Google Search Console Hyperlinks Report Goes Dangerous

It appears to be like just like the Google Search Console hyperlink report has gone haywire and is damaged fairly badly. Tons of SEOs are seeing zero hyperlinks within the report, whereas others are seeing large drops within the hyperlink counts within the report.

It’s not unusual to see fluctuations, even vital ones, within the hyperlink report – I have been conserving a log just lately over right here. However that is massive, this appears to be like like one thing vital broke within the code or information the place tons of hyperlinks dropped out of the report.

Some are suggesting that the Could 2026 core replace is the explanation this report is off, however I extremely, extremely doubt that. The hyperlink report and the core replace don’t have anything to do with one another, and all these stories in Search Console are usually days delayed.

I’m seeing at 87.5% drop within the hyperlinks being reported for this website from the final time I checked:

At the moment:

February 20, 2026:

Listed below are some responses to my put up about this on X:

Sure, simply got here on right here to test if anybody else. Simply toggled by way of two shopper profiles and see this. pic.twitter.com/gqEgLs6fHg

— Steve Weber (@swebermarketing) Could 21, 2026

clearly a bug i am seeing right here on my finish pic.twitter.com/VtM52wOUOk

— Steve (@ScubaSteve1219) Could 21, 2026

OK, this takes the cake. Hahaha. Yeah, one thing could be very off with the hyperlinks reporting in GSC. pic.twitter.com/KIYmFPm1fX

— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) Could 21, 2026

So do not panic should you see zero hyperlinks or an enormous drop in hyperlinks, it’s everybody and I assume it’s a bug within the report.

I did ask John Mueller from Google about this however I didn’t but get a response on Bluesky.

Replace: John replied on Bluesky:

Thanks for the heads-up, Barry. We’ll have a look to see if there’s something sudden taking place (given the lengthy weekends it’d take a little bit of time).

— John Mueller (@johnmu.com) Could 21, 2026 at 4:27 PM

Discussion board dialogue at Bluesky and X.