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Google Discover Updates Tracker

A live volatility index for the Google Discover feed across every market we cover. Higher means the feed is reshuffling - an early signal of an unannounced Discover update.

Index updated Jun 30, 2026, 12:00 UTC
Current index5.9Elevated0-10 scale · ~3 typical
30-day average4.2baseline for this market
Peak10.0highest in 30 days
Likely updates5flagged days this window

Google Discover feed changes

Daily volatility
0246810Jun 3Jun 7Jun 11Jun 15Jun 19Jun 23Jun 27likely update ≥7G
Volatility
  • Calm
  • Normal
  • Elevated
  • Likely update

Google Discover updates calendar

Each day is tinted by its average volatility. Click a day to load its 3-hour breakdown in the chart above.

June 2026
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Index Volatility by publication type

How much each Discover publication type reshuffles, day by day, over its available history.

Atmosphere↓5.5
News↓5.2
Analysis→5.0
Service↓4.9
Ritual↓3.1
Jun 3Jun 17Jun 30

Discover Updates interest by material format

Interest index (0-100) for the leading material formats over the last 30 days.

01530Jun 1Jun 30★★★★★★★★★
News brief→25.2
Follow-up→18.2
Announcement↑10.3
Explainer→9.4
Listicle→6.2
Service news→5.7
Recap→5.0
Human interest→4.1
Tip↑3.0
How-to→2.5
Ritual↓2.3
Opinion↑2.0
Interview→1.7
Other↓1.2
Reportage↑1.1
Recipe→1.1
Review↓0.6
Wow discovery→0.3
Investigation→0.1

Discover interest by topic category

Top Google Discover categories over the last 24 hours - block size is reach, color is the change versus the previous 24 hours. Hover a block for details.

Google Discover Updates by Country

Current-day Discover volatility per market. Open a country for its full breakdown.

Latvia9.6Italy6.3United States5.9Russia5.8Finland5.5Singapore5.3Czechia5.3Germany5.2Poland5.0Switzerland4.9Brazil4.1Ukraine3.8United Kingdom3.3Philippines3.2France2.9Uzbekistan2.6

Frequently asked questions

How is the volatility index calculated, and what is it?
The volatility index measures how much today's Google Discover feed differs from its usual pattern over the previous ~30 days. It is built from three factors against that baseline: new publishers entering the feed (the largest weight), shifts in how impressions are spread across domains, and shifts between material formats. The result is normalized against each market's own typical variation, so the 0-10 scale is relative: about 3 is an ordinary day, 5-6 is elevated, and 7 or higher is anomalous - a likely unannounced Discover update.
Why does Google Discover Updates data differ between countries?
Discover updates often roll out unevenly - first in some regions, later in others, and barely at all elsewhere. Because the index is measured against each country's own baseline, the same calendar day can look calm in one market and anomalous in another. That is why it helps to watch both the global view and individual markets.
What is the format interest index?
It estimates how strongly Google Discover is pushing a given material format (news brief, explainer, listicle, recipe, ritual/horoscope, and so on) on a given day. It weights a format's share of impressions and its share of article count equally, so a few viral pieces cannot skew it and low-volume formats are not over-counted. Across all formats the values sum to about 100 per day, so each one is that format's share of Discover's attention.
What do a rising and a falling Discover updates index mean?
For the volatility index, a higher value means the feed is reshuffling more than usual - publishers and formats changing fast, which often accompanies an update; a low value means a stable, ordinary feed. For per-format and per-category interest, rising means Discover is giving that format or topic more reach (a cue to lean into it), and falling means it is fading. The trend and shift-vs-mean fields show the direction and size of the move versus the recent average.
How often is the data updated?
The underlying Discover feed is collected continuously, and the indexes are recomputed roughly once an hour. The value for the current day or 3-hour window keeps refining as new observations arrive. The oldest days in a 30-day window can be blank because there is not enough history before them to judge how unusual they are; recent days are always computed.

How to read this. The volatility index (0-10) measures how much the Google Discover feed reshuffles versus its recent baseline - driven by new publishers entering the feed, shifts between publishers, and changes in material format. About 3 is a typical period; 7 or higher is anomalous and usually signals an unannounced Discover update. All metrics cover a rolling 30-day window. Discover Trends Tracker is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google LLC.