Google released the December 2025 Core Update on December 11, 2025, and mentioned that it expects it to completely roll out within three weeks.
Google’s Official Announcement
Google announced the release of the December 2025 Core Update on its LinkedIn and X (formerly Twitter) pages.
Today we released the December 2025 core update. We'll update our ranking release history page when the rollout is complete: https://t.co/7dmc4qr2hX
— Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) December 11, 2025
What Are People Saying?
While some bloggers previously speculated the December 2025 Core Update was coming, many bloggers were still surprised with its release. However, unlike previous core updates, bloggers were less critical of its release.
On December 12, 2025, Glenn Gabe shared some reports showing the search engine reports pages were still calm. However, he speculated we may start seeing movements and volatilities in the following days.
Good Morning Google Land! This is the 12/12 edition of "Core Update Notes". We are less than one day into the December 2025 broad core update and it typically takes 24-48 hours for the update to land, so I was not expecting to see much this morning. And that's the case so far. I… pic.twitter.com/mAiWHkUMCe
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) December 12, 2025
Overall, there is generally less chatter about this update, which is rare for a core update.
Previous Core Updates
The December 2025 Core Update is Google’s third core update of 2025 and one of the many core updates we have documented so far. The others are:
- June 2025 Core Update: June 30 – July 17, 2025
- March 2025 Core Update: March 13 – March 27, 2025
- December 2024 Core Update: December 12 – December 18, 2024
- November 2024 Core Update: November 11 – December 5, 2024
- August 2024 Core Update: August 15 – September 3, 2024
- March 2024 Core Update: March 5 – April 19, 2024
- November 2023 Core Update: November 2 – November 28, 2023
- October 2023 Core Update: October 5 – October 19, 2023
- August 2023 Core Update: August 22 – September 7, 2023
- March 2023 Core Update: March 15 – March 28, 2023
- September 2022 Core Update: September 12 – September 26, 2022
- May 2022 Core Update: May 25 – June 9, 2022
- November 2021 Core Update: November 17 – November 30, 2021
- July 2021 Core Update: July 1 – July 12, 2021
- June 2021 Core Update: June 3 – June 12, 2021
What’s Next – Dealing with This Update
The December 2025 Core Update is still in its early stages. No volatility was reported within its first 24 hours of release. However, we may start to experience them within the next few days.
In the meantime, you should monitor your traffic with Rank Math Analytics to see how the update affects your site. If you notice a drop in traffic by the time it is complete, refer to this video on recovering from a Google algorithm update.
