AI summaries and the click you no longer make
When Google shows an AI summary, people click through to a source about half as often. Pew tracked 68,879 searches: a click happened in 8% of visits with a summary and 15% without. A summary is quick, and it can replace
When Google shows an AI summary, people click through to a source about half as often.
Pew tracked 68,879 searches: a click happened in 8% of visits with a summary and 15% without. A summary is quick, and it can replace the reading it summarises.
Whole books are the opposite habit. WonderBooks is a library for staying with one story or one subject for longer than a search result lasts.
Source: Pew Research Center, 2025.
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