Google has posted some contemporary information, saying they reply over 5 trillion searches per 12 months. The final time we noticed this information was in 2016, when Google was at 2 trillion searches per 12 months after which 1.2 trillion in 2012.
Google wrote, “We already see greater than 5 trillion searches on Google yearly.”
Google mentioned this metric is from “Google Inner Information, Jan 2025.” So that is fairly contemporary information.
Right here is the total paragraph on this subject that Google posted:
On Search, wealthy and multimodal experiences like AI Overviews, Circle to Search, and Lens give folks new methods to precise precisely what they need, extra naturally than ever earlier than. We already see greater than 5 trillion searches on Google yearly, and with AI, we’re persevering with to increase the varieties of questions that individuals can ask. This implies extra alternatives so that you can join with customers via completely new sorts of questions. For instance, with the launch of AI Overviews, the quantity of economic queries has elevated.
This was noticed by Glenn Gabe who notified me about this on X:
Google now sees 5+ trillion searches yearly, or 416B searches per thirty days (Jan 2025 information) https://t.co/j8xdHLUnOw pic.twitter.com/5Jj5Y1eC9v
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) March 3, 2025
I ought to word that this over 5 trillion quantity jives with Rand Fishkin’s report this morning the place he mentioned Google sees about 5.9 trillion searches per 12 months.
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