Google has rolled out its generative AI performance report in Search Console to every website, worldwide, as of 31 August 2026. For the first time, site owners can see in Google's own tooling how often their pages appear inside AI Overviews and AI Mode, rather than inferring it from third-party trackers that approximate what AI answers surface.
What the report shows, and what it doesn't. It counts impressions: how many times a link to your site was shown in an AI Overview or in AI Mode. You can break that down by page, country, device and date. Two of your pages shown in the same AI answer count as one impression. It does not show clicks, click-through rate or position, and there is no queries dimension, so it tells you which pages are being drawn into AI answers but not which searches triggered them.
What this means for getting cited by AI: visibility you can count is visibility you can work on. Treat the report as a baseline. Look at the pages already appearing and what they have in common: clear structure, a direct answer to a specific question early on, and specific, verifiable detail. The pages that never appear are the ones to rework first. Because the report has no queries, pair it with a measurement of the questions your buyers actually ask, so you know not just whether you appear but where, and who appears instead.
If you'd like a clear picture of where your site stands before you make changes, a Citeify audit puts your buyers' questions to the AI engines and shows which of your pages are cited, which are overlooked, and what to fix first.
Sources: Google Search Console Help: Generative AI performance report; Search Engine Journal: Google Search Console AI reports rolled out worldwide.