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AI referrals to top websites were up 357% year-over-year in June, reaching 1.13B
AI referrals to websites still have a way to go to catch up to the traffic that Google Search provides, but they're growing quickly. According to new data from market intelligence provider Similarweb, AI platforms in June generated over 1.13 billion referrals to the top 1,000 websites globally, a figure that's up 357% since June 2024. However, Google Search still accounts for the majority of traffic to these sites, accounting for 191 billion referrals during the same period of June 2025. One particular category of interest these days is news and media. Online publishers are seeing traffic declines and are preparing for a day they're calling 'Google Zero,' when Google stops sending traffic to websites. For instance, The Wall Street Journal recently reported on data that showed how AI overviews were killing traffic to news sites. Plus, a Pew Research Center study out this week found that in a survey of 900 U.S. Google users, 18% of some 69,000 searches showed AI Overviews, which led to users clicking links 8% of the time. When there was no AI summary, users clicked links nearly twice as much, or 15% of the time. Similarweb found that June's AI referrals to news and media websites were up 770% since June 2024. Some sites will naturally rank higher than others that are blocking access to AI platforms, as The New York Times does, as a result of its lawsuit with OpenAI over the use of its articles to train its models. In the news media category, Yahoo led with 2.3 million AI referrals in June 2025, followed by Yahoo Japan (1.9M), Reuters (1.8M), The Guardian (1.7M), India Times (1.2M), and Business Insider (1.0M). In terms of methodology, Similarweb counts AI referrals as web referrals to a domain from an AI platform like ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Perplexity, Claude, and Liner. ChatGPT dominates here, accounting for more than 80% of the AI referrals to the top 1,000 domains. The company's analysis also looked at other categories beyond news, like e-commerce, science and education, tech/search/social media, arts and entertainment, business, and others. In e-commerce, Amazon was followed by Etsy and eBay when it came to those sites seeing the most referrals, at 4.5M, 2.0M, and 1.8M, respectively, during June. Among the top tech and social sites, Google, not surprisingly, was at the top of the list, with 53.1 million referrals in June, followed by Reddit (11.1M), Facebook (11.0M), Github (7.4M), Microsoft (5.1M), Canva (5.0M), Instagram (4.7M), LinkedIn (4.4M), Bing (3.1M), and Pinterest (2.5M). The analysis excluded the OpenAI website because so many of its referrals were from ChatGPT, pointing to its services. Across all other domains, the No. 1 site by AI referrals for each category included YouTube (31.2M), Research Gate (3.6M), Zillow (776.2K), (992.9K), Wikipedia (10.8M), (5.2M), (1.2M), Home Depot (1.2M), Kayak (456.5K), and Zara (325.6K). Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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Pemberton's Slow Food Cycle to celebrate 20th anniversary on Aug.17
One of Pemberton's signature summer events is set to return for its 20th year. The Slow Food Cycle will roll through Pemberton Meadows on Sunday, Aug. 17, inviting cyclists to join in on a 40-kilometre round-trip while stopping at farms and small businesses along the way to purchase local produce, crafts and prepared food. 'There's nothing else quite like it,' said Andy Meeker, president of Tourism Pemberton in a release. 'It's a unique day where you can meet the people who grow your food, taste the flavours of the valley and enjoy the open road with your friends and family. We're thrilled to celebrate 20 years of this incredible community tradition.' The event, originally founded in 2005 by local farmers Anna Helmer and Lisa Richardson, has grown over two decades. Slow Food Cycle now regularly draws thousands of participants—an estimated 75 per cent of whom travel in from outside the region. 'It's heartening to see people still so eager to enjoy the simple joy of biking through farmland,' Helmer said in the release. 'We always knew it was a winning combination.' The event runs annually on the third Sunday in August and follows a single route north along Pemberton Meadows Road to the foot of the Hurley Forest Service Road. Cyclists are invited to stop at farms and vendors along the way—many of which offer fresh produce, handmade goods, prepared meals and live music. The road will be closed to most motor vehicle traffic. The event is not a race. Tourism Pemberton executive director Christine Raymond previously described it as 'a leisurely exploration.' She said its success has inspired similar events in B.C. and abroad. 'When it started, founding farmers [Helmer and Richardson] wanted people to know where their food was coming from and to have conversations with farmers,' Raymond said in a June interview. 'They just created this little event that sparked up and became a signature event.' While often celebrated for its community atmosphere, the event also plays a role in tourism and farmland advocacy. Organizers say it helps promote the value of preserving agricultural land in the Pemberton Valley and encourages farm-direct sales. The event was voted 'Pemberton's Favourite' in 2023, despite being cancelled due to wildfire smoke and access concerns. Tickets are now available at a 50-per-cent discount through . The early-bird rate applies to tickets purchased before Aug. 16. Updates are available via the event's Instagram page, @slowfoodcyclesunday. Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
