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GSC Now Shows AI Impressions

Google has introduced a dedicated report in Search Console under Performance → Generative AI, which Google says has been rolling out worldwide since 31 August 2026.

Last updated: 07.09.2026

A New AI Report in Search Console

Google has introduced a dedicated report in Search Console under Performance → Generative AI. Google says it has been rolling out worldwide since 31 August 2026. That's a meaningful step forward, but the report is still fairly limited. Details are available in the official GSC documentation.

It currently shows:

Screenshot KI Impressions in GSC
KI-Impressionen in der Google Search Console

It Currently Shows

  • Impressions from AI Overviews and AI Mode

  • the trend over day, week, or month

  • the affected landing pages

  • breakdowns by country and device

  • exportable table and chart data

An impression occurs whenever a link to your website is shown in such an AI response. If two links from the same website appear within one AI response, the aggregated property view generally counts this as only one impression.

The most important limitations:

The Most Important Limitations

  • The separate AI report currently appears to show only impressions – no clicks, CTR, or average position.

  • The original search query is not shown. You know which URL was visible, but not for which question.

  • AI Overviews and AI Mode are combined; they cannot be analyzed separately.

  • The report only captures generative features within Google Search – not ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, the Gemini app, or Microsoft Copilot.

  • Search Labs experiments are excluded.

  • The usual GSC limits apply, such as a maximum of 1,000 table rows and possible differences between chart and table totals.

  • The data comes from the "Web" search type. It is therefore a subset of the data already included in the regular Search performance report and should not be added on top of its totals.

If the report is missing despite the global rollout, Google says the property may not yet have collected enough AI impressions. Recent data may also be provisional.

Our Practical Take

Right now the report is primarily a visibility indicator, not a complete performance or conversion tool. What's particularly interesting:

  1. Which page types are regularly used as a source.

  2. Whether AI visibility is rising while classic clicks stagnate or fall.

  3. Which countries and devices are driving visibility.

  4. Whether revisions to individual pages later generate more AI impressions.

What This Means for Optimization

For optimization, Google essentially still recommends solid, standard SEO: indexable pages, clear answers, original information, good internal linking, and suitable images, videos, product, and local data.

A special "GEO file" or llms.txt provides no advantage for Google – Google has explicitly clarified that llms.txt affects neither visibility nor ranking.

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