Google’s AI Overviews, which are baked directly into its search platform, hit a stunning 2 billion monthly active users already. This cutting-edge tool provides AI-powered, human-friendly summaries of search results. This is a huge change since it rolled out globally in 200 countries and territories, including all key markets like the United States and India.
Growth has been immense. In May 2025, just several months ago, it was only 1.5 billion users. On the company’s Q2 2025 earnings call with investors, Google CEO Sundar Pichai provided some new numbers. Specifically, he stressed the enthusiastic way this feature has been adopted in just a few months.
AI Overviews has not only tripled the number of users visiting the website, but dramatically increased user engagement. Requests for AI Overviews increased on average more than 50% from the first quarter 2025. Pichai expressed confidence in this trend, stating,
“We continue to see strong growth and engagement with daily requests growing over 50% from Q1.” – Sundar Pichai
This addition is just one piece of a larger strategy by Google to strengthen its AI product portfolio. There’s already so much demand for their massive AI product pipeline, as Pichai noted. He attributed this accomplishment to the company’s long-term investments in AI cultivation and development.
“We are seeing significant demand for our comprehensive AI product portfolio,” he remarked. “Of course, this is all possible because of the long-term investments we have made in our differentiated, full-stack approach to AI.” – Sundar Pichai
As Google’s rollout of AI Overviews rolls on and expands in coverage into other countries, TechCrunch has covered the slow rollout of this feature in India, highlighting its worldwide importance.
As AI Overviews rolls out and becomes available to users worldwide, it marks an exciting time for Google Search – if only in the short-term. Artificial intelligence technology allows deeper search engine optimization of the platform, focusing on user experience to boost engagement on their platform.
