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July 15, 2026
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Publisher ad supply fell by up to 40% in Q2 of 2026 as AI‑era, zero‑click search choked the flow of traffic to news and other open‑web sites, per U.S. and U.K. benchmarking data from Ozone, shared exclusively with Digiday. Ozone’s publisher network includes the Guardian, News UK, and Dow Jones’ Wall Street Journal.

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Publisher ad supply fell by up to 40% in Q2 as AI search choked the open web

Publisher ad supply fell by up to 40% in Q2 of 2026 as AI‑era, zero‑click search choked the flow of traffic to news and other open‑web sites, per U.S. and U.K. benchmarking data from Ozone, shared exclusively with Digiday. 

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