Google Update Tracker
Every confirmed Google Search ranking update since November 2021, with the dates Google gave for each rollout. Use it to check whether a traffic change lines up with an update before you change anything on your site.
Source: Google's Search Status Dashboard (opens in a new tab) (dates in US Pacific time). Last checked .
- Latest update
- September 2026 spam updateComplete24 Sept – 8 Oct 2026
- Updates tracked
- 40
- 16 core updates
- Average core rollout
- 17 days
- From start to Google's completion date
Showing 40 updates
2026
24 Sept – 8 Oct 2026
14 days to roll out
Spam update
September 2026 spam update
Improved Google's automated systems for detecting pages that violate its spam policies.
Complete18 Aug – 21 Aug 2026
3 days to roll out
Spam update
August 2026 spam update
Improved Google's automated systems for detecting pages that violate its spam policies.
Complete24 Jun – 26 Jun 2026
2 days to roll out
Spam update
June 2026 spam update
Improved Google's automated systems for detecting pages that violate its spam policies.
Complete21 May – 2 Jun 2026
12 days to roll out
Core update
May 2026 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete27 Mar – 8 Apr 2026
12 days to roll out
Core update
March 2026 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete24 Mar – 25 Mar 2026
1 day to roll out
Spam update
March 2026 spam update
Improved Google's automated systems for detecting pages that violate its spam policies.
Complete5 Feb – 27 Feb 2026
22 days to roll out
Other update
February 2026 Discover update
An update to Google Discover, the personalised content feed in the Google app and Chrome.
Complete
2025
11 Dec – 29 Dec 2025
18 days to roll out
Core update
December 2025 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete26 Aug – 22 Sept 2025
27 days to roll out
Spam update
August 2025 spam update
Improved Google's automated systems for detecting pages that violate its spam policies.
Complete30 Jun – 17 Jul 2025
17 days to roll out
Core update
June 2025 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete13 Mar – 27 Mar 2025
14 days to roll out
Core update
March 2025 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete
2024
19 Dec – 26 Dec 2024
7 days to roll out
Spam update
December 2024 spam update
Improved Google's automated systems for detecting pages that violate its spam policies.
Complete12 Dec – 18 Dec 2024
6 days to roll out
Core update
December 2024 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete11 Nov – 5 Dec 2024
24 days to roll out
Core update
November 2024 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete15 Aug – 3 Sept 2024
19 days to roll out
Core update
August 2024 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete20 Jun – 27 Jun 2024
7 days to roll out
Spam update
June 2024 spam update
Improved Google's automated systems for detecting pages that violate its spam policies.
Complete5 Mar – 20 Mar 2024
15 days to roll out
Spam update
March 2024 spam update
Released alongside Google's new spam policies on scaled content abuse, expired domain abuse and site reputation abuse.
Complete5 Mar – 19 Apr 2024
45 days to roll out
Core update
March 2024 core update
A larger-than-usual core update that changed several ranking systems and folded the helpful content system into Google's core ranking. It took 45 days to complete.
Complete
2023
8 Nov – 7 Dec 2023
29 days to roll out
Reviews update
November 2023 reviews update
Rewarded in-depth reviews based on first-hand experience over thin summaries of products, services and other topics.
Complete2 Nov – 28 Nov 2023
26 days to roll out
Core update
November 2023 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete5 Oct – 19 Oct 2023
14 days to roll out
Core update
October 2023 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete4 Oct – 20 Oct 2023
16 days to roll out
Spam update
October 2023 spam update
Improved Google's automated systems for detecting pages that violate its spam policies.
Complete14 Sept – 28 Sept 2023
14 days to roll out
Helpful content update
September 2023 helpful content update
Targeted content made mainly to rank in search rather than to help people, using Google's helpful content system.
Complete22 Aug – 7 Sept 2023
16 days to roll out
Core update
August 2023 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete12 Apr – 25 Apr 2023
13 days to roll out
Reviews update
April 2023 reviews update
Rewarded in-depth reviews based on first-hand experience over thin summaries of products, services and other topics.
Complete15 Mar – 28 Mar 2023
13 days to roll out
Core update
March 2023 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete21 Feb – 7 Mar 2023
14 days to roll out
Reviews update
February 2023 product reviews update
Rewarded in-depth reviews based on first-hand experience over thin summaries of products, services and other topics.
Complete
2022
14 Dec 2022 – 12 Jan 2023
29 days to roll out
Spam update
December 2022 link spam update
Used SpamBrain to detect sites buying links and sites selling them, and to neutralise the effect of unnatural links on rankings.
Complete5 Dec 2022 – 12 Jan 2023
38 days to roll out
Helpful content update
December 2022 helpful content update
Targeted content made mainly to rank in search rather than to help people, using Google's helpful content system.
Complete19 Oct – 21 Oct 2022
2 days to roll out
Spam update
October 2022 spam update
Improved Google's automated systems for detecting pages that violate its spam policies.
Complete20 Sept – 26 Sept 2022
6 days to roll out
Reviews update
September 2022 product reviews update
Rewarded in-depth reviews based on first-hand experience over thin summaries of products, services and other topics.
Complete12 Sept – 26 Sept 2022
14 days to roll out
Core update
September 2022 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete25 Aug – 9 Sept 2022
15 days to roll out
Helpful content update
August 2022 helpful content update
Targeted content made mainly to rank in search rather than to help people, using Google's helpful content system.
Complete27 Jul – 2 Aug 2022
6 days to roll out
Reviews update
July 2022 product reviews update
Rewarded in-depth reviews based on first-hand experience over thin summaries of products, services and other topics.
Complete25 May – 9 Jun 2022
15 days to roll out
Core update
May 2022 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete23 Mar – 6 Apr 2022
14 days to roll out
Reviews update
March 2022 product reviews update
Rewarded in-depth reviews based on first-hand experience over thin summaries of products, services and other topics.
Complete22 Feb – 3 Mar 2022
9 days to roll out
Other update
Page experience update for desktop
Brought page experience signals, including Core Web Vitals and HTTPS, into desktop ranking.
Complete
2021
1 Dec – 21 Dec 2021
20 days to roll out
Reviews update
December 2021 product reviews update
Rewarded in-depth reviews based on first-hand experience over thin summaries of products, services and other topics.
Complete17 Nov – 30 Nov 2021
13 days to roll out
Core update
November 2021 core update
A broad change to Google's core ranking systems that reassessed content quality across all kinds of sites, rather than targeting specific pages or practices.
Complete3 Nov – 11 Nov 2021
8 days to roll out
Spam update
November 2021 spam update
Improved Google's automated systems for detecting pages that violate its spam policies.
Complete