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Google I/O and the future of Search

By Jim Chetwode · 26 May 2026

Google I/O and the future of Search

The key stats and figures from Google I/O

5.06 billion people use Google worldwide, more than 60 per cent of the world's population
Google holds 89.57 per cent of searches worldwide, shown as a donut chart
158,500 searches a second, or 9.5 million every minute
Thirteen Google products each have more than 500 million users, shown as a grid of product tiles
2.5 billion people now see AI-generated answers, from experimental to mainstream in under eighteen months
Gemini app monthly active users rose from 400 million to 900 million in twelve months
50 billion images were generated last year, shown as a grid of colour tiles
Project Aura smart glasses, as search becomes wearable
A node diagram showing the shift from assistants to agents

Tagged: News.

Jim Chetwode

Jim Chetwode

Founder, Okapi & Co · Shaftesbury, Dorset

Thirty years in digital marketing, now spent on how businesses get found in Google and cited by AI assistants. Chairman of the Shaftesbury and District Chamber of Commerce, Dorset Ambassador, and the person who runs the AI workshops.

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