Search Console AI Overviews Report: What It Shows and Misses
The Search Console AI Overviews report shows how often your pages appeared as impressions inside Google's AI features, broken out by page, country, device and date. It does not include click data, and it only covers Google's own AI surfaces, so it cannot tell you whether ChatGPT or other assistants mention your brand.
Google is rolling the report out gradually, so you may not see it yet. Treat it as a useful first signal of AI visibility, then fill the gaps with other measurement. This guide covers what the report shows, what it misses and what to do next.
Key takeaways
- The report counts impressions in Google's AI features (AI Overviews and AI Mode), by page, country, device and date.
- Click data is intentionally not included, so you cannot judge traffic impact from this report alone.
- Rollout is incremental, so many sites will not see it yet.
- It covers Google only. Mentions in ChatGPT, Perplexity and similar tools need separate tracking.
- Pair it with your normal performance report and a regular AI visibility check.
What the Search Console AI Overviews report shows
Google announced Search Generative AI performance reports on the Google Search Central blog on 3 June 2026. They add a dedicated view to Search Console showing impressions for pages that appear in Google's AI features. A companion view covers AI features in Google Discover.
The dimensions you can slice by
The data is broken out by page, country, device and date. That is enough to spot which pages Google's AI features surface most and whether the pattern differs between mobile and desktop. If you serve Australian customers, the country filter shows how much of that visibility is local.
What the report misses
The report leaves four gaps that matter for planning.
No click data
The report does not include clicks or click-through rate. Google has said it may add more metrics over time, but for now an impression inside an AI answer tells you nothing about visits. Compare it with the standard performance report and your analytics instead.
Google only
The report measures Google's AI features. It says nothing about whether ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini names your brand when someone asks a buying question. Our ChatGPT brand monitoring guide explains how to check that side separately.
Limited view of the prompts behind the impressions
The launch coverage lists page, country, device and date as the dimensions, and does not describe a view of the exact prompts that produced each AI impression. Check your own property to confirm what is available to you.
Not everyone can see it yet
Google is rolling the report out to a subset of sites and hasn't given a timeline for the rest. If the report is missing from your property, that alone does not mean something is wrong with your site.
How to use the report alongside other measurement
Use the report as one input, not the whole picture. A practical routine looks like this:
- Note which pages earn AI impressions and compare them with the pages you most want recommended.
- Check clicks and conversions for those pages in your standard reports.
- Run a separate check of AI assistants for the questions your customers ask. Our AI search optimisation guide covers the fundamentals, and the guide to ranking in Google AI Mode goes deeper on Google's side.
- Repeat monthly so you can see movement rather than a single snapshot.
If you would rather not do the assistant checks by hand, see how Mentioned works.
Frequently asked questions
Why can't I see the AI report in Search Console?
Google is enabling the report incrementally, so it reaches properties in stages. Check back over the coming weeks, and make sure you are viewing a verified property with the right permissions. If it never appears, the rollout is the most likely reason.
Does the Search Console AI report separate AI Overviews and AI Mode?
No. The Search view combines AI Overviews and AI Mode into one set of numbers, so you can't tell which one drove an impression.
Does Search Console show which searches triggered an AI Overview?
No. The report breaks impressions down by page, country, device and date, but not by query.
Does appearing in AI Overviews help my rankings?
There is no published evidence that AI impressions lift your rankings. The report is a measurement view of visibility Google was already counting in your standard performance report, not a ranking factor. Treat AI visibility as its own goal and measure it separately.
Does Search Console show ChatGPT or Gemini?
No. The report covers Google's AI features in Search and Discover, not ChatGPT or other assistants. To see whether those tools mention your business, use a dedicated check such as the one in our ChatGPT brand monitoring guide.
Conclusion
The Search Console AI Overviews report is a welcome first-party signal, but it measures impressions on Google only and leaves out clicks. Use it to see which pages Google's AI features surface, then check the rest of the AI landscape yourself.
Want to see where your business shows up in AI answers? Try Mentioned for a free AI-visibility check and see which assistants recommend you today.