Google Search Console weekly and monthly views: read the trend

To see a weekly trend in Google Search Console, open your Search results Performance report and change Daily to Weekly above the chart. Start with a three-month date range so you have several weeks to compare. Google's granularity selector also offers Monthly.

Switch from daily to weekly

Choose 3 months in the date filter. If you're using 24 hours, change that first: Google doesn't offer weekly or monthly granularity in that view.

The numbers identify the menu and its choices:

1. Open the Daily dropdown above the chart.
2. Choose Weekly to group the chart by week.
3. Choose Monthly instead when you want calendar-month groups. This is an alternative to step 2.

These controls also appear in the Google News and Discover Performance reports, according to Google's announcement.

Read the same report in two views

These captures use the same site, three-month range, Web search type, and selected metrics. Only the granularity changes.

1. Daily: find individual spikes

Marker 1 identifies the Daily setting. The clicks line uses the left axis, which reaches 9. Impressions use the right axis, which reaches 900.

In this capture, the daily impressions line has two sharp peaks around late June and early July. Daily detail helps you choose a date to investigate.

2. Weekly: follow the broader direction

Marker 2 identifies Weekly. The totals haven't changed: 166 clicks, 31.3K impressions. The impressions line now shows a broader high period around late June, followed by lower weekly values.

Look at the axes before comparing point heights. The clicks axis now reaches 24, and impressions reach 4.5K. A taller weekly point doesn't establish traffic growth between these screenshots. You're looking at the same selected period, grouped differently.

Check the first and last points before drawing a trend through them. Google says date ranges can cut off part of a week or month. A short final period can look like a decline.

These charts show how the report changes visually; they don't establish what caused the traffic pattern.

Choose the detail your question needs

For a regular traffic review, start with Weekly. If a particular week needs attention, return to Daily to see which dates contributed.

Use Monthly for a calendar-month report. Check how many months your date range contains: three months of daily detail become only a few monthly points. Keep Daily available when you need to locate a sudden change.

Google defines weeks as Sunday through Saturday and months as calendar months. These dates use Pacific Time, even if your browser uses another time zone. Google's date-grouping documentation explains those boundaries.

Before reporting a week-over-week or month-over-month change:

• Check that both periods contain their full set of days. A range starting midweek gives you an incomplete first week.
• Check whether the latest period includes preliminary data. It can still change; see Search Console data delay.

Check exports after changing granularity

If you download this report into a spreadsheet, check the file before reusing an existing formula or script. Google says file names, tab names, column headers, and sort order can change with the selected granularity.

For questions about how much data a download contains, read the separate Search Console export limits guide.