Google confirmed 7 ranking updates in 2024. 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 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 spam update | Spam | Launched the day after the December core completed | |||
| December 2024 core update | Core | Began one week after the November core completed | |||
| November 2024 core update | Core | ||||
| August 2024 core update | Core | Took in feedback from sites hit by the September 2023 helpful content update | |||
| June 2024 spam update | Spam | ||||
| March 2024 core update | Core | Longest core rollout on record; absorbed the helpful content system into core; Google cited ~45% less unhelpful content | |||
| March 2024 spam update | Spam | Came with new policies: expired domain abuse, scaled content abuse, site reputation abuse |
2024 in brief
Counts and extremes, computed from the table above.
Google confirmed 7 ranking updates in 2024: 4 core, 3 spam.
The year opened with the March 2024 spam update on 5th Mar 2024. The most recent is the December 2024 spam update, which began on 19th Dec 2024.
The longest rollout was the March 2024 core update at 45 days. The fastest was the December 2024 core update at 6 days 4 hrs.
See also Google updates in 2023, Google updates in 2025, the full history since 2011.
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Frequently asked questions
How many Google core updates were there in 2024?
4 confirmed core updates, out of 7 confirmed updates of all types.
What was the biggest Google update of 2024?
Google does not rank its own updates by size. By rollout length, the March 2024 core update took the longest at 45 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 2024", last updated 6th Sep 2026, https://keywordseverywhere.com/news/google-algorithm-updates/2024/