75M daily users?! Google’s AI Mode boomed in Q3! | AI SEO News
Google's AI Mode reaches 75 million daily active users across 40 languages, with U.S. queries doubling in Q3 and commercial searches climbing year-over-year.
Google pulled in $102 billion in quarterly revenue with YouTube contributing $10.2 billion.
However, AI search traffic remains relatively small despite rapid growth, with traditional search still dominating overall traffic.
The debate over SEO versus GEO (generative engine optimization) continues as marketers adapt their strategies for a search landscape increasingly shaped by generative AI.
Google's AI overviews are everywhere and AI mode is blowing up and yet somehow AI search is still just getting off the ground. Yeah, it's another one of those weeks. Let's get right to it. To start, Google CEO Sunar Pachai says AIMO now has 75 million daily users across 40 languages and US queries doubled last quarter. Nick Fox added that commercial searches are up year-over-year because of AI overviews and AI mode. And Glen Gabe noted the bigger picture. $12 billion in Google revenue last quarter with YouTube pulling in $10.2 billion alone. Long story short, Google's AI search features aren't slowing down. Instead, they're fueling the company's next wave of growth. But here's the catch. AI search traffic is still tiny. Glenn Gabe quoted Booking CFO who said, "AI search leads are still small but growing." And in truth, traditional search is still huge, climbing year over year. So, while AI search might not replace SEO anytime soon, it's definitely starting to reshape the
traffic mix. And finally, the SEO versus GEO feud continues. Connor Gillivan shared a GEO case study linking strong campaign results to LLM. While her pre-chatha joked, Manda's SEO and calls it GEO. Different names, same mission to stay visible as generative search slowly but surely gains prominence and alters SEO workflows forever. That's this week in search. Google is breaking records. AI search is gaining momentum. And the SEO versus GEO debate is still on fire. But don't stop here. Check out last week's news for more insane SEO updates. And don't forget to subscribe to SE Ranking. We'll be here next week when it all changes