The quick version:
FAQ rich results stopped showing on 7 May 2026 across all site types, with API support ending in August.
FAQPage schema is still read by Google and pages with it are about 3.2 times more likely to appear in AI Overviews.
Keep the markup where it genuinely fits, remove it where it only ever gamed a result.
What actually disappeared
The visible expandable question rows are gone, and Search Console reporting for them is being removed through June. If you built pages around that visual payoff, it has vanished.
Why the markup still matters
Google confirmed it still uses FAQPage schema to understand a page, and the AI Overviews lift is real. Structured data is moving from earning a pretty classic result to helping machines cite your content in AI answers. Those are different jobs.
The clean-up move
Stop measuring FAQ markup by rich result impressions, because that data is going away. Keep it where it honestly describes a question and answer, and strip it from pages where it was only there to chase a result. Technical SEOs on X have been sharing before-and-after AI Overview data this month, and the pattern is consistent, honest markup that matches the page still earns citations.
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