google’s AI Overviews are AI-generated summaries that appear above the traditional search results. They answer the query in a few sentences, pull information from multiple sources, and include links to those sources for further reading.
Under the hood, AI Overviews use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG): rather than relying only on what the model already knows, Google fetches fresh pages from its index and Gemini synthesizes them into one answer, then attaches citations to the pages it used. That’s how a brand earns visibility here — by being one of the sources Google grounds the answer in.
Why track AI Overviews?
We don’t guess about AI Overviews — we study them at scale. Two findings shape why tracking matters.
Run on December 2025 data, AI Overviews reduce clicks by 58% to the top-ranking pages, up from 34.5% in April 2025. For every 100 clicks you used to earn, Google now keeps 58.
AI Overviews are highly volatile: a 70% chance of changing between observations, content lasting ~2.15 days, and nearly half (45.5%) of cited sources entirely new each time. A one-off check goes stale in days.
AI Overviews vs. AI Mode: what’s the difference?
Both are Google, but they’re not the same surface, and a brand that wins one can be invisible in the other. The simplest way to hold them apart:
AI Overviews
A generated summary at the top of the normal results page — the classic blue links still sit below it. Quick, glanceable, and it appears for only a slice of queries. This tool tracks AI Overviews.
AI Mode
A separate, fully conversational experience where the answer is the page, with follow-ups and a much smaller set of cited sources. No blue links to fall back on.
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How Ahrefs sources AI Overviews results
We don’t fabricate prompts. AI Overviews results come from real search behavior run through Google and stored in Brand Radar, across two complementary indexes.
Keyword-based index
Our original AI Overviews index uses short keywords from Ahrefs’ Keywords Explorer — the way most people actually search Google. It’s the broadest view of where AI Overviews surface your brand.
Prompt-based index
People also ask AI full questions, not just keywords. Our newer prompt-based AI Overviews index tracks responses to long-form questions, the same way our ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot indexes work. You can also track your own custom prompts.
Kept current
AI Overviews refresh continuously, in step with Ahrefs’ keyword-database update cycles. That matters: our research shows an AI Overview has a 70% chance of changing between observations, so a one-off look goes stale fast.
Honest about limits
Coverage is strongest in English. Metrics like AI Share of Voice are modeled visibility signals — potential exposure, not measured audience reach.
Sources: Brand Radar methodology (indexes); Ahrefs FAQ (update frequency and coverage).
How to be cited in AI Overviews
Ahrefs AI Overviews Tracker shows where you stand today. Getting cited is what comes next. Ahrefs’ research points to six factors that help you show up more often in Google’s AI Overviews.
Get your brand facts right
AI Overviews can hallucinate. Check what they say about you in Brand Radar, then fix gaps and inconsistent brand assets (logos, taglines, third-party profiles) so Google has accurate sources to pull from.
Max out your brand mentions
In Ahrefs’ study of 75,000 brands, branded web mentions had the strongest link to AI visibility. The more the web mentions you, the more AI Overviews surface you. Chase "best of" lists, reviews, roundups and digital PR.
Show up on UGC sites
AI Overviews lean on Reddit, Quora and YouTube (Google owns YouTube and partners with Reddit). Be genuinely active on the platforms they trust.
Lead with the answer
Put the direct answer at the top of each section, not buried below setup. That makes it easy for an AI Overview to lift a clean, complete snippet.
Keep content fresh
Gemini, which powers AI Overviews, prefers fresher content. Find declining pages in Site Explorer and update them on a cadence.
Build long-tail clusters
AI Overviews show up most for informational, longer-tail queries. Cover those topic clusters so you’re an answer to more of them.
What’s in your free AI Overviews report
This free tool gives you a limited preview of your brand’s AI Overviews visibility. Here’s what your report includes:
AI Overviews results. How many AI Overviews mention your brand across all the keywords and prompts we tested. This is your baseline — run the check periodically to see if your efforts are moving the needle.
Mentions over time. Your AI Overviews mention count month over month, so you can see whether your AEO work is shifting the trend.
Top 5 topics. The questions and subject areas where AI Overviews associate your brand — and by implication, where they don’t.
Top 5 cited domains. The websites AI Overviews reference most when they answer in your category. If your own domain isn’t on this list, you know where to focus content and digital PR.
Top 5 cited pages. The specific URLs most frequently cited alongside your brand. These are the pages shaping how AI Overviews talk about you.
Want the full picture? Here’s what Brand Radar tracks
Daily AI Overviews tracking
Monitor mentions and citations in AI Overviews every day, not just a one-off snapshot.
Competitor benchmarking
Compare your AI Overviews share of voice against any competitor you choose.
Prompt-level gaps
See the exact prompts rivals win and you don’t, with the "Others only" report.
Custom prompts
Add your own questions to track brand mentions in the queries that matter most.
Win brand visibility everywhere
Select platforms
Choose individual AI platforms to track your AI presence.
All platforms
Full access to 402M+ organic prompts for all platforms, plus custom prompts.
- AI Overviews & AI Mode
- ChatGPT
- Perplexity
- Microsoft Copilot
- Gemini
- 2,500 checks/mo for custom prompts
Bonus
- Youtube, TikTok & Reddit (free while in beta)
- Search demand
- Web visibility
Bonus
- Youtube, TikTok & Reddit (free while in beta)
- Search demand
- Web visibility
Questions? We have answers
What are Google AI Overviews?
AI Overviews are AI-generated summaries that appear above the traditional search results. They answer the query in a few sentences, pull information from multiple sources, and include links to those sources. They’re powered by Google’s Gemini model using retrieval-augmented generation: Google fetches fresh pages from its index and the model synthesizes them into one grounded answer.What’s the difference between AI Overviews and AI Mode?
AI Overviews is the AI-generated summary that sits at the top of the normal results page, with the classic links still below it. AI Mode is a separate, fully conversational tab where the answer is the whole page. They trigger on different queries and cite different sources, so a brand can win one and be absent from the other.Why do AI Overviews matter for SEO?
Because they take clicks away from the pages below them. Our first study found AI Overviews reduce clicks by 34.5%; re-run on December 2025 data, the presence of an AI Overview now correlates with a 58% lower clickthrough rate for the top-ranking page. If you want to keep earning traffic from Google, you have to pay attention to whether AI Overviews cite you.Can’t I just track AI Overviews in Google Search Console?
No. Google doesn’t separate AI Overviews from organic search in Search Console; it lumps the impressions and clicks together, and there’s no sign that’s changing. To see how your brand actually appears in AI Overviews, you need a third-party tool like Brand Radar.How do you know if AI Overviews mention my brand?
We run real keywords and prompts through Google and store the AI Overviews responses in Brand Radar. When you enter your brand, we search that index for mentions of your name and citations of your pages — the same data you’d get by entering your brand in Brand Radar and filtering AI responses to AI Overviews.What’s the difference between the keyword and prompt indexes?
Two complementary views. The keyword-based index uses short keywords from Keywords Explorer — how most people search Google. The newer prompt-based index tracks responses to long-form questions — how people talk to AI. You can also track your own custom prompts. Together they cover both the way you search and the way you ask.How often do AI Overviews change?
Constantly. Our research found an AI Overview has a 70% chance of changing between observations, with content persisting about 2.15 days on average, and nearly half (45.5%) of cited sources are entirely new from one observation to the next. That volatility is exactly why one-off checks aren’t enough.Is this tool really free?
Yes — free and no signup. It gives you a limited preview of your AI Overviews visibility. The full, daily-updated dataset across both indexes and every AI platform lives in Brand Radar.