Business Consultant on Google | Interim Chief Marketing Officer
The Rise of Voice Search and SMB Visibility
🎙️ The voice search market is booming with a 23.8% CAGR, hitting $3.05B+ and climbing fast.
🏠 By 2025, 75% of U.S. households will own a smart speaker-voice is entering the mainstream.
💬 Voice commerce will hit $164B globally by 2025-SMBs can’t afford to miss this channel.
📱 27% of global users turn to voice search on mobile-optimize or disappear.
👂 62% of Millennials, 55% of Gen Z, and 52% of Gen X use voice search monthly-every generation is talking.
📍 Half of all voice searches have local intent-prime real estate for SMB exposure.
🔁 65% of 25–49-year-olds use voice search daily-this is habitual behavior, not novelty. 🚶
♀️ 72% of voice searchers visit a local business within 24 hours-voice equals foot traffic.
📢 With 8.4B voice assistants in use by 2024, the ecosystem for discovery is massive.
🌎 North America holds 37% of the global voice commerce market-a ripe field for SMBs.
Originally published at https://www.linkedin.com.
