Earlier this week, reports surfaced about a decrease in the number of links shown in the Google Search Console links report. The situation has since worsened, with a significant drop observed across the board.
Seroundtable documented their link count on May 30th and May 27th, showing a dramatic reduction. Their link count plummeted by approximately 40% within just a few days, falling from 287,000 links to 177,000 links.
Here is what they shared on May 30th:
And then on May 27th:
Below are some complaints that can be found online about this issue:
Google has historically displayed fewer and fewer links over time.
Below you can find a screenshot from June 2023 that shows 215,000 links:
Here is a screenshot from July 2022 showing 550,000 links:
October 2019 at 1.2 million links:
August 2018 at 2.5 million links:
Did you notice a drop in links in this report? If so, how bad?
As an Update on this, Daniel Waisberg from Google said the team is looking into it:
