Is AI Destroying Blog Revenue? The Data Behind AdSense Decline & Survival Strategies [2026]
Google's AI Overviews now slash click-through rates by 58%. US publishers lost 38% of search traffic in 2025. Zero-click searches hit 65%. Yet Google's own ad revenue grew 13.5%. This article examines the data behind the structural collapse of blog ad revenue and maps out survival strategies beyond AdSense dependence.