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Google December 2025 Core Update: What Changed and What to Check

Google Search Algorithm Completed Announced Rollout: 11 December 2025 to 29 December 2025 Last verified

Quick answer

Google released the December 2025 core update on 11 December 2025, and the Search Status Dashboard marks the rollout complete on 29 December 2025. Google's own guidance describes core updates as broad changes that do not target specific sites or pages.

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What changed

  • Google released the December 2025 core update on 11 December 2025.
  • Google said the rollout could take up to 3 weeks.
  • The Search Status Dashboard records the rollout as complete on 29 December 2025.
  • Google describes core updates as broad changes that do not target specific sites or individual pages.

Who is affected

  • Google's documentation says most sites do not need to worry about a core update and may not notice one.

What to check this week

  • Confirm on the Search Status Dashboard that the update has finished, and note its start and end dates. Recommended in the platform documentation: read the official page
  • Wait at least a full week after the update completes, then compare Search Console performance for that week with the week before the rollout began. Recommended in the platform documentation: read the official page
  • Compare Search Console clicks and impressions for 11 December 2025 to 29 December 2025 against the previous period of the same length.

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  • Updated on 7 October 2026: Published automatically after verification against the official source.