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3 stats from Google's Q2 show how it is weathering advertising turmoil
This story was originally published on Marketing Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Marketing Dive newsletter. Digital advertising is sitting at a point of uncertainty as tariffs roil the economy and artificial intelligence (AI) disrupts the ecosystem. Those threats didn't ding Google's performance in Q2 2025. Search and other, the company's largest segment, increased revenue nearly 12% year over year to $54.2 billion while YouTube notched a 13% YoY gain to $9.8 billion. Overall Q2 ad revenue came in at $71.3 billion, up 10.4% over the year-ago period, according to an earnings report from parent Alphabet. Search experienced growth 'across all verticals,' CFO Anat Ashkenazi said on a call discussing the results with analysts, led by the retail and financial services industries. Google also continued to see consumer traction for its efforts to inject more generative AI features into the search experience. By the numbers $54.2B Q2 ad revenue for Google's key search and other segment, which saw growth "across all verticals." AI Overviews have yet to dent monetization 2M The number of advertisers using Google's generative AI tools to run ads. That base is up 50% over the same period last year 40B Hours of YouTube sports content now watched annually. Google is making live sports a bigger priority for the video platform AI Overviews, text boxes that streamline answers to queries using generative AI, are drawing over 2 billion monthly active users (MAUs). A separate AI Mode for delving into longer-form, complex searches has over 100 million MAUs in the U.S. and India, where it is currently available. 'We see monetization at approximately the same rate, which gives us actually a really strong base on which we can then innovate and drive actually more innovative and new and next-generation ad formats,' said Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler when asked by an analyst about the impact of AI Overviews on search advertising. Google has worked to put more AI tools in the hands of advertisers as well, including an AI Max for search suite of solutions that launched in May. Executives claim the features typically drive 14% more conversions for brands. Beyond campaign optimization, more companies are adopting Google's generative AI products for advertising creative. The number of advertisers using Google's AI-powered asset generation tools is up 50% over last year to 2 million, according to Schindler. 'Google's AI-powered products for advertisers, including AI Max for Search campaigns, Smart Bidding Exploration, Demand Gen, and Asset Studio are performing as expected, though they force advertisers to cede control and transparency in exchange for performance,' said Forrester Senior Analyst Nikhil Lai in emailed comments. 'Nonetheless, they'll continue being adopted by agencies and brands seeking more yield from crunched budgets.' YouTube was also cited as a point of strength in Q2 as the video platform becomes a more serious player in TV and as its TikTok lookalike, called Shorts, advances its approach to monetization and generates over 200 billion daily views. Shorts in the U.S. are now earning as much ad revenue per hour watched as traditional in-stream video on YouTube, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said. Executives referenced Nielsen data that show YouTube has become the top player in streaming, momentum that Google is trying to extend into areas like live sports. YouTube will broadcast its first exclusive NFL game in September following season kick-off (its connected TV service, YouTube TV, also carries NFL Sunday Ticket). Consumers watch over 40 billion hours of sports content via YouTube annually, per Pichai. Many questions still hang over Google's business, which is contending with an antitrust crackdown, rising competition from AI rivals like ChatGPT and the potential for more concrete impacts from the trade war, should it dent advertiser appetites. Google is also heading into a period where it will lap a deluge of political ad spending from 2024, which could lead to unfavorable comparables. 'I think it's really too early to comment on anything [happening] in the second half of the year,' said Schindler. Recommended Reading Google's ad business remains robust despite macro, regulatory threats Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
