A click in Google Search Console is counted when a searcher clicks a result that sends them to your site. Clicks are reported per query and per page, and they are the closest thing search data has to a bottom line: demand that actually arrived.
Why Clicks matters for SEO
Clicks are the lagging half of every search diagnosis. Read alone they tell you what you won; read against impressions and position they tell you why. Flat clicks with rising impressions is a snippet problem, falling clicks with falling position is a ranking problem, and falling clicks with stable position usually means the SERP around you changed.
Pro tip on Clicks
Never optimise for clicks directly; fix the input the click data points at. Compare 28-day windows, filter brand out before judging acquisition, and remember query-level click rows never sum to the totals because rare queries are anonymized out of the report.
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