Google confirmed 9 ranking updates in 2023. This page lists each one with Google's own dates.
The year is complete. For the current year, see the Google Updates tracker.
Every confirmed Google update in 2023
Newest first, with Google's own start and completion dates from the Search Status Dashboard. Each update links to its own page.
| Started | Completed | Update | Type | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 reviews update | Reviews | Last announced reviews update; changes are continuous since | |||
| November 2023 core update | Core | Improved a different core system than October, per Google | |||
| October 2023 core update | Core | Overlapped the October spam update | |||
| October 2023 spam update | Spam | Cloaking, hacked, auto-generated and scraped spam | |||
| September 2023 helpful content update | Helpful content | The last standalone helpful content update | |||
| August 2023 core update | Core | ||||
| April 2023 reviews update | Reviews | Product reviews system broadened to services, destinations and media | |||
| March 2023 core update | Core | ||||
| February 2023 product reviews update | Product reviews | First reviews update beyond English (11 languages) |
2023 in brief
Counts and extremes, computed from the table above.
Google confirmed 9 ranking updates in 2023: 4 core, 1 spam, 3 reviews, 1 helpful content.
The year opened with the February 2023 product reviews update on 21st Feb 2023. The most recent is the November 2023 reviews update, which began on 8th Nov 2023.
The longest rollout was the November 2023 reviews update at 29 days. The fastest was the April 2023 reviews update at 13 days 2 hrs.
See also Google updates in 2024, the full history since 2011.
Sources
Frequently asked questions
How many Google core updates were there in 2023?
4 confirmed core updates, out of 9 confirmed updates of all types.
What was the biggest Google update of 2023?
Google does not rank its own updates by size. By rollout length, the November 2023 reviews update took the longest at 29 days.
Each update page notes what Google said and what trackers observed.
Where do these dates come from?
From the ranking section of Google's Search Status Dashboard, which records when each update began and when it completed. Durations are Google's own figures.
Compiled by Claude from primary sources, checked by Akash Mansukhani before publication. See how we source and correct this page.Keywords Everywhere, "Google algorithm updates in 2023", last updated 6th Sep 2026, https://keywordseverywhere.com/news/google-algorithm-updates/2023/