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Which structured data still gets rich results in Google?
Verified against official sources · Last checked 6 October 2026
Short answer
Of the 42 structured data features tracked here, 25 are fully supported in Google Search today, 6 are limited to certain sites, regions or queries, and 11 have been removed — including FAQ (May 2026), HowTo (2023) and several types dropped in Google’s 2025 simplification.
Which rich results does Google support?
| schema.org type | Google feature | Status | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article / NewsArticle / BlogPosting | Article (enhanced title, image and date display) | Supported | Helps Google show a better title, images and date for news, sports and blog articles. | Docs |
| BreadcrumbList | Breadcrumb | Supported | Shows the page's position in the site hierarchy in the result. | Docs |
| ItemList | Carousel | Supported | Only works combined with Recipe, Course list, Restaurant or Movie markup. | Docs |
| Course + ItemList | Course list | Supported | Displays a list of courses from a provider; the separate Course info feature was retired in 2025. | Docs |
| DiscussionForumPosting | Discussion forum | Supported | For forum and other user-generated discussion pages. | Docs |
| EmployerAggregateRating | Employer aggregate rating | Supported | Shows employer ratings inside Google's job search experience. | Docs |
| ImageObject (license metadata) | Image metadata / Licensable badge | Supported | Shows creator, credit and licensing details for images in Google Images. | Docs |
| JobPosting | Job posting | Supported | Makes job listings eligible for Google's job search experience. | Docs |
| LocalBusiness | Local business | Supported | Supplies business hours, departments and other details for the business panel. | Docs |
| MathSolver | Math solver | Supported | For step-by-step math solving tools; solvers fully behind a login or paywall are not allowed. | Docs |
| Movie + ItemList | Movie carousel | Supported | Lists movies in a carousel on mobile results. | Docs |
| Organization | Organization details (logo, contact info) | Supported | Helps Google show a site's logo and organisation details such as address and contact info. | Docs |
| Product (with Offer/Review) | Product snippet | Supported | Shows price, availability and ratings for product pages, including review sites. | Docs |
| Product (with Offer) | Merchant listing | Supported | For pages where shoppers can buy a product; feeds Shopping experiences. | Docs |
| ProductGroup | Product variants | Supported | Groups size, colour and other variants of one product. | Docs |
| MemberProgram | Loyalty program | Supported | Shows member pricing and loyalty benefits; moved to its own page in June 2025. | Docs |
| MerchantReturnPolicy | Return policy | Supported | Shows return windows and fees with product results. | Docs |
| OfferShippingDetails / ShippingService | Shipping policy | Supported | Shows shipping cost and delivery times with product results. | Docs |
| ProfilePage | Profile page | Supported | For pages centred on one person or organisation, such as creator profiles on forums and social sites. | Docs |
| QAPage | Q&A | Supported | Only for single-question pages where users can submit answers; not for site-written FAQs. | Docs |
| Recipe | Recipe | Supported | Shows ratings, cook time and images, singly or in a carousel. | Docs |
| Review / AggregateRating | Review snippet | Supported | Shows star ratings for eligible types such as books, recipes, products, software and local businesses. | Docs |
| SoftwareApplication | Software app | Supported | Shows ratings and price details for apps. | Docs |
| CreativeWork (isAccessibleForFree) | Subscription and paywalled content | Supported | Marks paywalled text so Google can tell a legitimate paywall apart from cloaking; it is not a visual rich result. | Docs |
| VideoObject | Video (key moments, live badge) | Supported | Makes videos eligible for video results, key moments and LIVE badges. | Docs |
Which rich results are limited?
| schema.org type | Google feature | Status | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dataset | Dataset Search listing | Limited | Since November 2025 Google says this markup is used only by the separate Dataset Search tool, not by Google Search results. | Docs |
| Quiz (Flashcard) | Education Q&A carousel | Limited | Shown only for education queries, in English, Portuguese and Vietnamese worldwide and Spanish in Mexico only. | Docs |
| Event | Event experience | Limited | Only in certain countries and languages, and since June 2025 only for publicly bookable events at a physical location. | Docs |
| speakable (property) | Speakable | Limited | Still in beta and only for English-language news read out on Google Home devices in the US. | Docs |
| VacationRental | Vacation rental | Limited | Only for partners working with a Google Technical Account Manager and Hotel Center access. | Docs |
| Book | Book actions | Limited | Google removed a June 2025 deprecation banner because a feature still uses it; access is limited to onboarded book providers with a large catalogue. | Docs |
Which rich results has Google removed?
| schema.org type | Google feature | Status | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClaimReview | Fact check | Deprecated | Marked as being phased out of Google Search in June 2025; it is still used by the Fact Check Explorer tool. | Docs |
| FAQPage | FAQ | Deprecated | Restricted to well-known, authoritative government and health sites from September 2023, then dropped from Google Search entirely from May 7, 2026, with its documentation removed. | Docs |
| HowTo | How-to | Deprecated | Changes were announced in August 2023, and by September 14, 2023 Google had stopped showing it on both mobile and desktop and removed its documentation. | Docs |
| WebSite (SearchAction) | Sitelinks search box | Deprecated | Stopped appearing in Google Search in November 2024; the related nositelinkssearchbox rule is no longer used. | Docs |
| Course (single course info) | Course info | Deprecated | Included in the June 2025 simplification; documentation removed in September 2025. | Docs |
| Occupation | Estimated salary | Deprecated | Included in the June 2025 simplification; documentation removed in September 2025. | Docs |
| LearningResource + VideoObject | Learning video | Deprecated | Included in the June 2025 simplification; documentation removed in September 2025. | Docs |
| SpecialAnnouncement | Special announcement (COVID-19) | Deprecated | Included in the June 2025 simplification; documentation removed in September 2025. | Docs |
| Car (Vehicle) | Vehicle listing | Deprecated | Added in October 2023, flagged for removal in June 2025 and documentation removed in September 2025. | Docs |
| Quiz (practice problems) | Practice problems | Deprecated | Deprecation announced November 2025; support ended and documentation was removed in January 2026. | Docs |
| HomeAndConstructionBusiness / Service (home activity) | Home activities | Deprecated | No longer shown in Google Search; documentation removed in June 2024. | Docs |
Removed features can still be valid schema.org markup that other engines and AI systems read. Generate markup with our Schema Generator.
Sources
- developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/search-gallery
- developers.google.com/search/updates
- developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/08/howto-faq-changes
- developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/06/simplifying-search-results
- developers.google.com/search/blog/2025/11/update-on-our-efforts