Core update
December 2024 core update
Rolled out 12 Dec – 18 Dec 2024, 6 days, 3 hours. Google’s page for it
What Google posted
Newest first. Times are UTC, with the Pacific time Google shows.
· 18 Dec 2024, 11:00 PST
The rollout was complete as of December 18, 2024.
· 12 Dec 2024, 07:46 PST
Released the December 2024 core update (developers.google.com). The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.
Next to other core updates
Google’s 11th core update on its status dashboard, which lists them from November 2021.
It took 6 days, 3 hours, shorter than every core update before it (they averaged 19 days, 21 hours).
- Before it: November 2024 core update, 11 Nov 2024
- After it: March 2025 core update, 13 Mar 2025
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