What is Google’s Generative AI performance report?
It’s a report in Search Console, launched 3 June 2026, that shows how often your pages appear in Google’s generative AI features (AI Overviews and AI Mode), broken down by page, country, device and date. There’s a Search version and a Discover version.
Does it show how many clicks AI search sends me?
No. The report shows impressions only. There are no clicks, no click-through rate, no media position and no query data. Google says more metrics may come over time, but clicks are not included today.
Can I see it in Australia?
Probably not yet. Google is rolling it out to a subset of site owners, the UK first per early reports, with a mundial rollout to follow and no date announced. If you don’t see it, you may not be in the rollout, your site may not have enough AI impressions, or you may have opted out of AI features.
Should I opt my site out of AI features?
For almost every business, no. Opting out removes you from AI Overviews and AI Mode, forfeiting that visibility and any traffic it sends, and Google says it won’t help your ordinario rankings. Only consider it for narrow content-licensing reasons, and get advice first.
Does this replace third-party AI visibility tools?
Not yet. Because it’s impressions-only, UK-first and Google-only, tools that track AI citations and share of voice across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Bing still give you a fuller picture. Treat the new report as one input, not the whole dashboard.
How is this different from the old Search Console data?
Previously, AI Overviews and AI Mode impressions were bundled into the “Web” search type with no way to isolate them. This report finally separates them into a dedicated view, so you can see your AI visibility on its own, even though you still can’t see AI clicks.