Are you cited in Google's AI Overview?
Google AI Overviews tracking is the way to know how often your site is cited in Google's AI Overview, and which sources are cited instead. An Overview names a handful of sources and resolves the question above the links; this tracks whether you are one of them, across your buyers' real questions, on a schedule.
Every rate arrives with its interval and the number of answers behind it.
What this measures, exactly
Before you trust a number, you should know exactly what was measured. Here is the precise scope. For Google AI Overviews, we measure the AI Overview block on a live Google results page, together with the sources it cites.
| What it means here | |
|---|---|
| Direct evidence | The AI Overview text and its cited-source list are read from the surface itself. That is direct evidence for this engine. |
| Not claimed | Google AI Mode is a second surface over the same Google index. A reading from one is not reported as the other, because a shared index does not make them the same answer. |
| How an answer is read | We request the Google results page through a SERP provider and read the ai_overview block: its text, and the list of sources it links. Nothing is inferred — if Google returns no AI Overview for a query, the answer records that it did not, rather than guessing. |
The same direct-versus-proxy distinction is applied to every engine we support, and it is written into the published methodology rather than left to a sales conversation.
What you get back
Rates, not screenshots — each with a 95% confidence interval and the number of answers behind it. You can tell a real change from a noisy week.
| Metric | The question it answers |
|---|---|
| Mention rate | Of the answers to your category's questions, how many name you at all |
| Share of voice | Of every brand named across those answers, what fraction is you |
| Recommendation rate | How often you are actively endorsed rather than listed in passing |
| Cited sources | Which domains Google AI Overviews leaned on — yours, and everyone else's |
| Accuracy flags | Anything Google AI Overviews said about you that is factually wrong |
One reading is not a trend. Measurements repeat on a schedule, and the comparison is against your own history, not against a screenshot someone took once.
Questions about Google AI Overviews
Can I track whether an AI Overview appears at all?
Yes, and it is worth tracking separately. Google does not return an AI Overview for every query, and whether one appears can change week to week. Each answer records the presence or absence of the block as its own fact. A drop in your mention rate can be told apart from the Overview simply not firing.
Is this the same as tracking Google AI Mode?
No. AI Mode is a different surface built over the same index, and it can answer the same question differently. Because they are different surfaces, a reading from one is not reported as if it came from the other.
Why does the cited-source list matter more than the text?
Because the source list is where the competitive picture is. The text tells you what Google said; the sources tell you which domains it trusted to say it, which is the list you are trying to join.
Keep going
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Blog
Google AI Overviews: how to show up — and how to know if you do
The editorial companion to this page — how Google AI Overviews chooses what to say, and what earns a mention.
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Product
Visibility tracking across every engine
Google AI Overviews is one surface. Visibility tracking asks your questions on all of them and compares.
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Method
How accurate is AI visibility data?
The sampling, the calibrated judge, the statistics — and the six-point bar to hold any tool to.
Know where you stand in Google AI Overviews.
Track your category's real buyer questions and get a rate with an interval — not a screenshot.