Google Search Console’s Generative AI performance report now appears to be widely available, giving publishers, SEOs, and site owners a separate way to track visibility in Google’s AI-powered search features.
Search Engine Roundtable reported on August 11, 2026, that the report appeared across all the Search Console profiles it checked. Google has not issued a separate full-rollout announcement yet, and some site owners may still not see the feature.
That may be expected. Google’s Help Center says the report may not appear if a property has not received enough impressions from generative AI features in Google Search, or if access has not reached that property yet.
The report focuses on visibility inside Google’s generative AI search experiences, including AI Overviews and AI Mode. It shows how often URLs appeared in those AI features, which pages received impressions, and where those impressions came from by country, device, and date.
But the biggest missing piece remains the same: there is still no click data or query data.
That means site owners can now see whether their pages are appearing in Google’s AI results, but they still cannot see which searches triggered those appearances or how many users clicked through from AI-powered results.
For publishers and SEOs trying to measure the traffic impact of AI Overviews and AI Mode, that gap matters.
Google first announced Search Generative AI performance reports on June 3, 2026. At the time, the company said the reports were designed to give website owners dedicated views of impressions inside generative AI features on Search and Discover.
Google also said the reports were first rolling out to a subset of websites for testing and feedback before broader availability.
The report can still be useful as a baseline. Site owners can use it to check whether their pages are appearing in AI Overviews and AI Mode, compare visibility across URLs, and monitor changes over time.
It can also help identify which pages are getting more AI search exposure and whether visibility differs by device or country.
Still, impressions should not be treated as traffic. An impression only means a link to a site was shown to a user in a generative AI feature. It does not confirm that the user clicked the link, read the source, visited the site, or converted.
Google’s guidance also makes clear that the same core eligibility rules still apply. To appear in AI features in Search, pages still need to be indexed and eligible to appear in Google Search with a snippet.
For site owners, the practical next step is simple: open Google Search Console, go to the Performance section, and check whether the Generative AI report is available.
If it is visible, export the current data and start tracking AI impressions now. That early benchmark may become useful later, especially if Google adds more metrics.
If the report is not showing yet, the property may still be outside the rollout or may not have enough impressions from Google’s generative AI search features.
As of this writing, Google has not added click or query data to the report. That is the next update many publishers, SEOs, and site owners will be watching closely.
via: Search Engine Roundtable | Google Search Central | Google Search Console Help
