Google is making AI Overviews even bigger on some search queries, according to a report from 9to5Google. The change affects the size and prominence of the AI-generated answer block that sits above the traditional blue links, pushing organic results further down the page on queries where the expanded format appears.

The enlargement does not apply across the board. It shows up on a subset of search queries, which suggests Google is testing or gradually rolling out a larger presentation format rather than applying it universally. The report does not specify which query categories trigger the bigger AI Overviews, how many users see them, or whether the change is a limited experiment or the start of a broader deployment.

This is a tool-signal and user-observation finding, not a confirmed Google statement. Google has not, on the basis of this report, published documentation or an announcement confirming the larger format, its rollout scope, or its timeline. Readers should treat the observed expansion as a visible change in the wild rather than an official product update with stated parameters.

For site owners and search professionals, the practical consequence is familiar but intensified: when an AI Overview grows, the first organic result appears even lower on the screen, and on mobile devices it may sit below the fold entirely. Publishers in verticals that already trigger AI Overviews heavily — informational queries in health, tech, finance, and how-to content — stand to lose the most clickable screen real estate when the expanded format serves on their head terms.

The direction of travel is consistent with what Google has done since launching AI Overviews in May 2024. The company has steadily widened the range of queries that return an AI-generated summary, and each expansion has compressed the space available to classic ten blue links. Making individual Overviews physically larger compounds that squeeze: fewer domains visible per screen, more scrolling required before a user reaches an organic listing, and a higher likelihood that the query is answered without a click leaving the results page.

There is no data in the report on click-through-rate impact, traffic losses, or which publishers are affected. Any claim about specific traffic percentage declines tied to this change would be speculation at this stage. What is confirmed by observation is the visual change itself: bigger AI Overview blocks on some queries.

For search teams, the monitoring priorities are straightforward. Track whether the larger format spreads beyond its current query set over the coming weeks, since Google typically expands successful formats after initial testing. Watch rank-tracking and log-file data for impressions that persist while clicks decline — the signature pattern of answer-box substitution. And separate query-level analysis by vertical, because AI Overview triggers remain heavily dependent on query intent and category.

The report also raises an unresolved question worth following: whether a bigger AI Overview correlates with richer sourcing inside the block, or simply with more generated text. If Google enlarges the overview while keeping the same number of citation links, the referring-site opportunity shrinks proportionally. That distinction — bigger box, same links, versus bigger box, more links — will determine how much referral traffic survives the format change, and it is the next thing to watch as the rollout, or test, progresses.